Monticello Park 2-1 Victorian

Historically and Architecturally Significant San Antonio Vintage Homes undefined     Architectural Analysis By: Architectural Historian Shelley Roff, Ph.D. 1811 West Mulberry, built around 1900, is a humble variant of the Folk Victorian. This is a Texas variant of the American Foursquare, which was usually one-story, square in plan with a pyramidal roof. Some Folk Victorians have front or side gables; others simply have dormers to ornament the roofline. This style of house can easily be recognized by the steeply pitched roof and requisite covered front porch. Yet, I had to wonder at first what this turn-of-the-century folk Victorian was doing in this particular neighborhood, a development begun in the 1920s as a suburb for the wealthy connected to Woodlawn Lake. The house was likely part of the old Dairy Farm, whose property was purchased later for the new suburb. In fact, this is not the only structure in the area dating from this period. The house across the street with a similar pyramidal shape roof is reputedly the first built in the area. This house does not have the spindles or gingerbread scrollwork seen on some Folk Victorians to the south of downtown. Instead, its design is more reserved and stately. Other potential period details can be seen at the front entrance: the bronze mailbox, front door knocker, and a galloping horse designed to display the house address at one time. The house is enveloped in cement fiberboard shingles, however these were probably added mid-century to protect the original clapboard wood siding, which may still exist underneath. The sculpted concrete birdbath must be fairly new. The owner's mother moved here in the 1960s and planted as a seedling the beautiful Persimmon tree in the backyard. The tree is a male Persimmon, meaning it does not bear fruit and therefore leaves no mess underneath it. Although Bexar County Records do not record a date for the barn/garage in the back, I am fairly sure it is of the same era of the house. The interior of the house has not been much transformed from its original design, indicators being the high ceilings, tall and narrow windows, and original panel doors and wood molded frames. Just inside the front door, there is a charming period telephone shelf. A house from this period would not have had closets, so those in the bedrooms are modern additions, as well as the kitchen cabinetry and bathroom at the back of the house.       Architectural Analysis with Photos  MLS Market Snapshot                Greetings! Every time I approach our newest silent market listing, I do it with great anticipation. I was driving up the 1800 block of W. Mulberry a few years back and encountered what appeared to be a large green chicken in a palm tree. Wrong... It was a parrot! What a surprise! That's right, San Antonio has a flock of feral parrots!  And the new silently marketed home? It's a 2-1 Folk Victorian for the easy entry price of $75,000, and you are hearing about it before I put it on MLS.  If you know someone who might appreciate a funky high-ceilinged Victorian home in Monticello Park, please pass this on.    Joe Barfield, Broker, GRI, e-Pro, ecoBroker 210-846-9273 Specializing in Homes of Character & History The Joe Barfield Group of Keller Williams See all the other homes for sale in Monticello Park    Monticello Park 2-1 Victorian - $75,000 Living Room A charming Folk Victorian from the turn of the century. The ceilings are 10 feet high which is plenty of room for nerf shenanigans on the hardwood floors. Located in Monticello Park, it is convenient to Woodlawn Lake and Deco District. 2 bedrooms and 1 full bathroom - $75,000. 1,106 square feet. See the Virtual Tour Built in 1900. 2 car garage. Large backyard. Hardwood flooring. Laundry area - inside. Extremely high ceilings - 10ft! Grand persimmon tree. Great starter home or rental property. Located in San Antonio Independent School District. Convenient to Woodlawn Lake, Deco District, Bijou theater, Woodlawn theater and downtown. What else is Nearby? View the Map   Walkable Neighborhood Monticello Park is located west of Interstate 10 and off Fredericksburg Road. A walkable neighborhood, it is in close proximity to Woodlawn Lake, Bijou theater, Woodlawn theater and downtown.    Popular restaurants in the area include De Wese's Tip Top Cafe,  Alamo Pizza, Jacala Mexican, Blanco's Mexican and Tacos del Julio, all within a mile. Located in the San Antonio Independent School District, schools including Woodlawn Elementary and Jefferson High School are a few blocks away. The exceptional (and free!) Aspire Academy KIPP school is right down Fredericksburg Rd.  Thai food can be delivered to your door (paletas, too...) Deano's Liquor and Cool Crest Golf, and Breakfast Taco Donuts are all notable icons nearby.     Backyard There you have it. Please don't hesitate to respond to this email or call me or my team if you or someone you know might be interested in this home. Sincerely, Joe Barfield The Joe Barfield Group of Keller Williams Alamo Heights joe@joebarfield.com 210-846-9273 www.SanAntonioVintageHomes.com www.JoesListings.Blogspot.com- Architectural History Blog www.SAMusicAndArt.com- Art, Music & Architecture Newsletter   What are houses selling for near my home? The architectural write-up is provided by Dr. Roff. Any reference to families  is strictly academic. The Joe Barfield Group embraces all Equal Opportunity Housing Laws.

