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St. Paul, Minn. | $ 1.5 million
An 1894 Queen Anne Victorian with five bedrooms, four full baths and three half baths, on 0.46 acre lot
This home sits on Summit Avenue, a 4.5 mile stretch containing 373 Victorian homes – the largest concentration along a single street of any city in the United States, and the inspiration for not one but two national historic districts. F. Scott Fitzgerald, who once described the avenue as “a mausoleum of American architectural monstrosities,” lived for a time in his parents’ house on a block diagonally from it; writer Sinclair Lewis lived not far east of it. Restaurants and shops along Grand Avenue are one block south. Downtown St. Paul is approximately two miles northeast.
Cut: 7,273 square feet
Price per square foot: $ 206
Inside: Designed by Louis F. Lockwood, an architect who worked on a number of Summit Avenue homes, this property is known as Augustus H. Schliek House, named after the original owner, a shoe maker. He started life with clapboard siding, but in 1909 a subsequent owner covered the timber with stucco and added the porch in the front and the two-level veranda in the back. It is also believed to have contributed to the mahogany-paneled dining room, with its custom table seating 14.
Ornate wooden double doors inlaid with metal medallions lead you into a large, marble-floored entrance hall with a working fireplace, round bench and curved picture window. A staircase is partially covered with paneled and carved woodwork. Two sets of pocket doors open to a living room with narrow wooden floors and a tiled fireplace. The dining room, with its molded cherry wood ceiling, carved mahogany paneling with matching Venetian blinds and deep bay window with leaded glass, follows. Built-in elements flank an arch at the end of the room that leads to a veranda with curved walls and a wooden ceiling. The solarium carpet was installed two years ago.
The veranda connects to the kitchen through an open breakfast room looking (and exiting) onto the back yard. (You can also enter the kitchen from the main hall.) The appliances date from 2005 (the butcher’s island hob and microwave) to 2018 (the Sub-Zero fridge-freezer). There is a half bathroom next to the kitchen.
The second floor landing offers the best view of the stained glass details in the windows of the staircase walls. Most of the windows in the house that are neither curved nor leaded have been replaced with Marvin windows; the rest has been restored and furnished with screens and custom wooden screens.
Of the three bedrooms on the second floor, one has a leaded transom above the entrance and patio doors which open onto the second floor of the veranda with an adjoining bathroom which has been recently upgraded. up to date with a walk-in shower and heated floors. A family room with a functional brick fireplace has a private bathroom with stone finishes, a double vanity, a tub and a corner shower. There is also an adjacent utility room.
The third floor is finished with one bedroom and an 800 square foot bonus apartment with a full kitchen and one bathroom. The basement includes a bonus room with an adjoining powder room, a large games room and a workshop.
Outdoor space: Perennial beds, mature and young trees, and brick pergolas with trellises are the hallmarks of the French garden. A more than century old maple tree shades the back patio. Parking is in a detached three-car garage.
Taxes: $ 26,394
Contact: Kim Ziton, Keller Williams Premier Realty, 612-987-6835; 638summitave.thebestlisting.com
Charlottesville, Virginia | $ 1.495 million
An enlarged 1820 farmhouse with four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, on 27.8 acres of land with an in-ground pool
This property is about nine miles west of downtown Charlottesville and seven miles west of the University of Virginia campus, in an area called Ivy that retains much of its rural character. No neighbor is visible from the house, which was originally a modest farmhouse but has seen multiple additions over the centuries. (The latest addition, about 20 years ago, was a walk-in kitchen and dining area to the left of the main entrance.) The seller added the 44-foot-long heated saltwater pool , the greenhouse, the chicken coop and the 12.9 kW solar panel.
Cut: 4,223 square feet
Price per square foot: $ 354
Inside: A blue stone staircase takes you to the front door, which opens into a vestibule with a closet and a powder room on either side. Straight ahead is a living room with pine floors, a decorative brick fireplace with an exposed brick mantel and built-in shelving. Light streams in from the front of the house and from two sets of patio doors leading to a rear patio.
The addition to the kitchen is a long, glass-walled room with a cathedral ceiling that flattens out onto a dining area at the end. Marble-topped shaker-style cabinets line one wall and a large island with ample storage space and a soapstone counter takes center stage. The kitchen is equipped with stainless steel appliances including an extra large farmhouse sink.
