Historical Victorian Home, Guest + Carriage Houses
Greeneville, TN
Offered for sale at $950,000
Historical Victorian Home In Downtown Greeneville, TN With 4.21 Acres, A Guest House, A Carriage House, Hot Tub Building, Relaxing Covered Porch And Balcony With Views Of The Wooded Estate, High Ceilings, Hardwood Floors, Beautiful Woodwork, And Lots Of History, Character, Style, And Elegance. 102 Doughty Is Zoned B1: Small Business, B&B, Restaurant, & Other Small Businesses Are Permitted. 104 Doughty Is Zoned R3 Residential But Since The Main House Is Zoned B1, You Should Be Able To Zone The Guest House B1. The Inn Services Guest Going To Bristol Speedway, Jonesboro Story Telling Festival, White Water Rafting, Appalachian Trail & Dollywood.
Improvements
Total restoration of “little house,” included removing confining walls, replacing floorboards & supports, new heat system, electric, plumbing, insulation, custom cabinets, granite countertops, chimney façade, refrigerator, painting, sheetrock, stairway, new bath fixtures including antique clawfoot tub. New roof put on in 2022 and upper chimney rebuilt. Stonework back patio and front walkway added.
Main House, first & second floor:
All new electric, plumbing, and natural gas heat (three furnaces) with central air. All roofs re-shingled. Removal of old carpeting, replaced on stairway by Axminster carpet. Kitchen floor removal of 2 layers of vinyl & old plywood to reveal original oak. Original kitchen fireplace revealed in removal of an added wall which blocked the kitchen window. Kitchen fireplace rebuilt and now has stainless lined flue and is woodburning. New custom kitchen cabinets installed in 2021. All walls papered or painted. There remain 11 of 12 original fireplaces (one in the Tower bedroom was closed off in 1930s for a furnace vent). Mantles repainted, and tile surrounds restored. Two wood & glass overmantles, & two fireplace mirrors added. Dining room gas logs, Living room enamel gas stove, both added by current owners. Leaded windows added to solid doors throughout house to allow light. Artist hand-engraved glass panels of birds & flowers installed in two downstairs entrance doors to increase light.
Back laundry porch completely reconstructed with antique windows in 2021. Downstairs side porch glassed in with antique windows. Upstairs wrap-around porch completely reconstructed in 2020. New roofing on all porches in 2021 with gutters and gutter guards.
2 original bathrooms gutted, and tile walls and floors added. Original oversize clawfoot tub kept in downstairs bath; two more clawfoot tubs put into second floor bath, and newly added bath on third floor. Two shower baths added to two bedrooms on second floor.
Third Floor:
Stairs to third floor relocated & rebuilt, with original newel post, and replicated decorative fretwork. New carpet. Original ornate 1870s wallpaper section discovered & preserved under plexiglass panel beneath third floor stairs. Short stairway to 2 back bedrooms also reconstructed and carpeted. Third floor finished with new poplar wood flooring, decorative bannisters, new sheetrock walls & glass atrium of antique doors and windows built around access entry. Two glass skylights replace two old wood vents. Dark room off newly-added full bath, which has walls of antique stained glass windows. Completion of third floor created additional 900 sq ft of living space.
Back Yard:
Original root cellar reconstructed for safety & appearance. Now a landscape feature.
Small Pump House for 238 ft well dug c. 2010, with filtration system. When tested, water showed contaminates. Needs re-testing.
Greenhouse with adjoining dog house & lot added c. 2016
Storage Addition to old garage added c. 2017.
Hot tub gazebo added with stone walkway c. 2019.
Front Yard:
Pond added c. 2012
Electric Yard Light added c. 2012, Metal fencing & gates c. 2015
Various flowers & trees added: hydrangeas, azaleas, weeping cherry, crepe myrtle, apple trees, blueberry bushes, North Star cherry tree (for pies)
Britton-Doughty-Kilgo Ho
Financial Details- Offered for sale at $950,000
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