810 Prince Street
Kahan Singh Dhillon Jr.
The most talked-about house in Old Town has features collected from different times and places to transform the home into a wonderland of sorts: a putting green on the roof, a 20th-century dumb waiter transformed into a piece of sculptural art, and more gold accents than the rest of Old Town combined.
“The Prince” started as a Federal-style townhouse, built in 1830, but it had become three separate apartments when purchased in 2021. The owner, Kahan Singh Dhillon Jr., a real estate developer, renovated the space to suit his taste, then decided to stay put in his current home. The makeover respects and preserves the original historic features, nevertheless, the décor veers far from its roots with imported European finishes and smart home technology that lets you have it your way: an ambience conjured up with a wide palette of light options, music piped in by Bose speakers (both inside and out), and your personal barista in the form of an embedded Miele coffee system.
Want to sit in the lap of luxury? The black-and-gold living room décor evokes both the beauty of ancient Egyptian statues and the sleekness of modern design. The gold accents make the living room pulse with energy.
The kitchen has a posh European feel with a La Cornue range, a custom black-and-gold refrigerator made to look like a bank vault, and if you want to be entertained while chopping on the Belvedere quartzite countertops, use the remote to summon the pop-up TV screen that can be raised or lowered from a hidden space in the kitchen island.
After its recent glow-up, the house is now Federal eclectic.