Listing Agent: Andy Sweat      Broker/Office: KW Bay Area Estates
838 Morse Street San Jose CA 95126
$ 4,000,000
  4   |    3   |    3474 Sq Feet

Listing ID

#ML82063057

Status

Active

Property Type

Single Family Residence

Property Style

Bungalow

County

Santa Clara

Year Built

1926

Days on website

10

Description
Designed in 1926 by renowned architect behind the Court of the Ages, de Young Museum & Stanford's Lou Henry Hoover House, this Rose Garden residence is a singular, romantic estate and an architectural tour de force. Old-growth redwood timbers stand proud of the walls in posts, lintels and diamond cross-bracing, forming an architectural exoskeleton. Inside, pine-clad walls, ceilings and motifs continue that language. French doors recur like a refrain, opening to light, air and garden views. Nearly 3,500 SF on a 20,000 SF parcel offers scale rare in the Rose Garden. At its heart, a 40' x 20' great living and dining room rises beneath 12-foot ceilings, anchored by a substantial fireplace & French doors on 3 sides. Service bells, mechanical call box, skeleton keys, butler's pantry and hidden spiral staircase reward closer inspection. In 1969, a prominent local architect and his wife became only its second owners, raising four children here. The house reveals itself slowly; the longer you look, the more its geometry, craftsmanship and layers of history come into focus. Nearly 100 years later, 838 Morse feels authored: original, atmospheric and alive with architectural imagination. Not frozen in time. Not asking for reinvention. Ready for its next great love affair.
Location
Financial Information
List Price:  $ 4000000
Property Features
Appliances:  Dishwasher, Dryer, Refrigerator, Washer
Elementary School:  Merritt Trace
Flooring:  Wood
Foundation Details:  Slab
High School:  Abraham Lincoln
High School District:  San Jose Unified
Middle Or Junior School:  Herbert Hoover
Patio And Porch Features:  Deck
Roof:  Shingle
View:  Neighborhood
Water Source:  Public
Elementary School:  Merritt Trace
High School:  Abraham Lincoln
High School District:  San Jose Unified
Middle Or Junior School:  Herbert Hoover
MLS Area Major:  699 - Not Defined
City:  San Jose
Listed By:   Andy Sweat   KW Bay Area Estates 
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