Assignment: St. Petersburg » Historic Homes http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1 St. Petersburg Places, People, City Life, Happenings, History and More... Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:52:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Blue Skies Over Snell Isle http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2010/02/03/blue-skies-over-snell-isle/ http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2010/02/03/blue-skies-over-snell-isle/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:59:56 +0000 Bob Horn http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/?p=1645 Continue reading →]]>  This photograph was taken from the sidewalk along Coffee Pot Bayou, shooting towards the southern corner of Snell Isle.  The gorgeous home that you see was built by Perry Snell in the 1920′s, his fifth of six St. Petersburg homes.  In 1939, the property was purchased by Wally Bishop, a famous cartoonist who produced the Muggs and Skeeter cartoon which ran in over 500 newspapers during its heyday. 

The house is approximately 8,200 square feet and sits on almost one and a half acres of land.  It’s a most beautiful home on an incredible piece of property, definitely worth a look sometime if you’re in the neighborhood.  And, if you’re so inclined, this amazing home happens to be for sale right now – it’s been completely renovated and updated, but retains all of its original charm.  If you think that this palatial property might make you happy, please give me a call right now!  I’d love to drop whatever it is that I’m working on and arrange a showing for you!

If you like the look of Snell Isle, but would like to see something a bit more moderate, there are a number of other beautiful Mediterranean Revival homes on Snell Isle’s Tampa Bay waterfront that are available, too, if you’re in the market!

Snell Isle Home (click on photo for full-sized image)

]]> http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2010/02/03/blue-skies-over-snell-isle/feed/ 1 Kenwood Craftsman Style Bungalow http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2009/08/09/kenwood-craftsman-style-bungalow/ http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/2009/08/09/kenwood-craftsman-style-bungalow/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:52:12 +0000 Bob Horn http://stpeterealestateblog.com/blog1/?p=684 Continue reading →]]> From time to time, I like to show off a wonderful example of one of the many architectural styles that we have in St. Petersburg.  A couple of weeks ago, I used the Vinoy Resort to show off Meditterranean Revival Architecture.  Today, I’d like to move to a much smaller scale for my example, a single-family home.  This house is a Craftsman style bungalow, located in the Historic Kenwood district in St. Petersburg.  If you drive through Kenwood, you’ll see that the neighborhood is absolutely filled with bungalow type houses, and many of them are styled in the flavor of the Arts and Crafts movement, a style that’s commonly known as Craftsman.  If you like the look of this house, drive through Kenwood and you’ll see lots more of them!  The Kenwood neighborhood generally encompasses the area between 1st Avenue North and 9th Avenue North, between Interstate 275 and 34th Street.  I plan to do a future post all about the Kenwood neighborhood, as there are lots of good things going on there, but for now, I thought I’d slip in a quick post of a gorgeous Craftsman house.

Historic Kenwood Craftsman Bungalow

Historic Kenwood Craftsman Bungalow

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