A historic fixer-upper in San Antonio is available on the market for any purchaser courageous sufficient to face the work wanted to revive the $700,000 property — and presumably fend off just a few ghosts.
The house was in-built 1890 by famend San Antonio architect James Riely Gordon, who constructed the Bexar County Courthouse, a construction added to the Nationwide Registry of Historic Locations in 1977.
Gordon, identified for his dramatic Romanesque Revival type, later moved to Dallas after which New York Metropolis, the place his profile rose even additional. Certainly, by the point of his dying, he was so entrenched within the Large Apple that Texas wasn’t even talked about in his New York Occasions obituary.
It’s clear {that a} grasp’s hand was at work with this three-story property only a few blocks away from Woodlawn Lake, the place among the most original structure within the metropolis might be discovered.
Nonetheless, it’s additionally true that this outdated gal has seen higher days.
Initially constructed as an orphanage, the property has additionally had lives as a Catholic mission and most lately, a mattress and breakfast. And judging by the boarded up door within the kitchen, it may need additionally been the setting of a zombie invasion, however we might be flawed.
Its sheer variety of bedrooms (11!) and bogs (eight!) nonetheless makes the property conducive for one thing past a single-family house. The itemizing provides up concepts similar to a boutique hospitality idea, occasion venue, workplaces or combined use. A grand restoration can be required to transform it right into a purely residential property, however that too is throughout the realm of chance.
What’s clear is that this architectural gem is well worth the TLC.
“Historic character is discovered all through, together with authentic hardwood flooring, a grand staircase, picket balcony, tin roof, authentic home windows, and timeless clawfoot tubs,” its itemizing states. “Many historic components have been preserved through the years, sustaining the integrity and story of the house whereas providing a canvas for considerate updates and restoration.”
Hey, perhaps the ghosts can decide up a hammer.
This house is listed by Shane and Clint Neal with eXp Realty
All photographs and itemizing data by way of Realtor.com.
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