hi everyone my name is ken welcome to this house today we are in the dogtown neighborhood of st
louis missouri exploring an american four square this house boasts several period accurate features
and we're about to go explore them before we go inside let's just take a moment to
see the exterior and really appreciate this facade
before we go inside i want to take a moment to give a huge shout out to michael simon
of redkey realty for allowing us to film here let's go check it out
as we enter this house there are some details that strike us before we even get into the formal stair
hall there's a knocker on this door in the shape of the fleur-de-lis and of course this
is the symbol of st louis so that's just one of those things that really helps to tie this
house into its surroundings now the front door is original and historical and we can even see
the original hardware here and of course this is metal and let's get a closer look at this
now off to my side here there are these stained glass windows and these are not quite like the
stained glass windows that we've been seeing in the other houses these ones are themed and
this is going to be something that we see continued throughout the rest of the house
with these different scenes of perhaps a greek temple and a scenic landscape things like this
so let's keep this in mind or keep our eyes peeled as we travel throughout this house
now as we approach the steps we see these oversized newel posts
and of course the all wooden treads that go up and if we come over here we can actually look
up into this atrium and we can see how the staircase spirals all the way to the attic
now that we've seen the stair hall let's cross directly in front of us
to see the parlor and to get there we're going to open up these pocket doors
which appear to have a mahogany veneer on them and get a closer look at this wood type perhaps
some of you at home would know better and could give me a more accurate idea of what
this type of wood is because it's beautiful and it's glowing red in this natural light
so let's go ahead and tuck these into the wall and continue into the parlor
now making our way further into the parlor we come in front of a large window and if
we take a closer look at this this is the rounded window that we saw
just outside on the front porch and of course this rounding theme is continued
as we can see the mill work along the corners that outline the window here
and behind me is a fireplace so this is something that is really uncommon to find in these homes
just because a lot of people have ripped them out in favor of installing a gas fireplace
but we can take a closer look at this and this would have been actually original to the house
now making our way through another set of pocket doors we come into the dining room
and one of the first things that really catches us is how the wood in this room has now changed
so we can see that the wood is now a lighter wood type
and of course it still follows the same motif of the rounded corners and the grooved edges
and as we come along over here there is another original fireplace
now this has the corinthium column tops on it it also has a more floral motif above the mantel
of course it might be hard to see on camera but if you actually feel this you
can feel the hand grooves in here so this would probably not have been machine made
now passing to the other side of the dining room there is this closet here
and this wood is just beautiful come take a closer look at this wood grain
now whenever we open up this door we're going to find a surprise
we can see wallpaper that is more than likely over a century old that is recessed back into
this closet completely untouched by daylight so it still has a lot of its original color in it
now passing through the dining room this is going to take us to the end of the house essentially and
there are these amazing built-ins right here so let's check out these latches you turn them each
inwards on themselves and then you can pull them open and you have storage right here and after
we close these let's go ahead and shift our focus upwards and we've seen this type of glass before
in a couple of homes that we've been exploring in the area where there's this daisy motif
that gives a lot of privacy with the glass but still allows a lot of light to come through now
off to this side of me is a powder room and there's not really much in here that's
original but we will point out that it still has the original mill work around the window
and then there's also a vintage light fixture that's hung up above the vanity here
now traveling across we're going to go through this flat archway right here and this brings
us into the kitchen now of course this kitchen's newer so we're not going to linger in here today
but there are some things to point out of course there are these four by four tiles on the wall
with the glazed bull nose that goes above them and of course we can see all of these different
rounded corners around the mill work and of course the millwreck's all painted in here
the back door and we'll explore the oversized backyard here in just a moment but the back
door has all of its original hardware on it in the latches so we can take a closer look at this
now passing back this way this is going to take us through the kitchen into a little niche before
we arrive at the stair hall so come on through here and this takes us back into the stair hall
where we can begin ascending up to the second floor so what do you say we go check it out
as we make our way up to the first landing on the staircase we can see the stained glass
window that overlooks the steps and this is just so striking how vibrant all of the colors are
that show through here and of course we can follow the warping of the glass as it sags
and a lot of people say that this is probably due to the age some people say that it's because
of the construction how you wanted the glass to balance if you have any information about
this just let me know down below because i'm very curious to learn more about this warping
effect in stained glass so as we step up here we're officially in the second floor stair hall
and we can notice right off the bat that all of these doors up here are not only
