5-Bedroom Victorian Home ~ A Restoration in Progress ~ FOR SALE!

At the gateway to the Historic Park Avenue/Long Street Historic District, 414 Park Avenue, the oldest house in the District with nearly 4,000 square feet of living space, is everything the restoration craftsman looks for in a vintage historic Victorian.

Photo from 2015

Like many Victorian homes of its day, 414 Park Avenue's exterior is graced with a wonderful wrap-around front porch and (2) sitting balconies. The circa 1891 Victorian home features enormous rooms, hardwood floors, ample center hallways, and nine . . .yes (9) . . . fireplaces! Let Realtor® Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate LLC show you this opportunity to make this gracious home your own. Call 704-213-6846 to schedule your private showing.

This beautiful 5 bedroom, 4 bath Victorian is one of Salisbury's 10 Historic Districts. The North Long Street~Park Avenue Historic District was posted to the National Register of Historic Places in June of 1985.  The neighborhood features architecture from the late 19th and 20th century: Colonial Revival,American Craftsman Bungalow, Victorian, and Gothic, with architecturally significant periods between 1875-1949.  There are over 46 properties considered "Contributing Properties". This house at 414 Park Avenue, already a jewel in the neighborhood's crown, will be a masterpiece when its restoration and rehabilitation are complete.

The asymmetrically-designed house is sheltered by a shingled roof enlivened by a projecting pediment gable, a hip extension, and hip-roofed dormers.The terraced front lawn and wide central walk is enclosed with picket fencing, and the concrete staircase from the city sidewalk to the veranda welcomes guests with an entry pergola at the gate ~ creating a sense of arrival. 

The over 500 sq. ft. wrap-around porch is straightforward in design without the more elaborate trimmings of the Victorian era and is a gracious entertaining or just-plain-relaxing area. A second floor balcony overlooks the neighborhood. Windows in plain surrounds and a second floor balcony all complete the façade. 

The home, with a good portion of its restoration process already been completed, retains much of its original charm. Built as an elegant single-family residence, 414 Park Avenue has (5) bedrooms, (4) baths (presently 2 baths are operational, 2 are gutted for restoration).

 

The home features 2 owners' suites, spacious rooms. and a versatile floor plan featuring hardwood floors through most of home. The first floor ceiling height reaches 11 ft. in most rooms. 

The center hall plan is finished with symmetrically molded surrounds, a turned baluster staircase, and original fireplace with its clean-lined mantel. Numerous original features remain and include fireplaces and mantels in many of the rooms.  The library has a custom built computer station & a wall of shelves.

The renovated kitchen is delightfully large and sunny, and features granite countertops and wonderful lighting. It opens with French doors to the dining room with its built-in china cabinet. The kitchen additionally features a walk-in pantry and rear mudroom that opens to a walled patio space, once an enclosed room, and leads to the large back lawn with alley off-street parking.

414 Park Avenue is just blocks from Salisbury's thriving Arts District, where Lee Street Theatre hosts community plays, music performances, comedy shows, and more.  The Rail Walk Studios & Gallery just around the corner hosts original works of 7 or more local artists. The Salisbury Farmer's Market is here on Saturday mornings April through October.

This Victorian home is a work in progress! This ca. 1891 property shows signs of standing through its history and the seller has priced it in relation to the average value of similar houses in the area with consideration for the work that needs to be finalized. The listing price of $179,000 reflects the remaining needed restoration vs. the grand scale of this 4000 square-foot home. The shingled roof is approximately 7-10 years old, and in good shape, and the flat roof over the rear bedroom was replaced in 2013.

Located in an Opportunity Zone, 414 Park Avenue is eligible for discounted capital gains tax, as well as Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits. Opportunity Zone identifies an area with access to a new program to attract investment capital, created by federal tax legislation (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R.1), that offers qualified investors certain tax benefits when they invest capital gains into these areas.

 

Need to know more?  Call Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate LLC at (704) 213-6846. This spacious treasure of a vintage home can be yours!

414 PARK AVENUE 
Salisbury, NC 28144 
CMLS #3883659
$179,000

Greg Rapp 
Salisbury Real Estate LLC 
704.213.6846 Mobile 
GregRappRealtor@gmail.com 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 88888

Historic Victorian Cottage - Yours to Restore!

What could be more romantic than a Victorian cottage, shaded by magnificent trees, with its rocking chair porch and picket-fenced yard?!

