hi everyone my name is ken welcome to this house today we are in lasalle park
in st louis missouri exploring a victorian row home let's take a quick look around
outside i'll tell you about the history and then we're going to go inside and explore
george baia a local pork and beef packer built this greek revival style house in 1860. it would
later change hands to many prominent business owners over the years before eventually becoming a
boarding house in the 20th century the house fell into disrepair by the 1970s before being restored
we just walked inside and immediately the space really opens up so these are 12 foot ceilings
and i feel so tiny right here so let's take a moment to really see
all of these details and appreciate the grandeur of the space so right behind me is the front door
we can see the historic encasements that go above it as well as the transom window
now coming further into the house we arrive at the staircase so we can take a moment to see the
master know post and all of the details of the spindles including the handrails
we also notice that there's a landing on the steps before it takes you up to the second floor
we'll go up there momentarily but first let's make our way through the store let's take a moment to
see the historic hardware as well as a crystal doorknob and then this beautiful wood grain
entering this room there are some things that catch our eyes immediately
if we look off to this side we can see the historic window encasements and let's take a
moment to really appreciate these and all of their details we can see the various pieces
of wood trim that outline rectangles down below the windows and then the multiple layers of trim
that surround them and suspended directly from the center of this room as we rotate around it
is this beautiful antique chandelier so let's go ahead and see this because it is incredibly
intricate and just so beautiful now bringing our eyes back down let's make our way over to this
fireplace and we can see some of the original hearth pieces as well as the wooden mantel
now above the wooden mantel is something really special there's a historic photo here
that shows how badly it was in disrepair before it was restored following the 1970s
making our way from the parlor into the dining room we are going to come across this beautiful
and majestic set of pocket doors so we can take a moment to pause and look at the hardware on here
the hardware here matches the first hardware that we saw whenever we entered the parlor
same with the crystal knobs now these doors are much taller and the wood grain is different so
i do believe that this might be a different wood type than that first store that we saw
now i'm making our way into the dining room this
room is very much a twin to the parlor that we just saw
we can see that it has the same motif for the fireplace with the exact same wooden mantel pieces
as we look up at the ceiling it has a matching chandelier which is identical to the one that
we just saw now off to this side there is a window that looks out onto the backyard
and then there's a door over to this side once again with the same matching hardware
and crystal doorknob that takes us back out into the stair hall now coming out of the dining room
we're back in the stair hall and we are going to start making our way further into the house
so this space really starts to open up once again as we go further in
there's a bathroom off to this side and we'll just take a peek in there real fast
now coming out of the bathroom we make our way through an incredibly thick set of walls
this probably contains the three wires of brick that were
used for fire code back when this house would have been built so come on through here and let's take
a look around there are two windows on the far side of the room they both have wooden lentils
that are unfinished and unpainted so that is something that just really speaks to the
historic value of this house now there is white crown molding that surrounds the space and the
same flooring that we've been seeing throughout to cut through the breakfast room into the kitchen
we're going to come through a pantry there's some storage right here and as we make our way
further in we can see that the same kind of wooden motif continues with it all being unfinished and
unpainted so let's go ahead and just take a quick look around and then we're going to head upstairs
arriving at the top of the stairs we can take a moment to see some of these details
where the banister joins with the master newell post so let's take a moment to see this
as well as the change of the spindles motif before we head on and explore
now making your way further down this hall there are closets off to this side
once again with the same hardware and crystal doorknobs that we've been seeing throughout
now over on this side is a full bathroom and there's a transom window above this
so once again we'll just take a quick peek and then we're going to go on to the owner's suite
now making our way through this doorway we come into what might be considered the owner's suite
this is a pretty spacious room it looks like it's been recently renovated so we can see the
newer crown molding the newer floors there's a also a half wall that separates the space
so we can take a look around this real fast and off to the side is a door that steps out onto
a second floor balcony but it's a little chilly today so we're not going to make our way out there
continuing off the owner's suite is the owner's bathroom we can see that there
are two pedestal sinks set up against the mirrors with the toilet in between
and off to this side is a clawfoot tub that floats above a mosaic tile floor
and there are a lot of windows in the space to allow for a lot of natural light to flood in here
making our way out of the bathroom we're going to cut back through the owner's suite
and head down the hall now the room in the very front of the house has been what i've been most
excited to show you all the entire time it is just gorgeous so we have a couple more stops
to make on the way there but then you guys get to see something really spectacular so come on
now coming into this space this would have probably been a bedroom for his and her situation
back when the house was originally built so it wasn't necessarily common for husbands and wives
to sleep together so this would have been probably one of their rooms as it's conjoined to a larger
bedroom here in the front of the house so we can take a moment to look around here there is
a reproduction chandelier hanging in the center of the space there are two windows on different sides
of the walls and also a place that looks like there might have been a fireplace at one point
now come on through the conjoined bedroom door and this takes us into my absolute favorite room of
the house we can see that there are three windows evenly spaced across the front of this bedroom
there is a full mirrored wall with patina glass that really allows for the light to bounce
around in here and really opens up the space as well and off to this side is this beautiful
fireplace with a wooden mantel and a cast iron inset piece that has all been painted over
so you can just imagine what this might have looked like back whenever it was originally
finished out it's just has all of the bones that are needed to bring it right back to life again
the room we just saw is directly behind me and this takes us back out to the stair hall
now this is the flight of steps that takes us up to the third floor
you guys go ahead and look up there and i'll meet you back down here
thank you all for watching i really hope that you enjoyed this video
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