Home of the Week: Firehouse turned single-family residence in Pasadena
Fire Station 34, which provided more than seven decades of service to the city of Pasadena, was re-purposed as a single-family home in 2000 after sitting vacant for years. The three engine bays of the brick Italianate building now house living, dining and family rooms. The fire hose tower remains.
Location: 541 S. Oak Knoll Ave., Pasadena 91101
Asking price: $2.75 million
Year built: 1917
Original architect: Joseph J. Blick
House size: Three bedrooms, three bathrooms, 4,192 square feet
Lot size: 11,101 square feet
Features: High ceilings, hardwood floors, interior columns, library, office, center island kitchen, two dishwashers, double oven, wine refrigerator, front terrace, dining pergola with outdoor fireplace, two-car garage with storage
About the area: In the first half of the year, three single-family homes sold in the 91101 ZIP Code at a median price of $600,000, according to DataQuick. That was a 25% price increase from the first half of 2013.
Website: https://www.541SouthOakKnoll.com
Agent: Catherine “Tink” Cheney, (626) 356-8129, Coldwell Banker
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