My word for kitchen was “afterthought”. There is a coffered ceiling that is incredibly fancy though I would hate to be the one cleaning it. Then again, with a house like that I’d have somebody to clean it for me, ha

"However, I can't imagine that the kitchen would have been adjacent to the dining room..."

Kitchen location is exactly as was in the 1893 Victorian I was raised in in NYC. A later Mod had converted the back pantry into an expansion to the kitchen.

Also, on modern Colonials it is the norm to have the kitchen and dining room adjacent - typically side by side across the rear.

Interesting, thanks!

That house is beautiful.

Looks like the butler's pantry expanded to a more mod. kitchen later as others suggest. Only I'm betting the original kitchen was in the basement or at least on a lower level.

The home was built in 1889. The kitchen was likely built on the first floor, as it is located now. Part, if not most, of the basement likely had a dirt floor.

A beautiful place! 9000 sq ft! Why is the kitchen so small?

Lol, in 1925 only half of the homes in the US had electric power......they had nothing on your list back in 1889. :-)

Doh. Do you think you missed the purpose of my post??? Trying to explain (to you) why a kitchen in 1889 might be considered "so small" in 2018.

Bet you really don't think they had a TV on the granite either in 1889?

Yikes.

Amazing woodwork details! Zillow says it's not currently for sale, but that it's estimated market value is $2.37 M. The sqft = 12,400; and it has 7 beds, 7 baths; 1/2 acre lot.

I love the east side! Beautiful house.

Yes, I saw that too. It says floor size 12,400, that might count in unheated carriage house and attic space........

Yes, the house itself might be pretty tight if the 12,400 sqft included those spaces... ;-)

That could be a lovely student dorm near a college, and charge $1000 per person, 2 beds per room....,,, only take in the good students that have good GPAs....... :-)

Wonderfully preserved historic home in historic district dorm?

It’s too big for a family, kind of spooky at night. The best roommates would be geeky scholars/ phds, they don’t party just study. Not sure about the rules in historic dist though. It could be a reaschers’ mansion........

lol

Did yall look at the floorplans? Possibly the back (which is now Aupair suite) was reconfigured somehow and was either all or partially the kitchen proper - incl cooking and washing up areas. Im with OP - since cabinetry in the current kitchen appears to be original that was more likely butlers pantry aka staging area for serving and removing food. A house of that age and grandeur wouldn't open directly into kitchen. True, they had no TVs or electric gadgets but they would have had a lot of hired help doing the food prep (all from scratch). The help would have lived up on the third floor and would have gone up and down via the rear servants stairway. Theres at least three bedrooms on third floor next to servants stairs - not sure what the other 3rd floor br's towards the front would have been - nanny/child care?

Interesting - it was a whole different way of life. My fav pic was the view from the porch - if I lived there that's where Id be 99% of the time!

Maine and New Hampshire boast many centuries-old homes lovingly restored or nearly original at unbelievably low prices for anyone from the major cities.

Case in point, this Victorian era city home in Nashua N.H.:

As is often the case, the kitchen has been overmodernized, complete with granite counters. Local soapstone would have been a more sympathetic material.

Historic homes for sale sites reveal a lot of 18th and 19th c. homes. And also, or so it seems to me, a spread of the quick flip disease, where the only original features are the exteriors. Better than nothing I suppose.

$750K...that's 3x what my house in MO is worth, but I guess if you're from NYC that might be cheap. It's all relative.

The original house in this thread has a front entry way and stairways that would cost more than my house is worth to build today. Lovely, both of them.

I guess if you're from NYC that might be cheap.

LOL

I wasn't even being ironic!

I am from NYC. Now Toronto.

That means you’re loaded! :-)