3600-3602 W Market St

Welcome to 3600-3602 W. Market Street. Attention investors! Come check out this unique opportunity on one of the best designed houses in Louisville's West End, part of the Shawnee Neighborhood Historic District, and a genuinely great piece of history. This combination residence and commercial property duplex is a true example of Craftsman-style architecture with Tudor Revival accents: steep front-facing gable with decorative half-timbering against stucco, brick body, deep eaves, tapered porch columns on brick piers. The interior is equally impressive: a tiled fireplace with a radiating voussoir (sunburst arch) pattern in classic Arts and Crafts matte mottled brown tile, quartersawn oak trim, and a boxed newel post staircase. The construction quality is extremely high throughout. The house was built by a German immigrant who was a candy maker, back when the Shawnee neighborhood was being developed as a streetcar suburb. He lived on the right side of the building, and the left side was his candy shop. The basement is extremely large with incredibly high ceilings, partly because that's where he manufactured his candy. Since the candy shop closed, the left side of the building has been used continuously for commercial purposes, first as a real estate brokerage (Harris Realty co-operated there from 1967 until 2022), then as a real estate investment office, while the right side has remained a residence. Despite being zoned R-7 (Residential Multi-Family), the property has been used as mixed-use continuously since its construction. R-7 permitted uses include single-family, two-family, and multi-family dwellings, assisted living, bed and breakfasts, and boarding/lodging houses, at up to 34.8 du/acre. If needed, any rezoning should be easy because of the pocket zoning surrounding. Be the one to bring life back to this historic property and schedule a showing today! This property is being sold "as-is."