The Saitta House is a two-and-a-half-story, single-family Queen Anne dwelling in the Dyker Heights section of

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, New York,

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. It was completed ca. 1899 by architect John J. Petit and builder P.J. la Note for Beatrice and Simone Saitta (pronounced: sigh-eat-a). The home is located on the north side of 84th Street between Twelfth Avenue to the east and Eleventh Avenue to the west. The home reportedly cost $14,000 to build and the of land cost $2,700.Saitta House - Report Part 4
", ''DykerHeightsCivicAssociation.com'' The Saitta House is significant in the area of architecture as a remarkably intact, high-style example of Queen Anne residential architecture, and for its association with the planning and development of Dyker Heights, a turn-of-the-20th-century suburban development in

. No other house in Dyker Heights retains so much of its original architectural and structural components – both interior and exterior – as the Saitta House. The house was architect-designed for an affluent Dyker Heights family, and built ca. 1899 by craftsmen who came from Italy and lived on the premises during construction. Architect John J. Petit's work can be found elsewhere in Brooklyn, especially in the

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Historic District (which is listed on

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). The Saitta House was listed on both the State and

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of Historic Places in 2007.Saitta House
", ''The Bay Ridge Courier'', June 21, 2007

Gallery

File:Saitta House Snow.jpg, The Saitta House during the winter File:Saitta House Fall 1.jpg, The Saitta House during the summer File:Saitta House Fall 2.jpg, The Saitta House during the fall

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn Houses completed in 1899 {{Brooklyn-struct-stub