{"id":246,"date":"2015-06-15T19:08:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T19:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2015-06-15T19:14:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T19:14:25","slug":"back-spring-cottage-is-under-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"“Back Spring Cottage” Is Under Contract!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This sweet little 2 bedroom cottage in downtown Historic Lexington, Virginia, is now under contract and slated to be sold at the end of June.\u00a0\u00a0 With commercial zoning and previous residential use, it has flexible usage options.\u00a0 In addition, as a contributing building in the Lexington Historic District, it is a candidate for state and federal rehab income tax credits, which\u00a0return\u00a0up to 45% of rehab expenses to the owner upon completion of a qualifying rehabilitation project.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Harlow family acquired the home on its very large park-like lot (nearly an acre) in the\"IMAG4432\" mid-20th century.\u00a0 It was\u00a0owned in the late-19th and early-20th centuries by the Sheridan family, who operated a livery and stable\u00a0a block away (the\u00a0“Sheridan Livery Inn” on N. Main). The property is historically known as\u00a0the “Back Spring Lot,” after\u00a0the\u00a0very bold spring in the back yard that serves as a principal\u00a0source of water for Town Creek, a tributary\u00a0of\u00a0the Maury River.\u00a0 As one of downtown’s only “waterfront” properties,\u00a0it offers a shady respite from the summer heat.<\/p>\n

The building’s\u00a0unusual shed roof with a tall front parapet-like fa\u00e7ade lends the cottage a \"IMAG4321\"less-residential look than other houses nearby; the\u00a0two 4-panel front doors suggest it was\u00a0 previously used either as a duplex or as a house + shop\/office.\u00a0The cottage\u00a0appears to have been built in at least two stages, and was last renovated in the 1990s. Original wood siding, a 1920s Craftsman-style front porch with exposed rafters and shaped rafter tails, and most of the\u00a0stone perimeter foundation are some of the cottage’s intact character-defining\u00a0features.\u00a0 The turned wooden posts are 1990s replacements of what\u00a0were likely plain square posts.<\/p>\n

If you’re an investor or business owner looking to buy or sell a house or commercial property such as this one located in Historic Lexington, please get in touch.\u00a0 540-460-2201 or lesliegiles2014@gmail.com<\/p>\n

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This sweet little 2 bedroom cottage in downtown Historic Lexington, Virginia, is now under contract and slated to be sold at the end of June.   With commercial zoning and previous residential use, it has flexible usage options.  In addition, as a contributing building in the Lexington Historic District, it is a candidate for state and … Continue reading ““Back Spring Cottage” Is Under Contract!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,4,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historic-architecture","category-landscapes","category-posts-about-former-listings","category-preservation-rehabilitation","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lesliegiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}