Historic Red Brick School House Needs Final Restoration

1090 Grace Street – Mansfield, Ohio 44905

(Corner of Stewart & Grace)

COMPLETION OF RESTORATION WILL MAKE THIS AN OUTSTANDING RESIDENTIAL HOME WITH A HUGE GREAT ROOM, HIGH ARCHITECTURAL CEILINGS, OVER TWO ACRES OF PRIME CORNER REAL ESTATE, HORSESHOE DRIVE & GORGEOUS BACK YARD WITH GREENBELT.

Assignment: To complete this restoration homework project for a 4,000+ sq. ft., 19th century red brick grammar school that has a brand new heating system (three high efficiency gas furnaces), new sewer lines, new electrical/220 AMP service and hosts lots of country charm!

The school house is located conveniently between Cleveland and Columbus (70mi. South of Cleveland and 80mi. North of Columbus), in Mansfield, OH.  This school is convenient to major highways and local shopping districts. It’s located just minutes away from historic Mansfield’s “Main Street Carousel District!” It would make a magnificent home, duplex or artist’s working studio!!

It was built in 1869 with an addition in 1921 of red brick like the original structure. This impressive brick school house sits on a 2+ acre CORNER LOT with a large horseshoe driveway and a beautiful greenbelt of evergreens along the property line. The building is zoned R-3 for residential and as it sits today, has three classrooms – the original (main) classroom has already been converted into a large open GREAT ROOM / loft space with an impressive red brick chimney. The interior walls of the main room have been taken back to the original red brick via sandblasting. The two smaller classrooms (see room dimensions below) still have the intact wall-to-wall slate chalkboards and with simple architectural plans can be divided into bedrooms or offices if desired. There is also a large gymnasium in the lower / basement level with restored red brick walls and commercial, large pane, swing-out windows, eleven foot ceilings and newly installed spiral duct work for the upgraded HVAC. The basement level /gymnasium is massive and has a small stage area that is perfect for a large home theater room.

The school house also has three high efficiency forced air furnaces (100,000 BTU), all on separate digital climate controls for energy savings.

The property has over $80,000+ in tear-out and in restoration work so far... but to continue your education, you must be a seasoned "student" of restoration work, who sees the potential of this impressive 4,000+ sq ft brick structure. To finish this restoration work, in addition to room subdivisions and other interior carpentry work, you will need to do the following: plumb the interior for bathrooms, frame out bathroom walls, add cabinets and fixtures, add kitchen cabinets, countertops and appliances, redo portions of the roof and replace old gutters and add new downspouts. In addition, excavation around the exterior foundation is necessary for drainage. Drainage excavation of the rear of the building has already been completed and those downspouts were subtrenched w/PVC piping for proper drainage. This building is on high ground and not in a flood plain.

FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

Main Hallway / Foyer        

The main foyer runs the full length of the building from front to the back with main entrance double doors and a single rear commercial glass door, leading out to the back yard and horseshoe driveway. The main foyer has 14’ ceilings, hardwood flooring and three (orginal 1920/rewired) hanging schoolhouse lights. The interior foyer (hallway) walls have been torn back to the bare wood and need to be finished with wallboard. The size of the entry way is 43’ long x 7’ wide. The rear foyer extending from the main hallway, steps down to the rear entrance. From the rear foyer, stairs continue down to the gymnasium / basement level to the right and the laundry/old kitchen/storage rooms to the left. 

Great Room / Old Main Classroom with fireplace/chimney

The great room is an impressive room which has been torn back to the original red brick walls. The floor is a hardwood and the original windows are still intact (see photos and measurements). The overall room dimensions are as follows:

Overall room is 30’ x 45’

The ceiling hosts two heights ~ the lower tier is 12’7” (unfinished) and the raised ceiling (unfinished) is 15’9”. The chimney/fireplace is 8’ across of red bricks.

First Floor Classroom (Southeast)

This room is located on the rear half of the east side of the building and has a raised ceiling (unfinished) of 12’7”. The overall room measures 21’ x 30’ and can be subdivided easily with interior walls. There is new ductwork, intact chalkboards and the original pane windows. The most distinguishing features of this room are the large original wooden locker/closet doors, unfinished hardwood floors and the outstanding view of the 2+ acres of property visible from the windows. This classroom has three entrances/exits. One leads from the main hallway, another leads into a common sunroom that adjoins the north and southeast classrooms, and the third doorway leads to the commercial stairwell to the ground floor and basement/gymnasium. The most notable plan for this classroom is for a large master suite and adjoining bath.

First Floor Classroom (Northeast)

This room is located on the front half of the east side of the building and still has the drop ceiling height of 9’4”. The overall room measures 21’ x 30’ and can be subdivided easily with interior walls. There is also new ductwork, intact chalkboards the full length of the room and the original pane windows. The view from the front windows faces Stewart Rd.  This classroom also has three entrances/exits. One leads to the main hallway/foyer. The second leads to the common sunroom that adjoins the north and southeast classrooms. The third doorway leads to the commercial stairwell to the ground floor and the basement/gymnasium.

Kitchen

Architectural plans for the kitchen were located at the Northwest side of the main classroom (great room). New 220/110 electrical has been added for appliances along with climate control for one of three 100k BTU furnaces.

