Rice/Museum District home boasts classic architecture, contemporary design
The 7,823-plus-squarefoot home at 3 Remington Lane in the Rice University/ Museum District area on a on a 59,400-square-foot lot and was designed by John Staub and built for Margaret Wray, daughter of Texaco founder John Cullinan, and later owned by Gov. Mark White.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the home offers interiors reconfigured for modern living with contemporary flair, complete with large formal rooms with fulllength windows and marble fireplaces.
Further in, you’ll find a reception hall transitions to the rear dining room overlooking patios, gardens and a lawn-dropped pool. One first-floor side wing includes the main staircase, living room, powder room, wine closet and a reconfigured second-floor primary suite with study, dual bath and bespoke closet.
The opposite wing has a great room, walk-in full bar, gathering kitchen and breakfast room, drop zone, rear staircase, gym/media room and two first-floor halfbaths, as well as secondfloor en-suite bedrooms with custom walk-in closets.
The home’s kitchen and breakfast room are equipped with professionalgrade appliances, soft-closing cabinets and drawers and a walk-in pantry and have exposed original brick walls. The home also offers views of mossy oaks with trailing branches, azalea beds, fountains, brick patios with vintage ironwork and the pool from all primary rooms.
Other interior features include two staircases; an owned alarm system; crown molding; included washer, dryer and refrigerator; formal entry/foyer; fire/ smoke alarm; and sound wiring. Exterior features include a fenced backyard, balcony, controlled subdivision access, covered patio/deck, detached garage apartment/quarters, mosquito control system, porch, side yard, spa/hot tub, sprinkler system and storm shutters.
Priced at $12,500,000, the four-bedroom home with four full baths and three half-baths is listed by Hedley Karpas with Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty.
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