A 104-year-old Monte Vista bungalow that feels extra outdated Hollywood than outdated San Antonio has hit the market with a $1.5 million price ticket.
The attention-catching stucco mansion — which Alamo Metropolis historian Donald Everett described as being within the “Craftsman model with a Spanish eclectic combine” — was in-built 1921 and stays a stunner a century later.
James T. Coleman of the Coleman & Jenkins development agency constructed the four-bedroom, three-bath property and offered it two years later, in response to Everett’s ebook San Antonio’s Monte Vista: Structure and Society in a Gilded Age.
The three,800-square-foot residence stayed within the household of the next proprietor for the subsequent 60 years, and in 1932 gained the citywide award for “most stunning yard,” Everett additionally notes.
Meticulous restoration work has up to date components of the house whereas protecting its Gilded Age craftsmanship. These classic touches embody copious wooden trim, customized built-ins and a fire that includes tiles made by Ernest Allan Batchelder, a pacesetter within the American Arts and Crafts Motion.
This mixture of old-time class and fashionable dwelling is on full show in the home’s major suite, which occupies its whole second flooring. The world is supplied with a spa-inspired tub, a non-public balcony and customized walk-in closet. A sunroom overlooks an oblong yard swimming pool surrounded by lush landscaping.
Little shock that itemizing agent Kristin Kellum has already fielded a number of affords on the property, which had solely been in the marketplace for every week as of press time.
“Hearts have been damaged all around the metropolis,” she mentioned. “It’s obtained every part a Monte Vista purchaser is on the lookout for.”
This house is listed by Kristin Kellum with Phyllis Browning Co.All photographs and itemizing data through Realtor.com.
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