original to the house but they also have functioning transom windows above them
and another thing to point out before we travel any further is now the wood type has actually
changed this matches more of the millwork that we saw in the parlor
and in the stair hall so if we look down at these floors we can really see this
now continuing on we're going to enter into the first bedroom so come on in here and of course
we are now directly over the front door this is a large rounded window and it has its mill work
next door to this bedroom is the second bedroom so we can come on in here and of course this room is
carpeted it has some wallpaper which is obviously newer and it also has this old glass light fixture
hanging from the ceiling so we can take a closer look at this this could possibly be
original to the home though it could have also been brought in much later and over on this side
of the room is another one of these rounded windows inside of the appropriate millwork
a joint of this bedroom is another bedroom so we can go ahead and pass through the door here
and come on in here this would probably be considered the owner's suite
so we can look around of course there's beadboard on the wall
this looks like it probably would have been newer as the style wasn't really trending in this area
around the time that this house was built so let's just go ahead and glance around here
as we start to explore the rest of the second floor we cross back into the stair hall from the
owner's suite and we make our way down this hallway off to this side is a full bathroom
and there's not much in here that's original though it is worth mentioning that we see again
that daisy glass that's on the windows to allow for privacy
as well as these four by four tiles with the colored bull nose all in pastel colors
now that we've seen the bathroom let's continue exploring the second floor we now come to a room
that would be imagined more as a utility room it has hvac running through it now surrounding the
space we can see all of this wallpaper and this is absolutely vintage i'm not sure of what year
this would have been installed or exactly what time period this belongs to once again if any
of you in the audience know i'd be curious to find out exactly when the style would have been popular
and of course we have these vintage linoleum tiles down on the floor and a checkered pattern
and this room surprisingly finished out with all of the millwork around the windows
oversized baseboards and everything and off of this is a deck and we'll see that in just a moment
but first let's peek inside of this closet and look down at the flooring so we can see even older
linoleum tiles that have been laid down here in the bottom of this closet
now let's go ahead and start exploring the deck so come on out here and we can see the painted wood
door and of course it has what looks to be its historical or possibly original handles as well
stepping out here and directly above my head we can take a moment to see some evidence of
a filled in transom window so let's just take a peek at this and then of course we can see the
rounded masonry work as we have a segmental arch that goes above with the former transom window
and if we turn around and look further on the wall we can see this kind of dotted motif where
we have glazed bricks which would have been very expensive back whenever they were first installed
and this is probably the best example that we've seen so far on the facade
of a glazed brick as it looks like most of the finishes have worn off with time
coming back inside we're now going to walk directly forward
and this is going to take us back to the stairs so once again we can see these elaborate new posts
as well as the banisters and blusters that take us up to the third floor so let's go check it out
as we approach the third floor we are now on the first landing that pivots before we get
to the third floor there's a window directly above me here and once again we can still see
this elaborate mill work that surrounds it and of course this is very curious because on the third
floor or the attic space would have usually been reserved for the maids or the servant's quarters
and to still see these elaborate details it's just very curious in a house from this age
so let's continue on through here and of course the ceilings now start to slope with the pitch
of the roof and the detail that i've been most excited to show you all up here is if we look down
we can actually see an applique on the floor and if you've already joined our
membership program you might have seen this in the magic chef mansion in our behind the
scenes tour of the third floor there so let's just take a moment to really appreciate this
now passing through here there is one more room up here
so come on through we can now see that the dormer looks out over the backyard as opposed to one that
we just saw that looks over the front street so let's just take a moment to see all of this
so we've just come out of the back door from the kitchen onto the first floor deck and there's some
more really interesting details to point out so on this window here if we get a closer look at this
we can see that this is actually a wooden lentil and wooden lentils weren't really embedded into
brick much past the end of the 1800s so to see a house that was built in the early 1900s with
this technology is kind of surprising to find now if we turn around there's another really
curious feature out here in the backyard there is a detached garage that has been built more in the
italian eight style of course it doesn't have corbels or a cornice but it does have the low
pitched roof with the double rounded windows and then a wider front door with a transom above it
and i would be really curious to find out if this is older than the house itself of course i
don't know this information but if anyone at home can steer me in the right direction i'd be very
curious to find out so let's just take a moment to glance around and see the rest of the exterior
thank you all so much for making it to the end of the video i really hope that you enjoyed this tour
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