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Actress Michelle Williams has alwaysbeen a fan of Brooklyn, and it seems she is sticking with the New York Cityneighborhood again. It's been revealed by community blog Ditmas Park Corner that she purchased a new house in ProspectPark South. The starlet dropped around $2.5 million on a 114-year-oldColonial Revival home almost a year after listing her other Brooklyn home sheshared with the late Heath Ledger.
Michelle Williams has purchased a new home in Brooklyn Photo: Getty Images
"This gracious home has 18 rooms, 8 gasand wood-burning fire places, with their original ornate mantels and originaldecorative dental and ornate moldings," reads the listing. "This is aone-of-a-kind home with amazing detail, original craftsmanship — so much tosee."
Real estate site Brownstoner once said the home and its location were impressive writing, "It’s a huge behemoth in a neighborhood of large houses, sitting on a prime corner lot. This was a home built to impress, and it does so quite well." The rare find was originally built for Brooklyn lumber dealer J.C. Woodhull in the early 1900s and is now classified as a bit of fixer-upper.
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Photo: Mary Kay Gallagher Real Estate
The 34-year-old's newpurchase comes after she put her Boerum Hill brownstone that she bought withHeath on the market in October of last year. Originally purchased for $3.6million, just before giving birth to her and Heath’s daughter, Matilda Ledger,in 2005, the family lived there until the couple split up in 2007.
Michelle continued tolive in Brooklyn after the Dark Knight actor died of anaccidental overdose in 2008 before listing the four-story, six-bedroom propertyfor $7.5 million. It later sold for 17 percent over its asking price at $8.8million.
Thenotoriously private star has enjoyed life in the quieter New York neighborhoodand recently opened up about being a working single mom. "I feel like I’mso good at raising a kid when I’m not working," recently opened up to ELLE UK. "I don’t forgetanything. I’ve got everything covered. It’s a real luxury to have a moment whenI’m not scrambling. I feel like most of my life, I’m trying to do two things atonce, both to the best of my abilities. So that leaves me feeling prettyexhausted."
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Photo: Mary Kay Gallagher Real Estate