Tẹ̀ lé àwọn ilẹ̀kẹ̀ ẹ̀kún àtàárọ̀, pẹ̀lú àwọn àkọsílẹ̀ gílásì tó ní àkóónú tó ṣiṣé́ pọ̀ láti fi ọwọ́ y’orúkọ, o sì didele lẹ́ ninu ọgbà kan tó ti gba ìdílé láti ìsàlẹ̀ yìí fún ẹ̀kọ́ àìpé ju ọgọ́rùn-ún ọdún. Giga sórí pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹsìgàn gílásì tó ní àṣẹ àkóónú nísàlẹ̀, tó ń sọ ibi tí a ti dára yìí di àwọ̀, ìmú lókè àtẹ̀sí l’ó n’yè. Ilé ìjọba mẹta-tí a kọ́ láti jẹ́ fún ìdílé meji, ń fun ni àyè tó ju 3,200 ẹsẹ̀ oníbàárà ibisẹ̀ ẹ̀nìkankan pọ̀, pẹ̀lú ilẹ̀kè àgbà tó fi igi adé ṣe, àgbá ọlọ̀rọ̀, ibi t’ọ́fiṣé, ilẹ̀ okuta tin, àti ilẹ̀kèkè gíga tó máa bínú rárá. Ní oke, ilé ìrẹ́kọja kulẹ́ ni kó àti ìgòré ń lérò, pẹ̀lú yèrá àti ilé ilé tí ó fa ìmú nínú sọ́kípa keji àti kẹta, pẹ̀lú ilé ayaworan ẹsẹ̀ 25 àti ilé ìdílé tí a dá láti pèsè ìpàdé.

Ilé náà wà lórùndà Virginia Place, ọ̀kan lára ​​àwọn ibi “ibè àdúgbò” Indian Crown Heights North, tó jẹ́ pé a dá a láti ṣe ìfaramọ̀ pẹ̀lú orúkọ pẹ̀lú, àti nísinsin yìí jẹ́ apá ti àgbègbè Crown Heights North III ti a mọ́.

Kò sí ohun kankan tó ti já. Gbogbo àkọsílẹ̀ orìṣà, gílásì tó ni àkọsílẹ̀, iṣẹ́ igi, àgbá, ilẹ̀ tin, gbogbo rẹ̀ wa lórí bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ń fẹ́ẹ́rù fún ẹnìkankan tó rí i gẹ́gẹ́ bí ilé yìí ṣe lè di ìtamẹ́lú ju bí ó ṣe wà lọ. Pẹ̀lú ìye gidi, 16 Virginia Place ni àǹfààní láti tún ilé kan ṣe tó tí rò pé kí ó jẹ́ ìranti bí a ṣe kọ́ í. Mú ìrẹ́rò rẹ̀ wá, kí ilé yìí sọ itan t’ẹ́ni tó nbọ.

Step through the original double doors, with their etched glass panels still catching the afternoon light, and you're standing in a hallway that has welcomed families to this block for well over a century. Climb the stairs and a stained-glass skylight overhead washes the landing in color, a detail builders don't put in houses anymore. This legal two-family townhouse offers over 3,200 square feet across three floors and a full basement, with a parlor floor wrapped in original wood wainscoting, a marble mantel fireplace, pocket doors, tin ceilings, and tall double-hung windows throughout. Upstairs, the eat-in kitchen still carries its own vintage character, and bedrooms and living spaces sprawl across the second and third floors, including a 25-foot living room and a family room built for gathering.

The house sits on Virginia Place, one of Crown Heights North's storied "private place" enclaves, originally designed in the Colonial Revival style to complement the street's name, and now part of the landmarked Crown Heights North III Historic District.

None of it has been touched by a flip. Every original detail, the stained glass, the millwork, the mantels, the tin ceilings, is intact and waiting for someone who sees what this house could become rather than what it currently is. Priced as a fixer upper, 16 Virginia Place is a chance to restore a home that still remembers what it was built to be. Bring your vision and let this house tell its next chapter.