Ormond Beach Historic ‘Garden Home’ listed at $1.45 million

There were being the moment orange groves on the beachside.

The 1910 household situated on 3.2 acres of land at 639 and 659 John Anderson Push is aspect of that story. 

In 1887, Ormond Beach front pioneer Joseph Price bought a big plot of land from one of the city’s first settlers, John Andrew Bostrom. He was looking for to plant oranges immediately after the metropolis gained gold and silver medals in the South Florida Fair, held in Orlando in February of that yr. The land was cleared in 1889, and for almost a decade, an orange grove and a compact one-bed room cottage occupied the land. 

But right after two frosts — 1 in 1898 and a further in 1906 — Value, who created the Ormond Resort, abandoned his orange grove enterprise undertaking and resolved to establish a residence, which he afterwards gifted to Dr. Charles Garth and his wife Clara ” to care and are inclined to the expanding populace on the peninsula,” in accordance to a push release. 

The two-story property, which now spans 5,589 sq. toes and has 6 bedrooms and five baths, is now on the current market, shown at $1.45 million.

“It is incredibly uncommon to uncover that sort of acreage getting available in the John Anderson location,” said Brian Hunter, president and broker at Claire Hunter Realty. “Most of the time, it’s much scaled-down acreage, so that in alone is distinctive, and to add to its uniqueness, it’s also a home that offers a great deal of heritage and character as perfectly.”

This is just not initially historic house Hunter has experienced the opportunity to record. As a native of Ormond Beah, he claimed he enjoys promoting and offering these houses mainly because they have stories to notify. Contrary to developer-constructed households, the character within the home’s walls helps make one come to feel like they are stepping back again in time.

“We appreciate to be capable to express people stories over to future consumers and to assistance our sellers uncover a person who’s going to like the house just as significantly as they have,” Hunter reported. 

The 1-bed room cottage, designed in 1889, is still standing in the northeast corner of the property. Around the yrs, a carriage home was constructed in what is currently the
travel-by garage, and a substantial kitchen area was added. In addition, the residences characteristics first wood floors, vintage light fixtures, a handful of fireplaces, a pool, a mother-in-regulation suite and a 250-year-previous Oak tree. The home’s present entrepreneurs, Kevin and Jean Bergfield, have invested over $200,000 because getting the household in 2020 to improve the household with new plumbing, electrical, appliances, and h2o heaters. A new roof was mounted in 2019. 

Even though the authentic estate marketplace in the condition is really aggressive for consumers currently, with lower stock driving up household costs, historic homes are inclined to cater to a lesser pool of potential buyers who are actively searching for houses with historic benefit, claimed Hunter, and in that pool, the residence has been making very good fascination. 

“It really is a breathtaking assets,” he mentioned. “… When I am waiting around for potential buyers to present up for showings, I discover myself just acquiring missing out there in the back garden, taking pleasure in the working day and getting it in — thinking about 100 a long time in the past, there ended up persons out listed here on the orange grove.”