Historic Pasadena home

Location: 781 Prospect Blvd., Pasadena 91103

Asking price: $2.99 million

Last sold for: $64,700 in 1971

Size: Seven bedrooms, 41/2 bathrooms in 6,388 square feet.

Lot size: 1.068 acres

Additional features: Library, linen closet, two-car garage, paved parking for a dozen cars, firepit, fruit trees and flower cutting garden.

Around the neighborhood: In the first quarter, 37 existing single-family homes sold in the 91103 ZIP Code at a median price of $395,000, according to DataQuick. That was a 36.2% increase from the median during the first quarter of 2010.

Listing agents: Rosey Bell, Coldwell Banker, Pasadena, (626) 675-5185 and Darrell Done, Coldwell Banker, Pasadena, (626) 844-2255