The James W. and Lucy S. Elwell House is a historic Italianate-style home located in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York City.

[1] In 1854, the Elwells bought a large parcel of land for $20,000 in the Lefferts Place area of South Clinton Hill.

The original property extended south from that street to Atlantic Avenue, and the family also built a garden and a flower conservatory.

[5] In the 1850s, when the Elwells bought and built the house, the Italianate style was the preferred one for New York merchants who wanted to live in the suburbs of the city.

The house still maintains many of the style's signature features, such as a front bay, flat roof and square cupola.