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Monticello Park 3-1.5 Spanish Hacienda Revival

Historically and Architecturally Significant San Antonio Vintage Homes Architectural Analysis By: Architectural Historian Shelley Roff, Ph.D. The neighborhood around the renowned Jefferson High School near Woodlawn Lake is filled with charming bungalows and stately mansions from the 1920s and 30s. Driving around you can see English Tudor Revivals, Arts and Crafts-inspired bungalows, crazy-brick cottages, stuccoed bungalows with sculpted medieval turrets, and a number of Alamo-inspired renditions. The Spanish Hacienda character of the house at 213 Donaldson is quintessentially "San Antonio". The bright white stuccoed walls, contrasting dark chocolate trim and window frames, and arcaded front porch are hallmark details of a Spanish Hacienda Revival -- as well as the barrel-vaulted ceiling of the living room on the interior. To enhance the Spanish rustic look, the present owners have added Sausalito tile to the front porch and blocks of wood at the roofline to indicate the idea of vigas, roof rafters that appear to extend through the wall to the exterior. The owners have done a marvelous job restoring it. The house is built on a pier and beam foundation and solid, stable ground. Built in 1935 with old-growth pine, balloon-frame construction and plaster, the owners were careful to preserve the home's valuable materials and most hand-crafted architectural details from the period. And yet, the modern touches they have added warrant the house's debut in a design trade journal. The front entry has a clean modern feel to it, almost something from Dwell magazine or West Elm, as well as the back porch and outside storage shed, designed by the owner who is a carpenter and artist. The backyard has been transformed with great love into a paradise with fruit trees such as orange and peach, stone paths that cut through the grass and leading you to a flagstone seating area in one part, or around the house to a shaded grotto replete with bubbling fountain. The path continues to wander around to a side porch and desert cactus garden. The stuccoed living room interior is shaped by a long, transverse barrel vault which ends in a wall with a grand arch and smaller arched cut-out windows, giving you a clear view into the dining room. Solid oak floors also connect the rooms visually. The fireplace reminds me of a sculpted outdoor baking oven, the kind you would see in Mexico, with dark bricks of varying sizes outlining the opening in a creative pattern. The house's wood panel doors and crystal door knobs are nicely restored, and the kitchen cabinetry has been renovated in keeping with the simplicity of earlier renditions of 1930s kitchens I have seen. Also in a appropriate vein to the period, the large and sunny eat-in kitchen has been newly covered with black and white checkered linoleum tile, which has also been introduced into the truly lovely mint green bathroom. Don't miss the awesome cubbyhole storage unit in the children's bedroom. Architectural History Architectural Analysis with Photos MLS Market Snapshot Greetings! One of the pleasures of my career is that I get to meet neat people with incredible passions and talents. Take James and Tracie... They took a nice Spanish-style home in historic Monticello Park and transformed it with vision and meticulous carpentry into a jewel of a home. As I walked through their neat 3 bed, 1.5 bath home, I kept thinking how stupid cool their home was. There are wonderful spaces inside and out- floating storage, incredible arches... You are just going to have to see the photos. Anyway, they spent a ton of ton, time, effort and money to restore this home and make it functionally awesome. If they had paid retail for the improvements, we are talking big money! So... someone will get to steal this home and call it home. As you have come to expect, 213 Donaldson isn't on MLS and I haven't put a sign up, but it is for sale. This home remains a secret... for now. If you know anyone who might be interested in this hacienda, pass it on before the whole planet gets ahold of it. :-) Joe Barfield, Broker, GRI, e-Pro, ecoBroker 210-846-9273 Specializing in Homes of Character & History The Joe Barfield Group of Keller Williams Monticello Park 3-1.5 Spanish Hacienda Revival - $185,000 Living Room A great Spanish Hacienda in Historic Monticello Park. Crafted with love and vision, it is convenient to Woodlawn Lake and downtown. 