GRACEFUL VICTORIAN

Dating back from the late 1890s, this Victorian and her sister house at #9 were built by Henry Rohde of Ohio for whom the neighborhood was named (and spelled as the Rohde Addition). With CL-1 zoning, this property is presently in use as a guest house for visitors wanting to stay a weekend, a week or a longer home-stay and for smaller weddings and similar events that want to take advantage of the garden, courtyard and overnight accommodations. If it’s an historic home you are seeking, come in.

Retaining many classic details, this can easily return to single-family use with minor modifications. A generous living room, central dining room and galley kitchen with two contiguous parts make up the public rooms downstairs along with a half bath tucked under the stairway. A sunny courtyard is just outside the dining room and in the cooler weather the French doors will be open and you’ll be dining al fresco. An en-suite bedroom on the first floor offers both privacy and quarters for those not interested in stairs. A single French door opens to a private porch and offers an exterior entry and exit.

Upstairs a shared sitting room can be used as an office if need be and there’s a small deck and the exterior stairway here. The southeast bedroom is awash with sunshine reflecting off the wood floors. A modern bathroom is trimmed in period beadboard. The second bedroom has a northwest exposure and a bit of shade thanks to the tree canopy. Guests enjoy the claw-foot tub on its platform and a leisurely soak is never a bad thing if you have the time. If not, the full bathroom will handle a quick shower and then you’re off to your next adventure. Both bedrooms have separate doors to the wraparound porch and their own personal outdoor seating.

Currently the backyard is used for guest parking but it’s a very large amount of area (for the city) and you have plenty of room to build a garage with residential quarters above and still have enough room to flex your green thumb.

Located in the Uptown District of the city, you have great retail, boutiques, free-trade shop with great wines and items from around the world, casual and more formal eateries, a cupcake business and a real French bakery two blocks away – all sorts of interesting and delicious things to do and eat within a 5-minute stroll. Walk four blocks and you are at the north city gate entrance to the Historic District, the Castillo de San Marcos fort and our beautiful bayfront. What are you waiting for?

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