A historic San Antonio dwelling listed for $650,000 simply two blocks from the Alamodome has fairly the story to inform.
Designated an Particular person Historic Landmark by town of San Antonio, this century dwelling has seen all of it — excessive society, disrepair and neglect, a date with the wrecking ball, an Eleventh-hour rescue and a triumphant rebirth.
However all that historical past nonetheless hasn’t landed it a purchaser.
Although the itemizing states that the five-bedroom, three-bath residence was inbuilt 1900, metropolis data present that the one-and-a-half-story Queen Anne was truly constructed in 1897.
The East Facet landmark’s first proprietor was Nicholas Lee Petrich, who based the Petrich-Saur Lumber Firm in 1907 and served as its first president.
Petrich, who glided by N. Lee Petrich, remained president of the enterprise till his dying in 1933. He’s credited as taking part in a big position in San Antonio’s Nineteen Twenties constructing increase.
Frederick Bowen Gaenslen, an architect famend for his Romanesque ecclesiastical creations, designed the house for Petrich.
Gaenslen can also be the architect accountable for the chapel at Incarnate Phrase, the Our Girl of the Lake Convent, St. Anthony Catholic Faculty, St. Mary’s Catholic Church and St. Gerard’s Church, rectory and faculty, amongst different Catholic church buildings and associated buildings all through Texas.
This home was a venture early in his profession, however the prowess that set him aside was already obvious. Certainly, Gaenslen constructed this dwelling the 12 months he fashioned his personal architectural agency.
The two,900-square-foot dwelling consists of many traits of the Queen Anne model, together with heavy turned columns with spandrels and balustrades on its three porches.
A second-story porch over the entry gives extra curb enchantment and gives a recessed porch for the higher story, which has a small dormer within the middle together with a bigger asymmetrical dormer to the west. This uncommon and asymmetrical design is why metropolis historic data checklist it as a “1.5 story” dwelling.
Regardless of the dwelling’s lineage, it fell into disrepair, was boarded up and was scheduled for demolition, because the Present reported in January 2025.
Happily, town’s Workplace of Historic Preservation intervened and saved the home by declaring it a historic landmark. A 2021 transform gave the dwelling a brand new lease on life, together with an open flooring plan, fashionable fireplaces and quartz counter tops.
There may be little proof of Gaenslen’s artistry inside the house after the intensive renovations. Nonetheless, the Victorian dwelling’s coveted vaulted ceilings stay.
Regardless of the house’s Hail Mary and subsequent glow-up, it’s again in the marketplace for $50,000 lower than its 2025 asking worth of $700,000 and much lower than its 2022 asking worth of $849,900. It’s additionally obtainable as a short-term rental and comes absolutely furnished.
This house is listed by Amy C. White with Reliance Residential Realty.All pictures and itemizing data by way of Realtor.com.
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