3020 ESPLANADE AVE

Rare opportunity to live in a fully renovated historic home on Esplanade Avenue in Bayou St. John. A few blocks to NOMA, Bayou St. John, and the Fairgrounds. The rear portion of the home was built in 1885, with the front portion added between 1910-1917 by architectural firm Toledano and Wogan. The eclectic style has Queen Anne-style asymmetrical massing, Tudoresque window detailing and faux timber framing, and columns in the Neoclassical style all executed in mixed building materials. The home has not sold outside the family since 1958, and the current generation renovated all major systems and the interior in 2017. Wood floors, 12.6 ceilings, double parlors, front vestibule, and foyer, side hall that leads to a large dining room, and family room. Modern layout of a kitchen that opens to a screened in porch, and rear yard. Closets, pantry and interior laundry. Primary wing with 5-star quality bedroom and bath overlooking a private screen in porch and Zen Garden. Side porch along a long driveway and front attached studio apartment for guests or home office. Flood zone X, HURD 2 zoning, located in a local and national historic district ‘Esplanade Ridge' all this on an overside lot 66x135/146.