3 bedrooms and 1 full, 1 partial bathroom - $185,000. 1,792 square feet See the Virtual Tour Built in 1935. Central Heating and Air-conditioning. Family room, Living room, Dining room and Breakfast Nook. Hardwood flooring. Laundry area - inside. Private backyard oasis. Awesome detached workshop. Located in San Antonio Independent School District. Convenient to Woodlawn Lake, Bijou theater, Woodlawn theater and downtown. What else is Nearby? View the Map Walkable Neighborhood Monticello Park is located west of Interstate 10 and off Fredericksburg Road. A walkable neighborhood, it is in close proximity to Woodlawn Lake, Bijou theater, Woodlawn theater and downtown. Popular restaurants in the area include Alamo Pizza, Jacala Mexican, Blanco's Mexican and Tacos del Julio, all within a mile. Located in the San Antonio Independent School District, schools including Woodlawn Elmentary and Jefferson Highschool are a few blocks away. The exceptional (and free!) Aspire Academy KIPP school is right down Fredericksburg Rd. (delivered, no less!) Thai food can be delivered to your door (paletas, too...) Deano's Liquor and Cool Crest Golf, and Breakfast Taco Donuts are all notable icons nearby. Some Wonderful Memories Family Room The current owner, Tracie shares her favorite memories of 213, Donaldson Avenue. It's quick launch to Bijou theater. Off I-10 between 410 and 35, Medical Center, Downtown. Alamo Pizza has the best pizza in town. We always get a plain cheese pizza and sometimes one with spinach, mushrooms, onions. Everything is great there- calzones, pasta salad, meatball sandwiches. They know us by name and our typical order (extra large cheese pizza for pick-up, side of Ranch). We always know when the owner is working because he puts a couple of banana peppers on the side. A quick walk to the bank, so many paletas! Walking over to Woodlawn theater. You can even walk to the HEB. Everything is so close. Taking walks in the evenings and looking at all the different houses. Blocks away from Woodlawn Elmentary and Jefferson Highschool. It's nice to go running on the track at Jefferson. Walking distance to Woodlawn Lake. A great place to run, walk, have a picnic, and feed the ducks. The park has a great jungle gym and a huge public pool with a slide. Working in front bedroom. It's so private and quiet. Many great garage sales in the neighborhood, lots of great finds. Going down to Jefferson High school for late night runs. Laying in the grass and looking up at our beautiful pecan tree. Eating breakfast in the kitchen and watching red birds and doves come to steal some cat food off the back porch. Opening all the windows in the bedroom and taking a nap with the great breezes and garden views. Sitting outside and listening to the music coming from Woodlawn Theater in the evenings. Parties in the backyard. We have had great birthday parties and barbeques in the back yard. 4th of July at Woodlawn Lake. So close we can avoid all the traffic and walk to the lake to see the fireworks. Halloween parties! Sitting on the front porch giving out so many bags of candy and watching the amazing parade of families. So many people it is like something out of a movie!. 