Silly enough, we have not written a blog about the details of our house! We were so caught up in updating, painting, repairing and fixing we never gave you a descriptive picture of our new home.
Our house was built in 1903 (so maybe we have a ghost or two, who knows!). Interesting factoid of the day: there are still the remnants of the gas light fixtures in some of the rooms. When it was first built the house didn't have electricity and used gas lights to light the home.
It is located in the Cherokee Heights neighborhood of St. Paul, which is considered the West side. If you walk a block north you overlook the Mississippi River, Harriet Island and the marina below. During the summer you can walk to Harriet Island or just sit in the backyard to enjoy music and fireworks. The neighborhood is really nice with a lot of homes that have been recently renovated back to their time-era.
The house is a 2-story home with three bedrooms (one on the main floor), an office (upstairs), a laundry room (upstairs), two bathrooms (one up, one down), a dining room, kitchen and living room. We have a full basement, but like most St. Paul basements it is slightly scary. The total above ground square feet is 1,582.
When the last owners bought the house it was a duplex. They renovated it to make it a single family home. You can still try to picture what it looked like as a duplex. The previous owner turned the upstairs kitchen into the laundry room. Downstairs there used to be two bedrooms and a galley kitchen, but they expanded the kitchen to be larger by getting rid of the other bedroom.
The previous owner had a summary of the house and the abstract of all the owners, so hopefully we will get that one day and I can tell you more about the history of our home!
Very cool!
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