Chosen as this year\u2019s showhouse to benefit longstanding local nonprofit Brooklyn Heights Association, an 1840s Greek Revival row house on Clinton Street was home to a doctor\u2019s family for decades and has an intriguing history connecting it to the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. <\/p>\n
While the current interior of the brick row house reflects the many renovations and changes in style since it was first constructed, the life of that family, the Burnhams, was well documented. Their doings provide a glimpse of life in late 19th and early 20th century Brooklyn Heights.<\/p>\n
The appellation “Doctors’ Row” has been ascribed to blocks in various neighborhoods in Brooklyn across the years. In the Heights, doctors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries congregated along a stretch of Clinton Street. It was here, at No. 182, that the Burnhams made their home for decades. <\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> Single Page<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Greek Revival row house selected for this year’s BHA fundraiser was home to a doctor’s family for decades and played a role in the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188997,"featured_media":536248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7667,7646],"tags":[34582,34849,34864,19998,22631,34848],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-531702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn-heights","category-history","tag-182-clinton-street","tag-alcoholics-anonymous","tag-bill-wilson","tag-brooklyn-heights-association","tag-brooklyn-heights-designer-showhouse","tag-lois-burnham-wilson"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Brooklyn Heights Showhouse Started as a Family Home on Doctors’ Row","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/history\/brooklyn-heights-history-182-clinton-street-bill-wilson-alcoholics-anonymous\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/history\/brooklyn-heights-history-182-clinton-street-bill-wilson-alcoholics-anonymous\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brooklyn-heights-182-clinton-street-sept2024-sdevries-2.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brooklyn-heights-182-clinton-street-sept2024-sdevries-2.jpg"},"articleSection":"Brooklyn Heights","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Susan De Vries"}],"creator":["Susan De Vries"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Brownstoner","logo":""},"keywords":["182 clinton street","alcoholics anonymous","bill wilson","brooklyn heights association","brooklyn heights designer showhouse","lois burnham wilson"],"dateCreated":"2024-09-23T19:51:08Z","datePublished":"2024-09-23T19:51:08Z","dateModified":"2024-09-24T21:42:01Z"},"rendered":"