It may be easy to fall in love with a Queen Anne Victorian home recently listed for sale mere steps from the River Walk and the historic Guenther House.
For one, there’s the price, at only $519,000. Sure, that’s more than many of us can afford, but that’s also far less than houses in Southtown are known to sell for.
And speaking of location, the three-bedroom, two-bath home built in 1903 is situated on a corner lot in the center of one of the city’s most vibrant districts, with easy access to Blue Star Arts Complex, downtown, museums, and some of San Antonio’s most celebrated restaurants.
But above all, there are the home’s historic details.
Fans of Queen Annes look for a few things as hallmarks of the architectural style, and they’re all here, in mint condition.
Adorable gingerbread trim on the Painted Lady’s asymmetrical façade? Check.
Soaring 10-foot ceilings and original hardwood floors throughout? Check.
French doors with sidelights and transoms between rooms? Check.
Elaborate stained glass windows and clawfoot bathtubs? Major check.
But this endlessly endearing home adds a lot of features one wouldn’t even know to include on a wish list for their dream Victorian house.
These include its pristine original kitchen with glass-front cabinetry and stainless steel countertops.
Near the kitchen, a flexible room with a full bath offers space for an office, studio, or guest accommodations. The nearby living room also features the aforementioned French doors and a stained-glass window. Upstairs, two secondary bedrooms share a Jack-and-Jill bath featuring a clawfoot tub, pedestal sink, and another distinctive window, this one in the shape of a diamond.
The primary suite includes a walk-in closet and enclosed sun porch. A tastefully distressed look makes the sun porch shabby chic, but we say that respectfully and not as the derogatory slur it’s become thanks to tasteless wine moms. (Sorry, wine moms.)
And it wouldn’t be the Southtown- and King William-adjacent area without a two-car garage that could be converted into a guest house, workshop or artist’s studio, natch.
Are you in love yet, or is it just us?
This home is listed by Gina Candelario with Kuper Sotheby’s International Realty.
All photos and listing info via Realtor.com.
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