Italianate Style Showpiece
7717 St. Charles Avenue
$850,000
Main House: 5 Bedrooms - 3.5 Baths - 5303 sq. feet
Upstairs Apartment: 1 Bedroom - 1 Bath - 615 sq. feet
Carriage House Apartment: 1 Bedroom - 1 Bath - 667 sq. feet
This home's cheerful facade is accented with jigsaw appliqué columns connecting bracketed archways over deep galleries both up and down, and is crowned with a windowed cupola
New limestone drive leads to broad front porch, lit by an original copper chandelier
Exquisite crystal chandeliers hang from the grand thirteen-foot ceilings beneath foliate plaster medallions
Floor-to-ceiling windows in the Living Room,# Dining Room and Parlor shed sunlight on the Philadelphia oak-strip floors with mosaic corner details
Original cast iron sconces and bay windows illumine the Dining Room
Generous Master Bedroom contains three bay windows, echoed from the Dining Room below, plus walk-in closet
Two breezy bedrooms at the front of the house open onto the deep upstairs gallery which is cooled by ceiling fans and which offers a lofty view of the Avenue...
Kitchen includes polished cabinetry and full amenities
Guest quarters include spacious family room, kitchen with bay window, bedroom, bath with original brass hardware, breakfast room, utility area, and sliding doors opening onto side yard
Iron-gated dog run with limestone path leads to rear yard with enormous magnolia tree, ivied wall, and private access to upstairs apartment and carriage house
Upstairs Apartment
- 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Large Den
- Generous living room opens onto private deck
- Lots of closet space
- Kitchen with fridge, oven, stovetop, and wagon wheel window
- Central AC
- Off-street parking
Carriage House
Spacious & sun-filled
1 Bedroom, 1 bath, large den
Kitchen with every amenity and extended countertop
Lots of closet space
Private balcony
Central AC
Off-street parking
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