Tour Stop Nine: 474 Park Avenue Southeast
Carl Mattison and Rob Smith
Carl and Rob were already in the neighborhood and had renovated another home when they began looking for the next diamond in the rough. As they entered this Free-Classic Queen Anne built in 1905, they saw the foyer and staircase and decided then and there it would be their next home. Initially making small updates, the couple installed the pool and then in 2016, did a complete overhaul which involved demolishing an old enclosed back porch and replacing it with a first floor bedroom and sunroom, above which is now a laundry room, primary bathroom and walk-in closet. They also completely renovated the kitchen and all the bathrooms and built the three car garage.
The majority of the home has all original window and door trim work, double pocket doors in the dining room, a grand staircase and six original coal basket fireplaces. All of the wood flooring throughout is original 1905 heart pine with the exception of the kitchen and sunroom which is new heart pine.
The owners love the window in the primary bath on the second floor that looks out to the backyard and all of the home’s unique original trim work and moldings. Tourgoers shouldn’t leave without making their way to the backyard pool house, originally built in the early 1900s as a garage for the (then) owner’s Ford Model T.