Live out your roaring '20s dream with
modern comfort.
by Corinne Stremmel
From birth to age two, literary
icon, F. Scott Fitzgerald lived on the second floor of a picturesque Victorian
building nestled on the 400 block of Laurel Avenue in St. Paul. And now, you
could too.
Listed at $350,000, this
Putnam-style condo is just one of three Fitzgerald landmarks in St. Paul. While
many think of Fitzgerald living a glitzy booze-fueled lifestyle in New York,
the Jazz Age author grew up as a Midwestern boy attending St. Paul Academy
where he wrote his first story at age thirteen in the school’s newspaper.
He lived with his parents just
five blocks east of his birthplace on 286-294 Laurel Terrace and famously lived
at 599 Summit Ave where he wrote This Side of Paradise in the summer of 1919.
Fitzgerald’s daughter Scottie was born not long after in 1921 in St. Paul.
With plenty of history to back
this listing, the owner Charlie Brokaw said he’s needed to do minimal upkeep
and the building has been well maintained over the years.
Situated in Ramsey Hill,
residents can enjoy the quiet, historic neighborhood while being close to
plenty of restaurants and shopping with Selby Avenue just two blocks away.
Despite being built in 1892, the
home maintains a chic appearance with exposed brick interiors, a fully updated
kitchen, in-unit laundry, and plenty of storage. Plus a plaque outside the
building notes its historical significance as Fitzgerald’s birthplace, so
expect a few Fitzgerald fans to occasionally visit to read the plaque and take
a few pictures.
The building has two addresses,
479 for units on the east side of the hallway and Fitzgerald’s former address,
481 Laurel Ave for the units on the west.