brownstone
noun
brown·stone
ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn 
1
: a reddish-brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling faced with brownstone
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She lives in a beautiful brownstone in Manhattan.
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Founded in 2015 on a brownstone stoop in Brooklyn by Ola Ronke Akinmowo, The Free Black Women’s Library (TFBWL) is a social art project and mobile library centered on books by Black women and non-binary writers.
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Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
But permits for other brownstone renovations are pasted up and down the block.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2025
The company is wrapping work on a pair of Traverse City projects, one offering the only full-floor condos in the city with private elevators, garages and rooftop terraces, the other a trio of waterfront brownstone residences with individual boat slips.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
The vacant brownstone church with its soaring bell tower — closed in 2017 — and school in the Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhood — though in better condition than St. Augustine, city officials say — has nevertheless presented a challenge for the surrounding neighborhood.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2025
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Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
But permits for other brownstone renovations are pasted up and down the block.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2025
The company is wrapping work on a pair of Traverse City projects, one offering the only full-floor condos in the city with private elevators, garages and rooftop terraces, the other a trio of waterfront brownstone residences with individual boat slips.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
The vacant brownstone church with its soaring bell tower — closed in 2017 — and school in the Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhood — though in better condition than St. Augustine, city officials say — has nevertheless presented a challenge for the surrounding neighborhood.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2025
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“Brownstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownstone. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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brownstone
noun
brown·stone
ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn
1
: a reddish brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling covered with a layer of brownstone
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