Homage to the past

Location: 1260 Shenandoah Road, San Marino 91108

Asking price: $8.68 million

Previously sold for: $5.1 million in 2007

Size: Main house has four bedrooms and five bathrooms in 5,326 square feet. Guesthouse and pool pavilion/spa have about 1,750 square feet.

Lot size: About 1.2 acres

Additional features: Dining room with space for 25 guests, sewing room, butler’s pantry, rear staircase, eight-camera security system, automatic gate entry, two-car garage with restored 1920s vehicle turnstile, full basement with storage area.

Around the neighborhood: Through the first half of the year, 93 single-family homes sold in the 91108 ZIP Code, according to MDA DataQuick, at a median price of $1.5 million. That was a 6.3% price drop from the first half of 2009.

Listing agent: Maureen Hollingsworth, Sotheby’s International Realty, (626) 396-3904.