835 Park Ave

Exquisite early 20th century brick home in Old Cloverdale, centrally located in the heart of Montgomery’s oldest and most prestigious historic district. This spacious and charming home is carefully designed with architectural flourishes from the 1920s including original egg-and-dart crown moulding, maple and oak wood floors, transoms throughout, two wood-burning fireplaces, and 10-foot ceilings. The historical integrity of the home contrasts beautifully with a contemporary galley kitchen with professional-grade appliances, marble and tile bathrooms, dual-zone HVAC, and a dedicated wine and beverage refrigerator. You’ll have your choice of four upstairs bedrooms or three bedrooms and an office, with two large additional upstairs rooms for a variety of uses. A bonus bedroom with a full bathroom and efficiency-ready hookups in a separate ADU provide even more space for visitors. The home has an elegant entertaining space that includes a chef’s kitchen, formal dining room, formal living room, and a spacious columned slate patio. The grounds are beautifully landscaped with a diverse array of shade trees, fruit trees, flowering trees, palms, decorative shrubs, raised beds for vegetable gardens, and an easily maintained front lawn. In the gardens adorning the rear, you’ll find mint, Shiso, savory, tarragon, basil, tomatoes, peppers, kale, oregano, lemongrass, rosemary, lavender, and garlic chives, perfect for an urban farm-to-table meal. As you cook, the hummingbird garden outside the window with sprays of Mexican petunia, bleeding heart, salvia, hibiscus, and purple cone flowers will host its own display of winged diners in the summer months, together with abundant populations of cardinals, blue jays, robins, doves, Carolina wrens, and more. Parking is plentiful with a huge concrete driveway behind a gated rear entrance and a new stamped concrete parking pad in front of the house for visitors or convenient extra parking. The back house also has a one-car garage and rear separate shed for tools and yard implements. The property, surrounded on three sides by an ivy-laden brick wall, provides privacy as well. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! This home sits on one of the most desirable streets in Cloverdale—a short to walk to some of Montgomery’s highest-rated restaurants, shops, pubs, neighborhood parks, community churches, an outstanding local service station, and entertainment venues, including the longest continually operating movie theater in Alabama! The house is two blocks from the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald house and one of Helen Keller’s residences. On a walk through the community-centered neighborhood with a newly established urban pedestrian trail, among mature shade trees lining quiet winding streets, you will find a premier community garden and an impressive variety of architecture spanning the 20th century, providing the perfect environment for long walks or bike rides. Old Cloverdale, located between the campuses of historic Huntingdon College and Alabama State University, is a five-minute drive to downtown Montgomery and a host of other restaurants, museums, and entertainment venues, and is only 15 minutes from Maxwell Air Force Base. The style, grace, and comfort in this southern beauty is unparalleled! Buyers agent fee negotiable. Contact leladyce@gmail.com for information and showing.