For Sale
$ 699,000
c. 1866 Folk Victorian
600 South Bagdad Road
Leander, Texas 78641
Leander, Texas 78641
A.S. Mason House
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Commercial and or Residential Opportunity Austin TX Area
3,324 sq. ft. Symmetrical Victorian Farmhouse Style home on just .996 acre city lot 13 minutes to Austin TX
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark five bay farmhouse home. Thought to be built by Huffstutler Builders out of Georgetown, Texas, it has a double galleried front porch with 6 square bracketed columns. The 2nd floor gallery has jigsaw-cut balustrades. main structure of this home was originally an early Texas two-room, dog trot log cabin, but was remodeled and enlarged in the Victorian era.
The seller has painstakingly restored the structural integrity of the original home with the help of architects, engineers, as well as the Texas Historical Commission. The two masonry wood burning fireplaces and two story limestone chimneys on the end walls were rebuilt.
The seller added an architecturally similar addition to the back in 2019, which complements the Victorian Farmhouse style. The exterior is almost complete and has back, side, and 2 front covered porches. The massive beams in the addition allow the interior to be finished out with almost endless variations from very open for a restaurant or other business to walled-off bedrooms, baths, kitchen, living rooms, offices and more for a home.
This could be the perfect live and work situation. Finish the interior out in a historic look or use sleek contemporary style so the home can be nostalgic but also have the latest bells and whistles.
Zoning and Uses
The City of Leander has the property zoned LC – 2B so allowable uses are to continue as residential or change to a commercial use such as an Air B and B, restaurant, offices, school or day care, retail sales or services, nursery or greenhouse and more. Contact the City of Leander Planning and Development Services Department
Contact Listing Agent Betty Saenz - Windham Rose Realty for engineer reports, plans, etc.
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Architect's rendering of the right side of the home. The home has board and batten on the back addition with a snap down standing seam metal roof.
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Old Wood Spiral Staircase. There is also a staircase in the back addition.
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This is the very back part of the addition. In the house plans, it is the primary bedroom but it could be anything you want it to be.
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The back of home from the 1 acre (.996 per survey) lot. Heritage Live Oaks surround the house
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Part of the .996 acre lot
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This is the 2-story part of the home that faces Bagdad. The 2 story chimneys on both end sides were rebuilt.
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The first floor has a stone hearth fireplace at each end and a beamed ceiling.
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This is the Water Well with the cover on it. This water could be used for irrigation. There is City of Leander Water meter in front
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The old Water Well could potentially be used for irrigation but City of Leander water is in front of the house.
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Rolled Gravel Driveway and PEC electric meter service box
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This is the Stone for Siding the Bottom of the front home around the fireplace. Footer already in place for this.
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The home has a double galleried front porch with 6 square bracketed columns. The 2nd floor gallery has jigsaw-cut balustrades as seen above.
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| Bedrooms | 5 |
| Full Baths | 2 |
| Half Baths | 1 |
| Heated Sq. Ft. | 3,324 |
| Acres | 1.0 |
| Zoning | Commercial - Residential |
| Zoned LC-2-B Local Commercial- restaurant, offices, Event Venue, AirB&B, etc. | |
| MLS No. | Austin MLS #s 7449566 3069628 |
Features.
- Threatened
- 1st floor bath
- 1st Floor Bedroom
- 1st floor laundry room
- Dining room
- Foyer
- Laundry room
- Study
- Master bedroom downstairs
- Porch
- Restored exterior
- 2nd Staircase
- High Ceilings
- 2 Rebuilt stone fireplaces & chimneys
- 2019 addition
- 4 Covered porches
- Douglas Fir Beams
- Engineered foundation & framing
- Marvin windows in back
Like This Listing?
Contact the Agent directly.
Showings by appointment only. e-mail, call or text for additional info or to set up a showing
Betty Saenz
REALTOR®, Certified Historic House Specialist, Lic. 466299
Mobile: 512-785-5050
bettasaenz@gmail.com
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Austin is the Capital of Texas - Leander is 13 minutes NorthWest
Austin is the Capital of Texas - Leander is 13 minutes NorthWestLeander ISD is a coveted School District. There are many private and community colleges & universities in the area- Leander, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Austin and Round Rock.
Leander has the CapitalMetro Leander Station in the Leander Transit Oriented Development or TOD for Commuter Rail and Bus Service into Downtown Austin Texas.
Leander will soon reach 100,000 people (if not already). A great restaurant, similar to the Sweet Lemon Kitchen in a two story historic home in Georgetown TX should do well here with the High Traffic Count.
History
600 Bagdad Road S Leander TX 78641 was built about 1866 when this area of Leander Texas was a small Texas town called Bagdad, named after the hometown of an early settler Bagdad Tennessee. Settlers starting coming to the area destined to become Bagdad Texas in the 1840’s. The settlement grew and soon the town of Bagdad Texas was surveyed in 1854 with the Bagdad Post Office being established in the following year. Bagdad is now part of Leander Texas. Known as the A.S. Mason Home, a farmer named Alpheus S Mason had this home built by Huffstutler Builders of Georgetown Texas. Alpheus was the son of Colonel C.C. Mason who was an early settler of Bagdad and had some stores there. The modern day Bagdad Road was once a well traveled military and stagecoach road in old Bagdad Texas. Leander Texas was established later in 1882 about one mile to the east because Bagdad did not want the rail. Leander grew and Bagdad met its demise. Now the ghost town of Bagdad TX and neighboring Leander Texas have merged. Owning, finishing the home to your liking will preserve one of the most significant of the very few remaining historic homes in Leander Texas. The book Land of Good Water by Clara Stearns Scarbrough has a lot of information about the old town of Bagdad Texas and the Mason family. The Austin American Statesman featured this home in a Saturday February 20th 2016 article it ran in the Statesman Homes section entitled Leander’s Charms Include Historical Sites, Youthful Vibe.Comments & Feedback
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