{"id":637355,"date":"2026-03-06T23:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/637355\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T23:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:02:06","slug":"this-san-antonio-century-home-for-sale-was-once-lifted-on-jacks-to-add-a-new-first-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/637355\/","title":{"rendered":"This San Antonio century home for sale was once lifted on jacks to add a new first floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

A historic San Antonio home that made local headlines during its 1911 renovation has gone back on the market with a substantial price cut. <\/p>\n

When the Current wrote about the property hitting the sales block in 2023, it was listed at $1.7 million. Now, the price has dropped to $995,000.<\/p>\n

The Monte Vista home, known as Robert Reid Russell Manor, was built around the turn of the century by the architect of that same name. However, it was a major addition in 1911 that landed property in the pages of the San Antonio Express.\u00a0The newspaper\u00a0chronicled crews lifting the house 14 feet off the ground so a third story could be built underneath.<\/p>\n

A construction crew used jacks to raise \u201ca house with all its furniture, every picture hanging on the walls, the china and glassware, in the cabinets, nothing, in fact, touched,\u201d according to the Express report chronicled in the book\u00a0San Antonio\u2019s Monte Vista: Architecture and Society in a Gilded Age.<\/p>\n

The 6,200-square-foot, three-story mansion includes seven bedrooms and five and a half baths, not to mention impressive double-decker, wraparound porches on its first and second level. The interior features plenty of intricate architectural detail including floor-to-ceiling windows in some rooms.<\/p>\n

This home is listed by Caroline Decherd<\/a> with\u00a0Phyllis Browning Company.<\/p>\n

All photos and listing info via\u00a0Realtor.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every house has a story, and our mission is to tell San Antonio\u2019s story through the lens of our community\u2019s historic and colorful homes. The San Antonio Current\u2019s real estate features are not ads, and are strictly operated through our editorial department. But we love public input. Do you know of a unique San Antonio home that we should highlight? Let us know, and email skoithan@sacurrent.com.<\/p>\n

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