Turning right from the living room you come to a master suite which includes a bedroom with pine floors and a gas fireplace. The newly renovated master bathroom is covered in slate tiling and contains a glass-walled walk-in shower and wood vanity with marble top and sink.
The main staircase is in the living room. Turning left at the top of the stairs, you come to a bedroom with antique parquet, built-in storage, decorative brick fireplace and access to a stone terrace with iron railing overlooking the backyard. A bathroom with antique double doors, a claw-foot tub and a pedestal sink can be found in the hallway between the bedrooms.
A lower level, described as the ‘terrace level’, is accessed through a door under the living room staircase or glass doors opening onto a bluestone patio in the back yard. It includes a large vestibule, a carpeted family room with integrated media cabinet, an exercise room, an office, a bathroom with a shower over bathtub and a laundry room.
Outdoor space: Above the ground level patio, the terrace spans almost the entire rear width of the house, with shaded and sunny areas and access from most rooms. It overlooks a large lawn and the fenced swimming pool. Parking is in an independent garage for two cars with a side workshop. Gardens and meadows of wildflowers surround the house and there are 2.4 km of groomed trails on the property.
Taxes: $ 8,006 (2020, based on a tax assessment of $ 937,500), plus a semi-annual owner fee of $ 250 for road maintenance
Contact: Bob Headrick, Nest Realty, 434-242-8501; nestrealty.com
Los-Angeles | $ 1.475 million
A 1908 craftsman-style house with five bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, on 0.23 acre lot
Frank M. Tyler, the architect of this house, designed a number of buildings in Harvard Heights, the historic district of downtown Los Angeles where he lived and where this property is located. Its whimsical and detailed variations on the Craftsman theme included shingles, multiple gables, and sleek built-in elements. Designed for Harvey H. Cox, a real estate agent, this home has been in the same family for 110 years and still has some of the original furnishings. All hardware and every button, screen and curtain rod are original (for the most part).
The property has been well maintained and updated with earthquake modernization and solar panels. It is located a block and a half north of the Santa Monica Freeway, about five miles west of downtown Los Angeles, and close to the growing number of restaurants and other amenities in the area. West Adams area. The University of Southern California campus is approximately two and a half miles to the southeast.
Cut: 4,454 square feet
Price per square foot: $ 331
Inside: A front door surrounded by expansive leaded glass opens into a 26-foot-long lobby with a box-beam ceiling and a staircase whose axes are dotted with abacus-shaped discs. To the right is a living room decorated with a Mission-style fireplace clad in emerald green Grueby tiles (none of the fireplaces in the house are currently working). A curved bench is placed under a bay window, and the brass chandelier with opaque glass globes is, like most of the lighting in the house, original.
The dining room is separated by retractable doors on the other side of the foyer. It features a coffered ceiling, high paneling, and built-in sideboard made from cut-grain Oregon pine, with a mirrored backrest and leaded glass top cabinet doors. (The Mission dining table and chairs have been around for a long time.) This room’s butler’s pantry is lined with original cabinetry and flows into a 1940s kitchen. Behind the kitchen is find a laundry room and a powder room.
The main level also includes an office opposite the front door with original canvas wallpaper in the narrow area above the wainscoting. Pocket doors include many panes. This room also has a fireplace.
Going up the stairs one encounters a 28 foot long billiard room with two walls of multi-paned glass and the original pool table. Up a few steps is the second floor, which has four bedrooms at the front of the house and a master bedroom at the rear. The larger bedroom occupies a corner at the front and has a walk-in closet and direct access to a bathroom with black and white wall tiles and two sinks. (A second door opens onto the hallway.) The bathroom in the back bedroom has a laundry chute.
The home also has an 878 square foot unfinished attic with spiked ceilings under the roof gables and 308 square feet of unfinished basement.
Outdoor space: There is a rocking porch in front and a patio off the kitchen which overlooks the backyard lawn. Parking is in a detached garage for two cars which includes two rooms upstairs, used as workshops.
Taxes: $ 18,438 (estimated)
Contact: Benjamin Kahle or Erin Keegan, Deasy Penner Podley, 310-275-1000; deasypennerpodley.com
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