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Jill Moylan of
Home Advantage Realty.
Stunning Home for Sale in Downtown Columbia, SC. A Streamline Moderne style residence meticulously restored with a combination of modern function and original flair.
Listing Agent and Office:Alison Allen, Home Advantage Realty
MLS#
174434
Beds:
4
Baths:
3 full, 1 half
Description: The George R. Price house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is Columbia's only Streamline Moderne style residence. The home features 4 bedrooms, 3 and 1 half baths. The solid marble mantle in the living room is imported from Africa. The circular staircase is flanked by 2-story glass block windows. The front window features 673 glass blocks. A spacious three-car garage, expansive porches, and beautifully landscaped grounds complement the home. One of the nicest properties in Columbia, SC.
This home was recently featured in The State Newspaper:
State, The (Columbia, SC)
September 15, 2006
Section: BUSINESS
Edition: FINAL
Page: D1
ROBOTS HAWKING HOUSE
BEN WERNER
bwerner@thestate.com
This abode offered a peek into the future of home design when it was built in 1939. Even though it's an historic building now, two automatons are pitching it to prospective buyers.
Robots Tobor and Freddie are for sale.
Buy us, get free house, says the sign they hold on top of their home, a dwelling at 3000 Forest Drive unique to South Carolina for its architectural style.
The list price is a cool $825,000. Their house, that's called added value.
Over the years, the robots have become well-known to the community. They sit on the corner of a busy intersection, and they are a prominent part of a Christmas holiday light show that residents flock to see.
In many ways, this is the job they were created for, homeowner Elaine Gillespie said.
Shortly after buying 3000 Forest Drive in 1989, Gillespie rescued the pair from a junkyard. Tobor, Freddie, another pair of robots waiving from the house next door and their siblings at Art Bar in the Vista originally were designed to be pitchmen for shopping mall stores, she said.
An eight-track player inside was supposed to greet customers and announce sales.
The plan never took off.
But by taking residence at, -and now trying to sell - 3000 Forest Drive, Tobor and Freddie are, in a way, fulfilling their maker's wish.
Their Forest Drive residence is South Carolina's only example of a Streamline Moderne -style home. Completed in 1939, it officially is known as the George R. Price House and is listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Streamline Moderne, a derivation of art deco, was popular during the Great Depression and through World War II.
A description of the style that appeared in The State in 1939, said, The term 'machines for living' is often applied to the flat-roofed, severely plain homes designed as modern.
At a time when the nation was still in the gloom of the Great Depression and on the eve of entering another war, the George R. Price House, located at what then was the edge of Columbia, offered a glimpse of what designers thought would be the future.
The simple design, with sleek curves and flat roof, was intended to evoke images of a world where automation saved time and energy for homeowners, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Inside 3000 Forest Drive, the heating and air conditioning units were concealed from view in a basement room. The ductwork was put behind walls - something different from the steam radiator piping common at the time.
As part of this vision, the future also would employ machines, controlled by humans, to perform much of the day's tedious tasks, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Tobor and Freddie are doing their job. Alison Allen of Home Advantage Realty said she is fielding many calls from potential buyers.
This is only the second time the property has appeared on the market. Allen said many people are curious about the inside.
I have a lot of people call to ask if they buy the house, do the robots stay, she said.
Along with Tobor and Freddie, the home features 3,773 square feet of heated space, four bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths and a three-car garage.
I love this house. Everybody falls in love with this home, Allen said.
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