1461 S 4th St Louisville, KY 40208

This immaculate Queen Anne House perched high on a large lot overlooking South Fourth Street was built by J. D and Fannie Caldwell Macauley in 1886. This light filled home faces West with windows on every side.
Located in the National Historic District of Old Louisville the property holds the distinction of having one of only a ten driveways in all of Old Louisville The three-course brick structure with rusticated limestone facings, has a wraparound limestone double columned concrete porch as well as a bronze screened back porch with a large wraparound wood deck.
The house was renovated to single family status by Lenora Paradis and Scott Cummings in 1988-89. The imposing carriage house with an attached greenhouse were built by the current owners, Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gettleman, in 1991.
The carriage house has five bays for parking everything from a single car to a boat with extra wide doors to accommodate vans, motor homes or work trucks. It also has a workshop and a ¼ bath. The expansive second floor could be finished into a fabulous apartment.
The main house has 3744 square feet, six fireplaces, five bedrooms and three full and one-half baths. The third floor includes a kitchenette making it perfect as a home office or guest suite.
The entire interior has been stripped of wallpaper and freshly painted. Wood flooring has been added to the second-floor hallway and middle bedroom.
New carpet has been laid in one second-floor bedroom, the staircase leading to the third floor as well as the third-floor bedroom space.
The generous kitchen on the main floor has a large, commercially vented stove hood above a gas stove, and a large center island with a vented Jenn-Aire grill. A built-in stacked washer and dryer are conveniently hidden in a handsome oak closet. The kitchen offers ample oak cabinetry with space for everything. It leads to the bronze screened porch which overlooks a gravel courtyard lined with fruit trees and crepe myrtle.
The dining room boasts a 12-foot custom valence-lighted oak and walnut hutch. There is crown molding throughout the first floor which has eleven-foot ceilings.
The entry foyer has a beautiful leaded glass bay and a staircase to the second floor which features the original cherry balustrade.