The circa 1915 Cox-Rufty House, listed on National Register of Historic Places, is just that!  Welcome to 420 East Bank Street in Salisbury, North Carolina ~ a one-story late-Victorian home with a tall hipped roof, fabulous rustic stone foundation, a full-width rocking-chair front porch overlooking picket-fenced front yard, and HUGE shade trees. Swoon!

This quaint 3-bedroom, 1.5 bath in one of Salisbury NC's 10 historic districts, listed with Realtor Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate LLC, has many original details/  Choose which way to enter: through the front door to a wide center hallway, or via the side door near your private parking area into a sunny side porch. The first things you'll notice are the original high ceilings, two original fireplaces (non-functioning) with their early 1900s mantels, the original beadboard walls, wood trim, and wood floors. 

The center hallway is flanked by two parlors ~ a very traditional floor plan for a home of this era. The parlor with the huge built-in bookcases to the right as you come through the front door has the potential to be the 3rd bedroom by closing off an old closet wall that was once removed and now serves as a walk-thru to the next bedroom. This next bedroom is technically your owner's suite with full bath. The between the deep mahogany painted parlor and dining room is the other bedroom.

The dining room, painted a brilliant peacock bluegreen (throughout!), boasts a chair rail and architectural molding trim.  Once the trim is picked out in more original paint colors, these features will be pop in this elegant room.

Adjacent to the dining room at the rear of the home is the kitchen, with soaring ceilings and newer cupboards. The kitchen exits either to a sunny side porch, or the beautiful, private, and deep fenced-in backyard. The yard is charmingly separated by a gazebo creating an outdoor room close to the house, and a wide swath of back lawn beyond. Here, you will see where landscaping will create a wonderful private oasis.

This 1,602 square foot home offers a shared driveway with a private parking area. The home is located in the Brooklyn South Square Historic District just 4 blocks from vibrant Downtown center.  Walk to the lovely Bell Tower Green center-city park, unique shops, restaurants, library, museums, art galleries, and nightlife. 

Homes within the local historic districts in Salisbury, NC fall under review by the City's Historic Preservation Commission for any exterior changes, repairs, or renovations. Refer to Local Historic Design Standards for regulation specifics, such as no vinyl siding or vinyl replacement windows. In most cases, original materials area required for any repairs or replacements.

This beautiful cottage clearly needs TLC but will be well worth the time, effort, and investment. The home is due for a new roof, interior and exterior paint, and some cosmetic work. The home at 420 E. Bank Street can easily be restored to the stunning Victorian cottage it once was. The home is being sold As-Is/No Repairs, and therefore is not FHA loan eligible. The home IS eligible for both Federal and State Historic Tax Credits, and Historic Preservation Grants for exterior work through City of Salisbury (offered annually). 

420 E Bank Street
Salisbury, North Carolina 28144
$125,000
CMLS#3819764

Greg Rapp 
Salisbury Real Estate LLC 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
GregRappRealtor@gmail.com 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 

The Circa 1880 Mowery-Peeler House is For Sale!

The handsome two-story Italianate weather-boarded Mowery-Peeler House was built about 1880 by George Mowery after his wife purchased the entire block upon which the house sits in February of 1880.  And today. . . 138 years later, this fantastic home is for sale with Realtor® Greg Rapp. Call or text (704) 213-6846 to schedule your private showing of this gorgeous vintage home . . . and see what this home at 229 S. Long Street in Salisbury, North Carolina has to offer here!


Here's what the National Register of Historic Places has to say about the Mowery-Peeler House at 229 S. Long Street:  "Representing the district's original Italianate architectural character at its height, it is characterized by a steep gable roof, a symmetrical composition dominated by a two-story projecting entrance bay, and tall interior chimneys. Its Italianate character is further developed by projecting side bays, and the typical heavy, molded decorative brackets which adorn the roof, the porch, and the side bays, as well as tall, paired one over one windows with slightly arched heads." (National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form, Brooklyn-South Square Historic District, April 11, 1985)






"The interior maintains a handsome, yet understated motif. A fine open string stair with massive turned newel and elegantly turned balustrade rises from the front entry, while heavy plaster arches form interesting alcoves at the side bays and on either side of first floor fireplaces. Two interesting styles of mantels provide a light touch to the restrained interior. One mantel features heavy posts, a heavy molded shelf decorated with a molded diamond-shaped motif, while others feature an extended shelf over heavy posts and a frieze with a recessed lozenge-shaped motif identical to the mantels in the nearby Huff House located at 403 E. Bank Street. Due to the widening of S. Long Street which threatened to demolish it, the house was purchased by the Historic Salisbury Foundation in 1981 and moved slightly to the east of its original location." (National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form, Brooklyn-South Square Historic District, April 11, 1985)


As described in the National Register of Historic Places, this gorgeous Italianate home sits in a prominent place in the Brooklyn South Square Historic District in Salisbury, North Carolina, where it was moved in 1981. The Mowery-Peeler home's striking 2-story Italianate architecture features unique dual front porches with standing-seam metal roofs (longevity!), and beautiful dual bay alcoves projecting from the north and south facades.

