A 3-story dwelling in San Antonio’s Monte Vista Historic District has loads of aviation historical past to go along with its curb enchantment.
Newspaper information present the superbly restored 1926 dwelling was as soon as owned by Marilynn Beatty, the widow of Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr., one of the adorned U.S. fighter pilots throughout World Conflict II and the nation’s second-highest-scoring ace of the battle.
McGuire, a Medal of Honor winner, died within the ultimate yr of the struggle, however not earlier than capturing down a complete of 38 Japanese planes. He additionally bunked with Charles Lindbergh, then a civilian contractor, and the famed pilot even flew as McGuire’s wingman for a number of missions.
Beatty, a lifelong San Antonio resident, bought this dwelling within the late Sixties with the husband she married after McGuire’s dying. After she outlived that partner, she married a 3rd time earlier than she herself handed within the late Nineteen Nineties.
Whereas the four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath residence Beatty as soon as occupied not has any outward indicators of her first husband’s army aviation historical past, it’s definitely stuffed with appeal.
The $899,000 property’s shiny, renovated kitchen encompasses a copper farmhouse sink, stainless-steel home equipment and a devoted wine fridge, whereas a screened-in porch presents views of a pool, waterfall and spa, creating what the gross sales itemizing calls a “non-public yard escape.”
Along with a third-floor “flex suite” geared up with a full tub, the house comes with a 580-square-foot visitor home with one more full tub, making the outbuilding a attainable rental, workplace or artwork studio.
This house is listed by Melissa Muse Wiggans with Actual Property Muses.All images and itemizing data by way of Realtor.com.
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