Unique Chickasaw Gardens Home

Louisiana-style magnificent home in best neighborhood in Memphis-Chickasaw Gardens. Hays Town inspired architecture based on New Orleans’ Pitot House. 5 BR, 5 Full BA + 2 Half BA 4500 SQ FT. Each of 5 BR suites have own self-contained full BA. Foundation-up complete renovation in late-1990s. Recent kitchen and master BA renovation. Exterior brick and antique heart pine beams and floor boards were salvaged from 100 YO downtown Memphis building. HW floors were milled from 100 YO, top-grade heart pine and laid with beautiful parquet pattern in entry hall. Beams throughout interior ceilings and throughout ext. 10 ft and cathedral ceilings throughout. Brick floors in kitchen, laundry, screen porch and downstairs guest suite. Int and ext doors are solid cypress stained wood. Oil rubbed bronze Baldwin Brass hardware throughout. 2 exterior Bevelo gas lanterns and 1 interior gas lantern in entry hall. Gas lines in place and ready for 3 more exterior gas lanterns. 2 car attached garage with large storage room and numerous shelves. HUGE master suite with 2 walk-in closets. MBA has marble floors, carrera marble double vanity, his and hers toilet rooms, oversized jacuzzi-style tub, and dual shower. Beautiful gunite pool with light gray concrete bottom, 4 deck jets, gas heater and trampoline-style winter cover. Extremely detailed antique brick wall surrounding entire rear of property. Sprinkler system. Remote control operated steel and wood driveway gate. Security system. Newly renovated kitchen with brick floors, cypress ceilings, heart pine beams, commercial-style SS Wolf gas range/oven, SS Jenn Air refrigerator, SS Kitchenaide dishwasher, “Winter Moon” granite countertops, glass tile and mirror backsplashes, and commercial style oversized sink. Formal LR with civil war-era carrera marble fireplace, cathedral ceilings, and very dramatic heart pine beam exposed framing. Copper gutters. Plantation shutters. Silk curtains in LR, DR, and MBR. Cedar roof shingles. Screen Porch with brick floors and cypress ceilings with beams. 2nd flr balcony porch. Herringbone brick patterns. Circle drive in front. Sound system wired with speakers in screened porch, pool area, and LR. Absolute top quality construction and detailing. Active neighborhood assoc with numerous neighborhood events throughout the year. Neighborhood has beautiful lake and lots of greenspace. 24 hr security.

Chickasaw Gardens sits on 160 acres of land originally purchased by Clarence Saunders in 1921. Saunders envisioned a grand country estate (known now as the Pink Palace Museum) with extensive gardens, a five-acre lake with island, and spent nearly 1 million dollars on the project (not including the finished estate home). It is the most desired neighborhood in Memphis with approximately 315 unique and lovely single-family homes and an abundance of character and greenspace for outdoor activities. Chickasaw Gardens has one of the oldest and most active homeowner associations in the Mid-South. Tracing its origin to the original subdivision covenants, the Chickasaw Gardens' Homeowners Association has diligently maintained the neighborhood as a desirable place to live. In 1979, by agreement with the Memphis Park commission, the Homeowners Association assumed responsibility for the lake and park area. The community remains engaged, strong, and proud of their coveted place to live.