A more than 100-year-old home in Orlando, Florida, has hit the market for $2.71 million.
Located in the Lake Cherokee Historic District—a pocket of downtown Orlando with historic homes and structures dating to the 1870s—the house was built in 1922 for Dr. John Singer McEwan and his wife, Roberta, according to the listing with Jennifer Sloan of Compass.
After graduating from medical school at Northwestern University, in Chicago, in 1905, McEwan moved to Orlando as a practicing surgeon and opened one of the city’s first hospitals in 1911. McEwan built the home during explosive growth in and around Orlando during the Roaring ’20s.
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Set on a half-acre, the classical-style home stands behind a circular driveway bordered by neatly landscaped hedges. It has white siding, black exterior shutters and a grand portico supported by four columns.
Upon entry, there’s a foyer with a black-and-white checkered marble floor and a sweeping staircase. The rest of the 5,800-square-foot home unfolds across three stories.
There’s a living space on either side of the foyer, with a formal living room that leads into a sunroom and a family room that opens onto a screened porch. A dining room and a kitchen with a breakfast nook complete the first floor, with both rooms leading out to the back patio, floor plans show.
The home’s six bedrooms are on its second and third floors, plus there’s also a loft space on the top floor. A detached guest house adds a seventh bedroom to the property.
Outside, a back deck leads down to a swimming pool surrounded by a brick patio. At one end of the pool, a pavilion covers a sitting area.
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The home last traded hands in 2022, when it sold for $1.89 million, records with PropertyShark show.
The sellers, who weren’t available for comment, extensively upgraded the home, spending more than $200,000 on updates, according to the listing. This work included putting in a new slate roof, copper gutters and soffits, new insulation, upgraded electrical and HVAC systems, and tankless water heaters for both the main and guest houses.