The Evans W. Ray House - $385,000

1023 Edmond Street

Queen Ann Victorian home - 120 year old - One of a Kind

First floor . . . main hallway with grand oak staircase, 18x14.5 foot common parlor (living room which has a wood burning stove with a titanium chimney liner.), 5x14 bypass (dead end hallway), 15.5x13.5 formal dining room, 9x5.5 utility room, 13.5x13.5 kitchen, 6x5 pantry, butlers stairs, 18.5x14.5 library, 15.5x12.5 back parlor with gas fireplace, powder room complete with a 1930’s Crapper toilet, smoking porch off north end of dining room.

Second floor there are 4 bed rooms, 4 clothing closets (2 are walk-in), 1 storage closet, 2 full baths, 1 sun porch, 1 fainting porch, stairway to 3rd floor.

On the third floor there are still 2 efficiency apt. which consist of 9 or 10 small rooms (all plumbing was removed in late 1990’s) and there is a staircase to an attic area and to the roof.

Housing 12 efficiency apartments at the time of acquisition, the current owners took on the task of returning this grand, one-of-a-kind Queen Ann Victorian back into a single family home. Missing 90% of its original interior trim, a lot of salvage from buildings being demolished in St. Joseph has found its way into this home. The main hall, butler’s hall and kitchen flooring is salvage from the office area of the Kresge Five & Dime demolished in the early 1990’s. The downstairs Powder Room has a door & trim salvaged from a house on Missouri St. along with the wainscoting from a house on Felix St. In the Kitchen, all door and window trim is from a house on Missouri St.

New (40 yr.) roof and gutters were put on in 1993, tuck-pointing of the entire house was done in 1994 along with restoring the southeast chimney for the wood burning stove.

This 1887 Queen Ann Victorian home was built by Evans W. Ray, a wealthy wholesale & retail lumber dealer in St. Joseph, Mo. It is one-of-a-kind, guaranteed.

Owning his own company, Mr. Ray built a truly unique Queen Ann Victorian home. There aren’t 2 of anything the same on the exterior of this magnificent structure.

Approx. square feet: 4400

Contact Owners: Ron & Kay Petersen