18839 Raymond Road, Marysville, OH 43040

Five acres, a stocked pond, a five-car garage with workshop and 25 minutes to Columbus. The house is a turn-of-the-century brick Victorian the sellers restored rather than covered over. What was original is still here. What needed replacing has been replaced. Original brick reset with period-accurate mortar over a fully tuckpointed fieldstone foundation. Walls run three bricks thick where two was standard for the era. Both porches rebuilt on their original rooflines with pressure-treated framing and added concrete piers, vinyl ceilings replaced with tongue-and-groove, painted on the east-facing front porch and stained on the screened porch above the pond. Inside, the original front door, hardware, transom windows, bedroom doors and dining room wainscoting and mantel remain. Framing is rough-sawn oak. Floors are original pine in the bedrooms, pecan on the landing and oak in the kitchen and first-floor bath. Two living rooms and a formal dining room, one with an original firebox and...