250 James Street South, Hamilton, ON circa 1880
PRIVATE SALE
Contact Adam at adamgeorgewilson@gmail.com
Offered $725,0000 (agents welcome)
Known in Hamilton as the historic Balfour House, this three-storey detached Victorian home was built in 1880 and designed by local architect James Balfour. Heritage designated, the home is one of Hamilton’s finest examples of a Second Empire architecture.
Features...
- 4+2 Bedrooms
- 2.5 Baths
- Plaster medallions and mouldings
- Floor to ceiling arched windows
- Arched doorways
- George IV double entry doorway with a split fanlight
- Period wallpaper
- 4 marble fireplaces
- Renovated kitchen with ornate tin back-splash and backyard walkout
- Original Jacques and Hay 1880 mantle mirror still remains in place
- One of a kind character details, including the original servants bells in the kitchen
- Over 5,000 square feet on 3 floors (11 ft ceilings on main floor, 10 foot ceilings on top 2)
- Several interesting rooms downstairs with a separate entrance off Herkimer Street (Used as a doctors office in the 1930s, including original terrazzo floors, wooden doors and crystal knobs hardware; Raw space with amazing potential)
- Large, private backyard oasis, sunken below street level
- Large 60 ft x 140 ft lot
- Irrigation system
- Parking for 2 cars
- Needs some TLC but great bones loaded with character and history