A duplex recently listed for sale in the Monte Vista Historic District for $725,000 has both its exterior and interior charms intact thanks to the seller, who the listing agent said made a priority of preserving the structure's historical integrity since buying it in 2007.
One of the home's units is a two-bedroom, one-bath affair with high ceilings and hardwood floors that the listing describes as being "beautifully decorated like a cozy English Cottage." The other includes three bedrooms, two baths with hardwood floors and its period detailing largely untouched.
Built in 1937, the stone-exterior home is in a section of Monte Vista that featured some of the neighborhood's first multifamily dwellings, according to Donald E. Everett's book San Antonio's Monte Vista: Architecture and Society in a Gilded Age.
"By the time development of Monte Vista was well underway, young couples had become attracted to this lifestyle," Everett wrote of the enclave.
This home is listed by Elena Rubio with Phyllis Browning Co.
All photos and listing info via Realtor.com.
