Tour Stop Five: 585 Boulevard SE
Avi, Miriam, and Wolf Gelfond
The Folk Victorian, built in 1904, has a unique design with the main home and attached storefront that once served as the Georgia Milk Producers/Miss Georgia Dairies ice cream store and a site for dairy farmers to drop off milk.
For the Gelfonds, 585 Boulevard was everything they wanted – the location put them back in Grant Park, they are across the street from their sister and nieces, and near the park, and the storefront serves as the perfect office space. With the original wood floors, picture molding, clawfoot tubs, and stained-glass windows in the front, they knew it was where they belonged.
To keep the home's original charm, the homeowners gave it more of a glow-up than a renovation after purchasing the property late last year. Because the home was built before indoor plumbing existed, the bathrooms were added to opposite ends of the structure; the homeowners have since repositioned them to make the layout more practical. They also made the home's overall footprint more open, with a more open concept in the living room, dining room, and kitchen.
While touring the home, be sure not to miss the homeowner’s favorite room – the blue bathroom. They wanted to make it look as if you stepped back in time with the original clawfoot tub and chandelier, and painted the walls to match. You will also catch a glimpse of the original mechanism for the home’s coal house chute on the baseboard in the hallway.