Not far from the western shore of Brooklyn sits an unusual house. The exterior is designed out of uncut stone and the asphalt roof undulates like rolling hills, appropriate given that the house was built to conform to the land it was constructed on. The Gingerbread House was designed by James Sarsfield Kennedy and completed in 1917. Kennedy designed other structures in Brooklyn including the Picnic House in Prospect Park and several homes throughout Prospect Park South. But none had the whimsical nature of the home he built for Howard and Jessie…
