3 Home Berkeley Compound By Noted Architect: $1,900,000

BERKELEY, CA -- If you love restoring historic properties, you have to see this - a three home compound by architect Walter Steilberg, known by some as Julia Morgan’s engineer.

Some rooms will take your breath away while others, like the kitchen, will leave you groaning. (Save the wood from those butcher block countertops!)

The main home on Orchard Lane is a 12-room residence made up of two 2-story wings that flank a 3-story octagonal tower. The wood floors in the octagonal rooms are incredible, as are the built-ins, staircases and ceilings. When you look through the photos, also take note of the leaded glass windows and transoms, decorative amber glass mosaics, and Chinese perforated green tiles used decoratively and for venting.

A one bedroom, one bathroom brown-shingle cottage, which is currently occupied, is located on Panoramic Way.

And a two bedroom, one bathroom Mediterranean cottage on Mosswood is made with the Fabricrete construction invented by Steilberg.

Built almost 100 years ago, this compound has never been on the market before.

• Address: 1 Orchard Ln, Berkeley, California
• Price: $1,900,000
• Square Feet: 4681
• Bedrooms: 6
• Bathrooms: 6 Full and 1 Half Baths
• Built: 1922
• Features: Stunning masterpiece by preeminent architect/engineer Walter Steilberg, family compound of three houses, never before on sale. 3-story, 12-room home with signature Arts & Crafts style. Fabricrete Art Deco 2/1 cottage with rooftop deck. Brown-shingle 1/1 cottage. 3 garage spaces. Integral part of Panoramic Hill near trails and campus. Views of the Bay.

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