Own Your Own Coach House in the Gold Coast: 20 E Goethe
The Gold Coast isn’t just about the lovely vintage rowhouses and mansions on Astor Street. There are some unusual properties if do some investigation.
This coach house at 20 E. Goethe is one of them. If the address sounds familiar to you- it should. This is the building you’re thinking of:
But behind the building lurks this 4 story coach house, complete with 1.5 car garage:
I don’t have the exact age of the building, but the listing says “turn of the century.”
20 E. Goethe Coach House: 4 bedrooms, 3 baths
- Sold in December 2004 for $773,000
- Currently listed at $1.069 million
- No assessments
I don’t have the total square footage.
Several of the bedrooms are on the small size. One is 11 x 10 and another is 13 x 11.
It also appears to have outdoor space on the roof. But this doesn’t really look like a deck to me.
The listing says:
Possibilities To Expand And Create More Spaces And Rooms. This Is Truly A Unique Opportunity.
Dana DiPasquale at Baird and Warner has the listing.
It looks super cute to me! If you want a single family home in the Gold Coast, this isn’t a bad price! Wow!
It’s pretty unusual to find a smaller single family home with parking in the gold coast.
There isn’t a yard though- but it looks like you could put a deck on the roof.
I’ve seen a few coach houses for sale in Lincoln Park over the past couple years. I like the idea (especially this one since there is no association fee), but you do have to be careful as the photos can be misleading. Some have no access except via the alley, while others can be reached from the street. Also, who it is nice looking, I doubt it’s worth a 25% premium over late 2004 pricing.
What is the original purpose of coach houses? Was it servants’ quarters?
Was walking along Goethe today and decided to find this one. It is indeed only accessible through the alley. It actually sits at the intersection of two alleys, one from Goethe and one from Astor (I think). In the top picture, the alley from Goethe is the one that the garage door is on. It looked in person larger than I imagined from the picture.
Is this up for sale still? I see the year old posting but who knows. Would love to know if it is…….
It sold in April 2008 for $985,000.
depending on the condition I think they did well. I like the concept. would that be 4/2009 close?
No.
April 2008 close (before Lehman Bros and the rest of the financial collapse.)