hi everyone my name is ken welcome to this house
today we are exploring a richer sony and romanesque style house in st louis missouri
this house was built in 1904 and boasts over 3 700 square feet let's go see what's inside
so before we even go inside we start to notice the striking details on the facade so there are
the solid granite staircase that lead up here to a tile mosaic portico and there are also these
solid granite columns with the corinthian tops above them and this supports the porch
before we go inside of this house i want to take a moment to give a huge shout out to terry uday
for opening the doors to this house for us and you'll hear more from him in just a little while
we've just entered inside of this house and let's start exploring so this house was built in 1904 by
the greased family and they were beer barons here in st louis so that's just a really interesting
little bit of history that goes along with this house now first thing we see in this home is this
amazing staircase it has these intricately carved noodle posts and also this light on top here
and this is actually all original to the house let's look up at the ceiling and
there is an original chandelier up here as well so let's just take a moment to see this
something else that's just amazing about this house is the wood floors are
original so these were added when the house was constructed and this runs throughout
pretty much the entire first level except for the kitchen directly across from the staircase
is this old radiator and it has this cast iron top on it so you can set things here
you can keep them warm if we keep coming this way there is this arch cut out underneath the steps
and there's actually a coat closet in here so let's look at that for a moment
moving out of the foyer we now come into the parlor
and this has beautiful windows it has these sconces supporting an archway
with a turret and this turret is what we saw on the outside of the house this extends all
three floors and it's really fun as we go up so we'll explore all of that in a bit
also there's the original stenciling up here on the ceiling so let's take a moment to see that
and over here is the original fireplace now this house has two functioning fireplaces
we can see it has the original mantel and the original glazed tile that goes with it
and if we take a closer look we can see the crackling that has happened over time here
coming out of the parlor we now pass into the dining room and there's this beautiful
set of pocket doors here they're painted on one side and burley pine on the other
so i'll just go ahead and shut this and come on in here
there are a whole bunch of details that we can talk about in this dining room
so let's start off with this fireplace it has faux marble and then the original tile
and the cast iron grate that goes on it and then as we move over here we'll see this chandelier
above us original to the house as well there is an entryway that goes out to the backyard
and then all of these big beautiful windows that let in a lot of natural light now if we look up at
the ceiling there is a plaster medallion that is also original to the house and then this plaster
trim that runs around the entire perimeter of the room over on this side of the room
there are some amazing details to point out so first of all all of the woodwork in this room
is burley pine so we can see all of these swirls in here and this is from old growth
trees and it's not really something that can be replicated today simply because these types
of trees just don't really exist anymore at least not in a practical sense where you could
introduce them into a house as trim work moving down this wall we now see these sconces up here
and these are also original to the house they're leaded glass and they really let off an opalescent
flare so if we really look at them we can see purples teals greens kind of popping through
the orange colored glass so let's move on through here and this is going to take us into the kitchen
so the kitchen has been recently remodeled and let's just take a moment to look around the space
passing out of the dining room we come into this little nook space that's adjacent to the kitchen
and first i'll point out that there's a pantry here it has its original crystal
doorknob with its original hardware as well so we can go ahead and peek inside up here it
is completely built out so there's a lot of organization and storage options here
and something really fun is if we look above this pantry there was an old transom window
now the owners decided obviously not to board that up or drywall over it but just to go ahead
and leave that opening and repurpose it as a television shelf so that's a really fun and new
adaptive way to reuse an old design now off of the side of here we see this other crystal doorknob
and this one's a little different with different hardware as well this leads into a powder room
and it has a pedestal sink marble floors a free-standing toilet and a very large window
that looks into the backyard that lets in a lot of natural light so let's just look around here
and then coming out of the bathroom we start to notice these other details that have been left
in this house and even though this kitchen is new it's modern we can see that the counters have been
retrofitted to this old millwork there's a tin ceiling that sewers above us and then over here
are even old speaking tubes and this would have been used for the original owners to call their
maids down into the kitchen or about the house to do different chores for them so it's just really
fun that these little details have been left and then if we come over here there is this old let it
glass window in these doors and this provides a little bit of privacy while letting in more
natural light and it's just really awesome that these have been preserved here and left here to be
enjoyed by future generations let's go ahead and leave out of the kitchen and we're now going to
walk back into the stair hall so come on through here there is an entrance down to the basement
over here and servant staircase we'll take the servant staircase to the third floor but for
now let's take the grand staircase in the front of the house let's go check out what's upstairs
as we begin to walk upstairs we notice that the stairs are coated in these beautiful runners
and then there are also these little pieces of intricate millwork that fall off at the bottom
of the posts arriving at this landing we now see a leaded stained glass window and this is
actually original to the house and something really interesting once again and we saw this
at the house in belleville the stained glass over time it begins to sag and warp towards the bottom
so we can see that down here this is a really fun detail so as we continue up these stairs
these posts become more intricate there are wood carvings that go down on the edges
and we're immediately greeted by this crystal chandelier and a mural that's directly above us
coming into the first bedroom we now pass underneath this lighted glass
transom so come on in here and let's start to look around