Under a decorative portico, the front door boasts curved windows and handsome trim. Under widely overhanging eaves, large carved brackets decorate an ornamental cornice throughout, and tall, narrow one-over-one windows grace each facade, very typical in Italianate residential architecture. The expense and craftsmanship lavished on the exterior offers testament to the prosperity and optimism of the era from 1840 to 1885 in the aftermath of the Civil War.



Upon entry through the handsome front doorway into 229 S. Long Street, you enter a small foyer with doors to the right and left that enter onto the two front porches.



A fine open string stair with massive turned newel and elegantly turned balustrade rises from the front entry. The split staircase has with two landings, with one branch heading to the rear of the home, and the other to the front rooms. The home retains much of its original millwork & and hardwood floors.





The gourmet will go wild for the ultra-spacious updated kitchen resplendent with cherry cabinets anchored by an enormous center work island with counter seating and granite tops. A corner sink make smart use of often awkward corner space!









The kitchen sits between a beautiful formal dining room to the west, and a cozy den to the east for relaxing after meals.  One of the home's (5) fireplaces with its original 1880 mantel can be found in this room with its original beadboard walls.





The exquisite dining room is one of two rooms with the fabulous bay window alcove.







The formal parlor is an especially beautiful room, with bay window alcove, gleaming hardwood floors, and arched built-in book shelves and cabinetry flanking the vintage fireplace. These gracious 1st-floor rooms all feature prized 10' ceilings.





Owners Suite has sitting area with built-in closet system &  its own fireplace. 







The center chimney divides the Owners' Suite into two distinct zones: a lovely sitting area with tiled fireplace, seating, and a built-in closet system, and the private sleeping area.

A spacious Master Bath completes the Owners' Suite in this vintage home.



Two more upper level bedrooms and another bath exude vintage style and character . . . and yes . . . a claw foot bath tub! Here you'll note the original vintage swivel transoms above the doors, installed to allow hot air to move through and out of the rooms in the days before central air-conditioning!











Step outside, through the kitchen door, and you'll find a wonderful Charleston-style back porch area with exposed brick wall that overlooks a private & scenic patio area. This L-shaped porch is a favored gathering place for both owners and guests!







In the private back yard, a newly built center entertainment deck provides the perfect place for cookouts and sun-catching!



The Mowery-Peeler House at 229 S. Long Street additionally offers a generously-sized two car garage and small out building with its brick walk approach.  Privacy fencing in this rear portion of the yard makes for a cozy outdoor retreat.  You'll note the handsome picket and brick-pillared fencing that surrounds other back portions of the yard, while newer iron fencing encircles the landscaped front yard.  Knock-Out™ Roses and liriope grace the corner of the property, creating a landmark vista in the Brooklyn South Square Historic District.









The landscape surrounding this 2800+ square foot vintage 1880 home is thoughtfully planted and immaculately kept. Large birch trees provide dappled shade, while acuba, Japanese maples, and a variety of perennials create a park-like setting on this prominent corner lot.

If you've always dreamt of owning your own vintage historic home, now is your chance. This completely restored and well-kept 136-year-old home is just waiting for you to settle in. In the heart of one of Salisbury's 10 historic districts, when 229 S. Long Street is your home, you'll be a stones throw from the vibrant downtown alive with restaurants, galleries, 2 craft breweries, and 2 community theaters....not to mention all the wonderful shops and festivals in the downtown area. And if that isn't enough to lure you in, the City of Salisbury offers a Historic Preservation Incentive Grant annually that assists homeowners in the historic districts with exterior maintenance, upfits, and repairs. Salisbury is well-known for its preservation culture and shares that ethic with homeowners here, creating the foundation for future restoration and rehabilitation of these 100+ year old homes and properties.



The time is right to call Greg Rapp with Wallace Realty ~ (704) 213-6846 ~ and make the circa 1880 Mowery-Peeler house your home!  


The Mowery-Peeler House ~ ca. 1880 
229 S Long Street
Salisbury NC 28144-5017
CMLS#3311564 
$218,000

Greg Rapp 
Wallace Realty Co. 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
704 636 2021 Office 
www.realestatesalisbury.net