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c. 1869

Historic District Italianate

Minneapolis, Minnesota

$897,000

Welcome to the finest home in the city! This spectacular home has been the cultural center of Marcy Holmes Neighborhood for more than a quarter century. This majestic, Chaska Brick home sits on the corner of SE 5th St and SE 5th Ave in the Minneapolis Historic South East 5th Street District. The late owner held hundreds of book and poetry readings, concerts, performances, weddings (for friends) and fundraisers in their classic Italianate Style home. Original details include hardwood floors, 12 foot ceilings on the first floor, leaded glass windows and cabinet doors, original hardware, cast-iron window arches, massive wooden brackets at the eaves, a majestic front porch with cement board flooring, the screened side porch on the East Side of the home for those afternoon shady gatherings those sunny mornings.

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c. 1798

Bon Aire: Virginia Landmark Estate

Wingina, Virginia

$2,400,000

Perched perfectly on a hill overlooking the Nelson County valley is Bon Aire, listed in the National Register of Historic Places & the Virginia Landmarks Register. Built by Dr. George Cabell, Jr., this property embodies a combination of Federal style, Jeffersonian influence and heritage. The county states there are (8) division rights. Bon Aire is a testament to early American architecture with massive columns at the entrance. This distinctive hilltop estate offers 4 spacious bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 10-14 ft ceilings, hardwood floors, synthetic slate roof, gourmet kitchen, and 7 wood-burning fireplaces. The English basement has a separate guest suite currently used as an Airbnb, “The Sunflower Room”, with private entrance, kitchenette, full bath, and bedroom. The 43-acre property has a fully updated 3-bed, 1 bath guest cottage with whole-house generator, a barn, and multiple outbuildings.

c. 1795

Impressive Brick Federal

Georgia, Vermont

$450,000

Beautiful Federalist-era Colonial boasting original Rumford fireplaces, exposed beams in attached converted barn with finished entrance parlor, and gorgeous original wide-plank flooring. The home includes a hand-built stone wall made from another building’s recovered foundation stones.