This Craftsman cottage in was built in 1912 by the real estate company Poor and Wing, which played a major role in Highland Park’s development. The home’s contractor was Frederick C. Coryell, who oversaw the construction of the nearby Ebell Club that same year.
The home is considered a contributing structure in a section of Highland Park’s Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) known as Hampton Terrace.
Perched high above the street on a corner lot bordered by an arroyo stone wall, the three-bedroom cottage retains many of its original details, including hardwood floors, box-beamed ceilings, an arroyo stone fireplace, wainscoting, wood-framed windows, and built-in hutches and bookcases.
Modern elements include central heating and air, and an updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances and quartzite countertops. The bathrooms have also been updated.
Moving outside, the .28-acre property contains a detached two-car garage and well-landscaped gardens with native plants and fruit trees. Asking price for 405 N. Ave 53 is $1.15 million, and open house will be held Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.
Ilana Gafni and Christopher Pomeroy of Crosby Doe Associates share the listing.
Comments
Once we get a few gallons of paint on the interior it should be fine. Yikes!
At least there’s a lot of the original woodwork still intact
By mrjim1 on 07.03.19 3:32pm
Whoa! Somebody got a little carried away at the paint store. Really lovely home otherwise.
By Magneto II on 07.03.19 5:39pm
Weird that the kitchen is so bizarrely garish yet the bedroom and bath are so plain.
By Underling2 on 07.03.19 11:57pm
Nice house. yes the paint choices are a bit much but easy to change. I’d also have all the doors stripped and stained – makes them pop. I could deal with paying over $1 mil in HP if I had this house
By LAoneWay on 07.04.19 6:44am
Seems like a good house in a low-crime pocket of Highland Park.
Why only one photo of one bathroom? Are the others in condition that would not show well?
The listing states 3br/3ba 1753sf, yet the public records state 2br/2ba 1981 sf.
Potential buyers are advised to look into this discrepancy.
By BingoWest on 07.04.19 7:22am
Did the person choosing the kitchen paint color do it on acid? It looks like one of the horrible rooms on Trading Spaces.
By Mildred Fillmore on 07.04.19 9:22am
Color blindness is a hideous disease
By mrjim1 on 07.04.19 1:19pm
I like the aqua kitchen – very vintage. I would not touch it.
By SexiMexi on 07.06.19 2:35pm
Love the colors. You guys are boring.
By theolder310 on 07.08.19 1:28pm
People weren’t as afraid of color in the past. These colors might very well be close to the original colors. I applaud the color story that is being told in this house.
By lady who lunches on 07.08.19 2:43pm
"These colors might very well be close to the original colors."
Please provide some links to web pages with color photos or paintings or renderings that show similar yellow ceilings or blue kitchen cabinets in original and untouched Southern California Craftsman houses.
Thank you.
By BingoWest on 07.08.19 2:49pm
I’m a big proponent of using colors over bland white/gray but this place looks like it was last painted in 1968.
By keenplanner on 07.08.19 5:31pm
Exactly, nothing with color, it’s that these colors are a bit overwhelming. The green ceiling would have been fine in a sage green
By mrjim1 on 07.09.19 8:18am