Price: $345,000
Beds: 7
Baths: 7 and 2 halfs
Square feet: 5,946
Built in 1860 for Charles W. Adams, who helped set up the coffee trade with Rio de Janeiro, this mansion has a lot of history -- both good and bad. It survived the 1900 hurricane that devastated Galveston, although the first floor was submerged in five feet of water, according to the seller, Richard Abston. Its stout construction enabled the house to emerge intact once new plaster and paint were applied.
Since the mid-1990s, the mansion has operated as a bed & breakfast. To turn it back into a single-family home, Abston said it would only require some cosmetic work, such as painting and landscaping, and to make the kitchen more "family-friendly" and less commercial.
While the home has some more modern touches -- all seven bedrooms have bathrooms attached to them now and the place is fully insulated -- a lot of the classic amenities remain.
There are two sitting parlors, for example; one for the ladies and the other for the men. And the home still has its old long-leaf pine floors, "bundled wheat-style" porch railings and pocket doors. There's also a large dining room, library and butler's pantry.
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