in this bedroom we have the original hardwood floors there's also the original radiator over
here to the side and then there's a small closet that sits off to the side of this as well moving
out of this bedroom we are now going to explore the second bedroom in this bedroom once again
has this leaded stained glass transom above it so come on in here it also has the original fireplace
as well as the original tile so let's take a closer look at that
and then over here to this side there's this
curved radiator that matches the curved walls inside of the turret
and then a beautiful window that lets in a lot of natural light as well as this niche over here
and you could imagine putting a bed in here or a desk something along that nature
over on this side of the bedroom there is a pocket door that's going to lead us to another bedroom
but first let's see these rounded corner walls this would have been
a labor of love this is not something that was common back when this house was built
just because of how expensive and how much work went into making them
let's go ahead and open up this pocket door and head on into the next bedroom so come on in here
now we're directly above the dining room and we can see that this fireplace lines up with a
fireplace in the dining room as well it has the original mantel on it as well as the original
cast iron piece that fits over the fireplace there's a radiator between these windows and
once again a lot of windows in here lets in a lot of natural light and this room is actually
pretty large let's look up at the ceiling because it has the original plaster medallion
as well as the original light fixture that goes with this house and then something really special
over here there's a door that goes out to a deck once again a different style of crystal doorknob
different style of hardware so let's go check out what's out here coming out here one of the
first things that really catches us is this wood paneling that surrounds the door here
and this is kind of capping off the brick that's on the exterior of the home out here we can see
that we've got a lot of privacy there are hanging plants on this terrace and a nice little sitting
area to really enjoy the outdoors let's go back inside now and check out the rest of the bedrooms
now we're going to make our way back out here to the stair hall so come on through here immediately
we're greeted by these rounded corners again this would have been very expensive very rare
for a house like this back whenever it was constructed come on down the hallway
there's a compact radiator right here and then these sconces that are supporting this archway
come on through here first and there is actually a toilet room the bathroom has marble floors it
has marble trim around the windows marble trim around the doorway and then the windows themselves
are privacy glass so they let in light without letting someone see in or out coming out of the
water closet we're now going to go next door into the bathroom and this has all of its original tile
it has this beautiful rounded bull nose that goes with the rounded corner theme that we've
been seeing throughout this house there's marble trim around the windows around the door around the
mirror there's a freestanding pedestal sink a claw foot tub and once again more privacy
glass over here to just allow in a lot of natural light while still retaining privacy in the space
passing out of the bathroom directly across the hall is another bedroom and this is the final
bedroom that we'll see on the second floor so let's just look around the space for a second
now we've seen everything on the second floor so we are now entering
the maid staircase come on in here and we're about to go up to the master bedroom
arriving at the top of the maid staircase we're once again greeted by these rounded corners
there's a large closet over here and this third floor is basically one giant master suite so let's
go ahead and flip around and we can see another really large closet over on this side as well
now we can go ahead and check out the master bathroom so come on in here
there are these green marble floors a giant jacuzzi tub with mirrors
a walk-in shower to this side crystal chandelier once again original to the house
and then more privacy glass on the windows and these are newer windows up here
passing out of the master bathroom we're going to cut back across this landing so
come on through here and now we are actually entering the master bedroom
in this bedroom there's a ton of natural light there are actually 10 individual windows
in this room and there are a few other really just awesome things to point out so first of
all is this compact radiator once again original to the house there's more storage over here or an
attic entrance and then there's built-in storage along this window bench and this is really deep
you know this is probably a good two and a half feet deep here underneath these windows
as we cross around to here we find our first leaded stained glass window
off to the side of this is another compact radiator right next to the bed so in the
winter time you can imagine how nice this is to have a heat source that's right next to you
directly above the bed is another leaded stained glass window up here in the apex of the gable
to allow more light to filter in and as we cross over to this side we see that there is an entrance
over here to the turret but first i want to point out this fireplace with this rose-colored stone
and the original cast iron inset in here as well
so come on into the shirt space this is set up more like an office at the moment
and there are different colored leaded stained glass windows all around the perimeter of this
room alright so now that we've seen the entirety of the house let's go check out the backyard
exiting the back door we now come to this little stoop and we can start walking down into the yard
one of the first things that we can see is that
the larger deck is actually over here and that comes off of the dining room
and that deck that you see up there is what we were in in the third bedroom that we explored
so coming out here there's this lovely stone path that cuts through the garden and it's going to
lead us over here to another sitting area and this yard is actually really spacious for the
area now that we've seen the backyard let's go talk to the listing agent about this house
terry thank you so much for opening up the doors to this unique house for us um why
don't you tell our audience a little bit about yourself and about this property sure absolutely
so my name is terry yudi i'm with re max edge this is our newest listing at 2915 russell boulevard
it's in compton heights the home was built by the grizzly dick family in 1904 it's a little over 30
700 square feet and we're asking 625 000 for this home it's got beautiful original features
including original millwork and mantels my favorite feature is the three-story turret
all with windows with curved windows on each level it's beautiful both inside and out
thank you everybody for joining us on this tour i really hope that you enjoyed
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