Photograph by Ashley Ingle
Address: 210 Hosea Ave., Clifton
List Price: $1,200,000
People toss around the term “urban oasis,” but when a home in the middle of the Clifton Gaslight district has five bedrooms, a vine-wrapped double-wide front porch, and a small forest of mature trees out back, it’s an apt description.
On the market again for the first time in 30-odd years, this 1906 brick Italianate-style house, built by local life insurance magnate George F. Dieterle, has a whopping 5,250 square feet of living space over three floors. The entryway opens into formal living and dining rooms, plus a family room and study. There are four bedrooms on the second floor, some with built-in closets and fireplaces, and three-and-a-half bathrooms. The splendid wraparound-style wood staircase features a large landing with a bench and wall-sized window, and a separate back staircase takes you up to the third floor, which features the home’s fifth bedroom.
Photograph by Ashley Ingle
Just five previous owners have lived in the home since its construction, and their dedication to its preservation is evident in the historic details that they have meticulously maintained or restored. Look for multiple sets of pocket doors (some solid, some with leaded glass); carved fireplaces of wood, stone, and tile (six in total!); custom-painted wall panels in the formal dining room; original brass door fixtures; and a bevy of built-in bookcases and closets.
Photograph by Ashley Ingle
This home has evolved gracefully through the ages, as previous residents have updated kitchen and bathroom spaces and have tended to the urban property’s 0.7 acres of secluded gardens. In the yard, stone steps cascade back to the natural stone patio, which itself opens onto a huge three-car garage/carriage house. More stone walkways meander through the densely landscaped yard, leading to a carved stone pond with bench seating, planters, and twin statuette sculptures.
Photograph by Ashley Ingle
If you ever cared to leave such a lovely historic sanctuary (that’s been standing proudly in this neighborhood for nearly 120 years), then you’d have just a five-minute walk to the local business district, with restaurants, bars, and the inimitable Esquire Theatre—itself a Clifton throwback that first opened as a silent film stage in 1911, just two years after the home’s construction.
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