Description
The Cowles Mansion is now for sale. It is a rare opportunity to live in home with a significant local history. This magnificent home, built by Gardner Cowles in 1909, the founder of the DM Register, Minneapolis Star Newspaper, and Look Magazine, is set on a 2.5 estate with mature oak trees on a hilltop lot on Mansion Row. The home has 15 rooms, 7,151 SF, 6 BRs, 8 baths, 4 fireplaces, all brick exterior, slate roof, 4 car detached garage/carriage house and a 700 SF in-ground pool installed in 1993. The first floor has 9' ceilings, hardwood floors, a large entry, elegant stairway, huge living room with woodburning FP, parlor/office with woodburning;...read more formal dining room, sitting room/office, updated kitchen with island, deluxe appliances. The second floor has 4 BRs, 4 baths, primary BR has FP, his & her closets. The third floor is finished. All the old home charm remains. Make an appointment to explore this intriguing home.