1407 W MAIN ST, PERRY, FL 32347

Own a piece of history with this Georgian style building. Built in 1915 as the corporate office for the world’s largest cypress mill at the time, The Burton-Swartz Cypress Mill, it has been renovated & expanded while converting it from an office to a home. This stately brick home has granite columns at the front entrance & features double glass & brass doors which came out of the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC when it was torn down. Information passed down states that Mr. Swartz stayed at that hotel frequently & saw an opportunity to enhance the property the company was building in Perry, Fl. The front entrance overlooks an original 80’ diameter fish pond with the original fountain. The original office building now offers a large open formal living-dining room with a master bedroom & bath on one side & a guest bedroom, bath, loft serving as a bedroom, & the original walk-in vault which accommodates the laundry/walk-in closet. It features custom built cabinetry & offers lots of storage. Solid cypress 5’ high library paneling throughout this part of the home. Very tall windows provide lots of light. The ceilings are of pecky cypress & the floors in this portion of the home are the original cypress floors. There is an attic, approximately 1,200 sq. ft. with flooring above this original structure offering an abundance of storage!
Enter into the casual living space through double glass doors where there is informal dining open to the kitchen which has an eat-at island, family room & half bath. Hickory custom built cabinetry in kitchen with pantry, wall oven-micro oven unit, drop-in range, frig, & dishwasher. There is a brick wall with a display case in this area. This area wraps around to the family room giving the open concept feeling to both rooms. Beyond the family room, there is a large storage room with floor to ceiling shelves for Christmas decorations & pantry items. Opposite this room is a bonus room which could be an office or dressing area for adjourning bedroom with walk-in closet. An open den makes this a nice private suite, when needed. Another glass door opens from the den to a large sunroom which is the focal point of the living space. Surrounded by windows, it allows a wonderful view of the outside & this family loves to sit here watching the deer & turkey which regularly pass by. They also enjoy watching them in the front yard from the formal living room! The sunporch has an entrance featuring double glass doors with blind inserts with covered porch, sidewalk & faces a large paved parking lot. Decorative concrete benches flank the sidewalk in this shaded area. A good place to rest when you are outside! A mother-in-law suite is attached to the home & it offers 2 bedrooms, each with large closets & a Jack & Jill bathroom, a laundry area, large living, dining, kitchen area which has an open concept. This suite also has a large storage room with floor to ceiling shelves. Double doors open onto a covered porch. A courtyard flanks both sides of this addition with one being accessed from main residence. Both have large fountains & are enclosed. This is currently leased. There is a detached cottage on the property which is a 1 BR, 1 BA, open living, dining, & kitchen with a small covered porch with an enclosed attached storage room. This property is also currently leased. The mother-in-law suite, sun porch, courtyards & cottage were added during the renovation period. Sold partially furnished