LOWER LEVEL / BASEMENT

Gymnasium / Basement Level

The old Gymnasium has 10’ ceilings with gorgeous exposed wooden beams and new spiral duct work for the HVAC system. The overall room measurements are 43’ x 30’ and a separate stage area measuring 14’ x 9’ with exposed wooden beams and new /vented glass block windows. The gymnasium has two commercial stairwells leading to the ground level and to the first floor, with commercial glass doors leading outside. The gymnasium has all exposed red brick walls also.  All windows in this room are commercial grade, double paned insulated/tempered glass that swing open.  A secondary electrical/breaker box is located on the stage wall.

Laundry/old kitchen/storage area at basement level

Has 8’ ceilings and the overall room size is 14’ x 29’ and 7’ x 22.’ This room is perfect for a workroom, utility tub, washer/dryer, etc. It hosts all new electrical work as well, and the primary breaker box is located here, as are the sewer taps, water line and gas lines.

Coal Furnace Room/Storage Area

Please view additional photos for this area, as it hosts the original coal furnace ‘facing” and “shell” for the school. This unit hosts a beautiful iron facing that would be a spectacular and historic architectural feature for your home,  if sandblasted and properly painted… adjacent to the coal furnace unit is the newly added concrete commercial and/or residential hot water tank slabs. This room also hosts a solid steel door w/pulley (perfect for a home bomb shelter or security system!

WALK-UP ATTIC / LOFT SPACE

Access to the loft space is right off the main hallway near the rear of the building. Loft space is positioned over the main classroom / great room and both furnaces are positioned in this area, one on each side of the building to force heat down for energy efficiency. All cooling lines for A/C are also hooked into each furnace and the lines are located on the outside of the building for A/C units to be hooked-up. This walk-up space features a landing/ beautiful window view of the rear entrance of the building, looking out to the backyard.

PROPERTY OVERVIEW

Over 4,000 sq. ft for living space - working studio space

2.1 Acres

Solid brick construction

3 new forced air/ high efficiency furnaces with separate climate controls & A/C hook-ups

Walk-up Attic/loft

Large Entry Hallway

Original schoolhouse “front door” intact – glass paned

Large great room with vaulted ceilings, paned windows, red brick walls, hardwood floors

Pre-wired 220/110 AMP for Kitchen

Plenty of egress/ 7 entry/exits

Huge lower level Gymnasium with Stage and red brick walls, commercial large windows

Automatic Security Lighting Outdoors

Large Horseshoe Driveway – Partially Paved

Workshop Room/Laundry Room

Brick chimney / fireplace

Original wood / 10-ft windows on main level & new glass block and double paned tempered glass in workshop and gymnasium

Roof - Shingle (2/3 has been replaced) ~ some roof repair still needed along with gutter work.

Double row of beautiful Belgium Arborvitae for privacy along property line

Hardwood floors throughout, except for gymnasium – which is tiled

New City sewer lines and taps to property ~ plumbing & fixtures for bathrooms & kitchen necessary

City water supply

New Gas line --- Building hosts three new 100,000 BTU furnaces on separate climate control zones with wiring

This property has had two termite inspections and passed both!

Seller has made $80,000+ in upgrades since 2002.

Property taxes include sewer assessment and are only $750.00 per half.

Additional photos available, please email: harbor4soul2hotmail.com

TERMS: (WINNING BIDDER)

Please Note ~by bidding on this property, you are entering into a binding contract to purchase this property if you are the winning bidder. This is not a ‘land contract deal” – only bidders with case or full financing should bid!

Once you have placed your bid you will have 48 hours to email or fax proof that you are pre-qualified or possess the funds to cover your bid. If you fail to do so your bid may be thrown out in favor of the previous high bid offer.

You must be able to provide a letter of credit approval for the purchase amount from a verifiable U.S. Bank or Lending Institution within 48 hours of your actual bid…. not at auction close!. Please do not bid unless you have either the cash or pre-approval from a lending institution in place prior to bidding ….. in other words pretend you are bidding at a Christi’s auction in New York for a rare Salvador Dali painting… you better be able to complete the deal if you plan on bidding.

Important Note - This property requires further restoration…please do your homework before bidding. We can answer questions and show the property to serious parties prior to auction close but by appt only. This property is being sold “as is, where is” with full disclosure to the best of our knowledge as indicated!

There is a $3,000 non-refundable deposit due via WIRE TRANSFER OR CASHIER’S CHECK within 24 hours of this auction close. Down payment is deducted from the purchase price of the school house. PAYPAL is not accepted for the down payment or final payment of this property.

Purchase agreement will be sent to the Buyer within 48-72 hours of receiving initial down payment. Buyer must sign and initial the contract and send back via overnight mail. Completion of the sales agreement is to be done within 5 days of the auction close. 

Full amount, minus the deposit will be due within 30 days of the initial bank wire/cashier’s check.  NO EXCEPTIONS. All payments will be made to the seller’s attorney, to be held in escrow until closing.  A cashier’s check is acceptable for the deposit, but the balance must be paid with either 1) a certified/bank check or 2) a wire transfer. 

Buyer is responsible for any home inspection or appraisal they desire. Buyer is responsible for all closing costs for title work and transfer, etc.

By bidding on this property, you are entering into a binding contract to purchase this property if you are the winning bidder…Seller reserves the right to end this auction early or to cancel your bid if you have not complied with the above stipulations.

This property is sold “as is, with no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied.”

You should do your due diligence before buying this or any other property. You are welcome to inspect the outside of this property yourself PRIOR to the end of this auction.  Inspections of the inside of the property PRIOR to the end of this auction may be possible if you request one, with 48 hours notice, and I am able to arrange for it in time!

Please contact Sharon at 216.394.6085 w/questions or via email at harbor4soul@hotmail.com!

This property is lien free!