Homes For Sale

310 Marine Street Larger View     This 1860s era house began life as a small ante-bellum Gulf Coast cottage. In 1897, it was moved back from its original location at the corner of Marine and Savannah, and there was a three-room Victorian addition put on its front and its entrance was moved around to Marine Street. What is now a bathroom at the southern end of the house was once its front porch facing Savannah Street. (We have preserved the only remnanat of the eve of the original front porch above the ceiling of this bathroom. Also, notice, the width of the floor board in the bedroom off this bath. This was the original front room of the house, and as the earliest portion of the house, it has the widest prettiest flooring.)     Thus, it is a very interesting and unusual combination of styles and confirgurations with a lot of character and charm. As the garden grows, its charm will be even more pronouned.     It has three bedrooms and two baths, as well as a wonderful kitchen opening onto a nice side back porch. Facing east, the front porch will provide a nice place to gather in the late afternoon and visit with passing neighbors.     In the last 18 months this block of Marine has begun a remarkable transformation. Recently the snorner store close, and it is hoped that it will be purchased and restored in the near future.     The house is listed at $165,000. View Before/After images Google Map 311 Marine Street Larger View     This circa 1900 neoclassic side hall house was a simple workman's-type cottage; however, it contained more refined interior detailing than many houses of its type. Nice beaded-board wainscoting runs down the hallway, for example. It contains beautiful heart pine floors and high ceilings.     The OVRF completely restored this house as well as added a den, extra bedroom, and a cabinet gallerie in the rear. A cabinet gallerie is a design common to the Gulf Coast in the nineteenth century; however, the design was lost in the twentieth century and many houses containing this configuration were demolished or the designs on those that survived were changed over time. The small open gallerie looks out on a paved patio below with the newly landscaped yard as its backdrop.     A cabinet gallerie is basically a loggia with side rooms forming two of the three sides that enclose the loggia. In other words, the gallerie is a rear porch that gives one a feeling of being outside and at the same time some sense of security and enclosure that porches that are open on three sides can lack.     There will are glassed doors from the rear bedroom and from the den that open on to the gallerie that looks out on a nice backyard.     The house has two bedrooms and two full bathrooms. The front rooms have fireplaces and very high ceilings. The kitchen features granite countertops and nice cabinets in a very workable configuration.     The house is listed at $175,000. View Before/After images Google Map 301 Marine Street Larger View This house is in the heart of the newly revitalized Marine Street, the oldest street in Oakleigh. The house at 301 Marine is only a block from both Washington Square and Callaghan's. In fact, from one of the front windows of the house, one can see Washington Square. It is a block from Broad Street which is presently undergoing a $2 million refurbishment that will enhance the eastern end of the Oakleigh Garden District and help revitalize the southern and eastern portions of Oakleigh. It is a little gem of a house with its original boarded walls and its neo-classic mantle piece. The original heart pine floors and light colors give the house a warmth and cozy feel. It has been totally rewired, replumbed, new HVAC, new bathrooms, new kitchen, etc. It has two bedroom and one and a half baths. The kitchen has granite counter tops and custom cabinets. It opens on to a glassed in family room that overlooks a walled patio garden. It has off-street parking. The house is listed at $174,900. View Before/After images Google Map