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A four-story Craftsman-style home designed by lauded architect Bernard Maybeck recently was listed for $3,495,000.
The five-bed, 4.5-bath property dates to 1905 and is situated in the idyllic Winship Park neighborhood of San Anselmo, CA—one of Marin County’s most desirable towns.
Maybeck is widely known as the architect behind San Francisco‘s Palace of Fine Arts and as a trailblazer of hillside residential design during the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 20th century.
And with a legacy of 100-year-old homes and landmark buildings still standing in the Bay Area today, Maybeck and his Tufts House No. 1, as this one is know, are exceptional. It’s one of just several Maybeck-designed residences in Marin.
“Owning a Bernard Maybeck home is to become part of an exclusive group of people who own American architectural jewels,” says listing agent Colm Glass, with Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty. “No two ways about it: Owning a home like this just makes you an interesting person.”
Indeed, the 3,927-square-foot property has belonged to the same owner since 1977—an architect with a San Francisco firm. He jumped at the opportunity to live in a Maybeck-designed home.
“He wanted to be a steward of this home for future generations, and it is now time to pass that honor to a future generation,” Glass says.
A Maybeck-designed craftsman home in San Anselmo, CA, is on the market.
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Dining room
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Kitchen
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Bedroom
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Exterior
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View of Mount Tamalpais
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Original features
Maybeck believed nature should be enhanced by architecture, so it’s clear why he chose to build on this particular hillside. Resting on a leafy quarter-acre lot, the home offers magnificent south- and west-facing views of Mount Tamalpais, Mount Baldy, and the San Anselmo Ross Valley Watershed.
“It is unbelievable to know that the original oaks that Maybeck so carefully nestled his house between still exist and thrive today,” Glass says.
Many features of the home are exactly as Maybeck created them, from the original front-door handle to the light fixtures inside and outside the house. The living room is a great example of Maybeck’s work with original dark-wood paneling and beams that give way to a large fireplace adorned with a gilded mantel.
Living room
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Original front-door handle
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The house also comes with a number of modern comforts, including air conditioning in the primary bedroom, radiant heat, and a chef’s kitchen with an island that features a built-in sink.
Other amenities include two private terraces; a large, two-car garage; formal dining room; and an in-law unit with its own private garden.
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