Ramsay Detached House for sale: 3 bedroom 1710 sqft (Listed 2007-08-27)

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Ramsay Address

Ramsay, Calgary, AB, Canada

Description

View Virtual Tour! Classic character 2 storey in prominent location and with historical significance!Many, many upgrades, including 2 storey addition with full basement. Hardwood floors, gas fireplace, french doors, crown mouldings, character wood detailing, 2 skylights, 1.5 baths, clawfoot tub, separate shower stall. Really must be seen. Very spacious master bedroom with room for a sitting area. 33x150 ft lot. Professionally landscaped,oversized single garage with extra rear parking stalls and room for RV. Quick possession possible. Sunroom plus verandah and tiered rear sundeck. Just down the block from Dairy Bar and steps from pathway system and Outwest Park. Easy walk to the shops and restaurants of Inglewood!

Amenities

This house was the CPR superintendent's house. That's why it is brick, which is rare for Calgary, and larger than the very cozy CPR workers' homes in Ramsay and Inglewood. It is also grand for the area -- it is situated above the street and on a prominent street in the neighbourhood, where it could be seen by one and all back in the days of the horse and buggy.

If you note the grandest homes in Mount Royal and Elbow Park, two of Calgary's most prestigious mature neighbourhoods, you will discover they are mainly situated on the wider streets, which tend to be the busiest routes in the neighbourhood, even today. 10 Street SW and Elbow Drive come to mind.

Spiller Road, which turns into 8th Street, was formerly known as MacLeod Trail. It was the horse and wagon route from Calgary to Fort MacLeod. A photo of a ranch hand holding the reigns of a horse and wagon team on a dirt roadway known as MacLeod Trail near the school is on display in the foyer of Ramsay Elementary.

Today the bus route #24 turns in front of the house to cross the Macdonald Bridge, following the same route to The Bay as the street car did for many years.

Way back when, the CPR hired men with horse and wagon to drive around Ramsay and Inglewood early each workday to awaken the railway workers so they could get to work on time. This is before telephones, alarm clocks, and electricity were common or even in existence

There are two light fixtures in the house that reminiscent of ones that would hang in a train car or train station. They are unlike the classic Victorian ones that were found in the homes in the area...

-L. Parker

Listing Provided By

Ray Todd