I grew up in a house like this and I can find them in almost all St. Paul neighborhoods. The home in the picture was an NSP (neighborhood stabilization program) The program started in 2009 and uses some tax dollars so that some of these wonderful old homes can be rehabilitated and sold. The buyer gets an energy efficient renovated home and some financial assistance. Owner occupied homes are better for the neighborhood than vacant condemned homes and we are preserving our historic housing. Seriously they just don’t build them like this anymore. ( see the web site for details) The home is located in the Dayton’s bluff historic district. It is now a first home for one of my buyers who is thrilled to own it.
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The home is listed as still being available on the Saint Paul Inspiring Communities web site. The other homes on the site appear to have been sold but there will be more homes soon.
The home in the picture doesn’t quite look like the home in the plan. There are variations but the floor plan is almost identical as is the box shape. The wood work in the house is plain, flat and wide. The home was built in 1911 and has three bedrooms and two baths.
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The foursquare is absolutely my favorite, hands-down, home design!