Wow! Architecture in 1910 was so incredible compared to many of the structures that have gone up post 1950. This is an amazing house designed by renown architect Frederick Heath. Heath is responsible for the design of many of Tacoma's beautiful churches but most known locally for his work at Stadium High School and the bowl.Aside from being solid as a rock, the attention to detail in the woodwork, staircase and pillared portico is phenomenal. Yes there are areas of the house that, over the years, have been compromised with ugliness from the appropriate era's fad. For example....what sense did it make to take a beautiful stained glass window out and replace it with glass brick. GLASS BRICK!!! But hey...that was very in at the time. Hopefully the new owners will take that glass brick out and restore it with stained glass. Lucky for us here in Tacoma, we have just the right resources for finding fabulous original and recreated, stained and leaded glass windows of all sizes.
This particular home has 4 second floor bedrooms, all with their own baths, a large third floor master suite and bath, a great kitchen, lower level mother-in-law suite with 2 bedrooms and separate entrance. Another great feature of this house is the media room, designed and created by present owners. I think my very favorite part of this house is the hand painted mural of the midwestern countryside in fall that adorns the dining room walls above the Santo Domingo mahogany wainscote. Hmm...did I spell that right?
posted by Martha Mendenhall | 7:00 AM
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acation-home sales have soared the past five years, fueled by low interest rates, rising demand as boomers prepare for retirement, and a continuing interest in real estate as an investment. A record 1.02 million vacation homes were purchased in 2005, a little more than 12 percent of all homes sold*. That figure represents an increase of 16.9 percent over 2004. And economists predict that demand from baby boomers will continue to boost vacation-home sales for at least the next 10 years.