Beautifully Restored Victorian Home

This beautifully restored 5 BR, 5 BA Victorian home is situated on +/- 5.191 acres. It is constructed of heart pine and classified by the National Register as a Carpenter Eclectic Victorian with Eastlake and Queen Anne elements.

The original portion of the house was constructed in 1893 and then added to in 1903, increasing it in size to +/- 5500 sq ft (tax roll sq ft).

The home's interior is painted with colors original to the home and period wallpapers have been used.

Window treatments are also correct for the period.

The exterior has just been repainted with the original paint scheme (based on a 1907 photo) and colors found when the gingerbread and other woodwork was scraped and prepared for painting.

The downstairs includes:

• double parlors,
• center hall,
• two bedrooms with two baths,
• large formal dining room,
• butler's pantry,
• updated kitchen,
• and sun room.

The mouldings and wainscoting are outstanding. The heart pine floors on this level have been refinished to show their natural beauty. The large deck off the rear of the house has a gazebo which holds a hot tub.

The upstairs has: 

• center hall,
• three bedrooms with three baths,
• a fourth room that could be used as a bedroom,
• permanent stairs leading to the attic over the main part of the home
• The fourth room can open into the largest bedroom to make a 3 room suite of approximately 750 sq.ft. The additional room also opens to the second story gazebo, an open porch, on the front of the home. Second story gazebos are not common in the south.
• The attic over the main part of the home is partially floored for additional storage.
• There is attic space, also partially floored, over the dining room, butlers pantry and kitchen. This space is 16 X 43 with center headroom of about 9 ft.

The pool house is an old tobacco barn and is wired and plumbed for a kitchen and bath. It could be restored and used as additional guest rooms or a conference/party/wedding area. Next to the tobacco barn is a 24 X 16 swimming pool that had a new liner installed in the summer of 2006.

The old carriage house, believed to have been built in 1903, has four bays and a tac room that could serve as a detached garage, converted to additional guest rooms or into a conference/party/wedding area. There is a hay loft/storage area running the entire length of the structure above the bays and tac room.

Also on the property is a large livestock barn. It has six enclosed horse/mule stalls in the center with open, but under roof, areas to either side and the back. The back open area reaches to the center peek of the roof line and is about 30 feet in height. There is also a walled area above the interior stalls which was most likely a hay loft.

In the five years the present owners have had the home it has had:

• Upstairs heat pump/AC unit replaced
• Complete rewiring in 2002 (except what little wiring was within codes)
• 2 new 50 gal electric water heaters installed
• New pool liner * Front porch underpinning rebuilt and floor repaired
• Underpinning under second floor gazebo rebuilt and reinforced
• Porch roof leaks and water damage repaired
• Kitchen updated
• All interior wall plaster repaired and re-plastered
• New plumbing for bathrooms added when reworked for B&B
• The owners are not aware of any other existing problems

Moultrie, GA is home to one of the largest agricultural expositions in the Northern Hemisphere. This event attracts an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 visitors during the 3 day it is open. In addition, Moultrie is home to a nationally recognized Olympic sized diving well that hosts numerous diving and swimming competitions each year, two antique car show and swaps and two very large craft shows each year, and a renowned genealogy library.

Within an hours drive you can be in Tallahassee, FL, home of Florida State and Florida A&M Universities, Albany, GA, home of Albany State University, Darton College, Chehaw Wild Animal Park and the Flint River RiverQuarium. Valdosta, GA, is home to Valdosta State College, Moody AFB, and Wild Adventures Park.

Within a three hour drive you can be in Macon, Atlanta, and Columbus/Ft Benning, GA as well as Jacksonville, FL.

We have operated our home as a bed & breakfast since 2002 but our main focus has been on restoration. The home can continue to be operated as a B&B or returned to a single family home with very little effort.

The asking price includes select furnishings, linens, bed dressings and dinnerware. All personal items and family antiques will not be considered to be for sale.