Dream Historic Home! Charmingly Restored Victorian

This amazing 1905 beautifully restored Art Deco Victorian home features a brand new kitchen, baths, refinished floors, restored woodwork and plaster, with fantastic stained and leaded glass windows, oak pocket doors, gorgeous antiques, high ceilings, coziness, full of charm, awesome hosts, and a great location! Our place is good for couples, families, friends gathering for some together time, and anyone who wishes to have an 'upscale historical experience' in one of Elgin's gems! This 4 bedroom, 1.5 bath historical home has been fully restored and is absolutely stunning! Gorgeous new kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, new bathrooms with dual-vanity in upstairs full bath, formal dining room with seating for 6, flat-panel HD TV in living room w/cool fireplace, full basement with seating area/hang-out place/extra sleeping quarters w/full-size futon. Washer & Dryer on-site. Enclosed private back-yard, awesome dual-decker historical porches for relaxing... a historical home experience few ever get to enjoy! Please bring your slippers or clean shoes as we do not allow outside shoes in this beautiful home with hardwood floors and gorgeous period area rugs. Guests get full access to the entire house and parking for 2 cars behind the garage. The garage itself is not available. We do not allow parties or guests to invite anyone not on the reservation over to our home. Please make sure all guests are added to your reservation and ID Verified through Airbnb when booking. No one will be allowed in the house that is not on the reservation. We do allow one up to 15 lb. hypo-allergenic dog (dogs with hair, not fur and do not shed like Poodles are hypo-allergenic) for an extra charge. We do not allow cats. Please send us an inquiry if you have any questions! We live across the alley. We are here to make your stay amazing in anyway we can but we will not be coming over to visit (unless we are invited and you insist :-). We will be greeting you when you arrive and giving you a personal tour of the home. (with masks on of course!) Downtown Elgin is unique! Elgin was a very prosperious city at the turn of the 20th Century and has some of the most gorgeous and majestic homes built around the 1900's in all of Chicagoland. Guests marvel at the intricate detailed woodwork, the preservation of historical charm and culture, and how the city brings old and new into an eclectic experience of architecture and ambience that no one ever forgets. Elgin is worth taking the time to tour, either by walking or biking, through the endless streets of majestic homes built by the most wealthy of a century past. 4 blocks from the Metra Train to Chicago, 4 blocks from the main Pace Bus station, 3 blocks from The Grand Victoria Casino, walking distance to all of Elgin's finest bars and resturants... this is the perfect home to experience Downtown Elgin, The Grand Victoria Casino, Concerts & Events at Festival Park etc., even if you don't have a car! We have parking for 2 cars behind the garage of the home accessed in the alley. There is street parking available on all of the streets around the home for extra cars which we have provided info in our Welcome Packet. This home is also a bike rider's dream... literally blocks from the Fox Valley River Trail - 40 miles of scenic paved trails only minutes away. Our home is beautifully decorated with some period antique furniture. It is a great place to gather and relax. It is quiet and a very residential neighborhood. As such we do not allow parties or anyone to be invited over to the home that is not on the reservation and ID verified. If you would like to have a special event of some kind please contact the host and see about making arrangements. There may be an extra charge depending on the situation.