PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Old house lovers, this is the one. A corner Victorian in Charles Village where the original details survived intact: a turret, an encaustic tile vestibule, jeweled leaded glass front doors refurbished in 2024, and Art Nouveau stained glass over the bays. The double parlor runs front to back with parquet floors, fluted columns, pocket doors on their original hardware, and gilt overmantel mirrors that reach the ceiling. A butler's pantry lined in glass-front cabinets and subway tile leads to a kitchen where the original brick hearth arch frames a professional six-burner range. Six bedrooms, most with their own carved mantels, heart pine floors and louvered interior shutters throughout, two full baths with marble washstands, hex tile and clawfoot tubs, and glassed porches stacked on two levels off the back. The showstopper is on the third floor: a full library, walls of built-in bookcases with leaded glass doors, carved figures, and a rolling ladder. Out back, a walled brick courtyard laid in herringbone runs the depth of the lot under a mature canopy, past terraced planting beds and an arched iron gate, to a brick carriage house garage with room for two, a new 18-foot door and opener in 2025, and a new HVAC compressor in 2026. Don't miss the koi pond tucked into the stone beds; the koi stay.