4th of July dinner parties. All our friends come over and we barbeque and make margaritas. Then we grab some blankets and walk down to the lake and enjoy all the fireworks. Then we walk back to the house and continue eating and drinking! Great next door neighbor, brought over great baby gifts. She's so sweet. Working on the house with my dad building the shed and patio. Ruby's first Christmas. Filling our backyard with lights and decorations to make her a winter wonderland. Watching all the spring flowers come up in the garden. Lounging all day in the hammock or just laying in the grass getting some sun. Blossoming cacti garden, large nigh time blooms. So many pecans! Great to be a part of the Deco District. Lots of revitalization in the area. Possible via light rail expansion to the Medical Center down Fredricksburg. So many wonderful taco huts down Fredricksburg. There you have it. Please don't hesitate to respond to this email or call me or my team if you or someone you know might be interested in this home. Sincerely, Joe Barfield The Joe Barfield Group of Keller Williams Alamo Heights joe@joebarfield.com 210-846-9273 www.SanAntonioVintageHomes.com www.JoesListings.Blogspot.com- Architectural History Blog www.SAMusicAndArt.com- Art, Music & Architecture Newsletter What are houses selling for near my home? The architectural write-up is provided by Dr. Roff. Any reference to families is strictly academic. The Joe Barfield Group embraces all Equal Opportunity Housing Laws.

Tudor Revival in Monticello Park Architectural Analysis Architectural Historian Dr. Shelley Roff did some research on the home at 346 Donaldson. Here is what she came up with. This English Tudor Revival house built in 1935 characterizes typical features of this residential style popular in American neighborhoods between 1890 and 1940. cross gables, the decorative half-timbering, and tall, narrow windows with multi-pane glazing evoke the romantic image of a 16th century English manor house. The first floor's rough limestone veneer is punctuated by the semi-circular arches of the end porch and front door and supports the extended western roofline with a ground-level parapet. The black and white contrast of the vergeboards and wood trim with the stucco cladding of the second story recalls half-timber construction, typically found in the Eli zabethan period. A faux Tudor stucco fireplace and curved profile molding along the walls does enhance the romantic environment of the living room and master bedroom above. Note that a massive chimney with ceramic chimney pots, a typical Tudor feature, does not grace the building's exterior profile. The interior has been substantially renovated. Several other architectural details noteworthy for their historical character include the leaded clear and colored glass panes of the front door and staircase windows, the brass knocker and door hinges, and the refinished bathroom pedestal sinks and floral cabinet ornamentation. Greetings! Just wanted to let you know about a home in Monticello Park. Please feel free to forward it on to anyone you might know who is looking for a huge 5 bedroom, 3 bath home near the Deco District. 346 Donaldson - Monticello Park 5-3 home - $298,750 Here is an interesting home in the vibrant Monticello Park neighborhood. The 5 bedroom, 3 bath home is huge and abundant with Old World Charm. It takes takes time to tour since it seems to go on and on... 5 bedrooms, 3 baths - $298,750 Hardwood floors 2 Car Rock Garage 3,000+ square feet - Huge! Recent remodel - looks great! View the online Photos and Virtual Tour 346 Donaldson underwent a thorough remodeling over the past 6 months. Extensive work on the foundation, electrical systems and most of the fixtures makes 346 Donaldson modernized, but still has ample original charm. Please don't hesitate to respond to this email or call me or my team for more information (733-1928 or 846-9273). Sincerely, Joe Barfield The Joe Barfield Group of Keller Williams Realty email: joe@joebarfield.com phone: 210-733-1928 web: http://www.SanAntonioVintageHomes.com A referral is when you send someone you care for to someone you trust. If there is someone you care for that may be looking for a move in the near future, please don't keep me a secret. We do things a little differently, and it works!

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