Charming Victorian home that has been beautifully remodeled.. The seller did not skimp on anything. Take a drive up the 126 fwy and turn off in Piru... Corner lot home sits on Center St and Church St. Surrounded by a little picket fence, exit your car and walk up the gravel walk-way up the stairs to this magnificent home. once you open the front door you will fall in love. The home offers 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms, hardwood flooring, brand new kitchen with a 4 burner range top, oven and refrigerator. Built in porch added to the sq footage that can be used as a formal dining room. Master bathroom offers separate shower and claw foot tub. Home has new electrical, new plumbing, duck work and new Heating system the home sits across the street from the elementary school and neighborhood Church.Separate entrance to the lower level of the home has not completely been rehabbed. The new owner can have the lower level plumbed for a full kitchen & Bathroom. Seller will consider finishing the plumbing work for the laundry area upon an accepted offer. Down stairs can be used as an office - 1 bed rental or can be completely rehabbed and made into a larger home. Public sewer and street water All the work in the home that was completed is permitted. HISTORY OF COOK HOME David Caleb Cook made a fortune selling Sunday School books from his home base in Chicago, Illinois, when his doctors recommended he change his lifestyle and find a more hospitable place to live than the cold, windy city. When in his travels he came upon a large plot of land west of Valencia, it looked to him like a Garden of Eden. He decided to buy a part of that ranch, and began to lay out the city he eventually named Piru. The house at 697 Church St. appears to be the first house he built in his new city, although it was originally located a few blocks away from its current location. He subsequently built a church, another house, and his third house was a grand mansion that came to be known as Cook’s Mansion. That unique property was sold to the Warring family, and eventually to the Newhall family, when it became the Newhall Mansion. Although the original mansion burned down it has been rebuilt to exacting standards and still stands a few blocks from Church St. Mr. Cook tried hard to make Piru an example of good, Christian living, but he eventually returned home to Illinois, and died at the age of 77 in Florida. His publishing company still exists today as one of the largest suppliers of Christian literature in the world. The Cook’s had a penchant for interesting architecture. This house, built originally in 1880, appears to be designed with elements of the Stick-Eastlake tradition of Victorian-era homes, while the Cook Mansion was built in an ornate Queen Anne style. In the current renovation, care was taken to preserve certain elements which were covered when the house was purchased for renovation several years ago. For example, the archway and entrance to the sitting room was completely covered by drywall and a doorway. The original dining room was converted to a new kitchen, and the original kitchen was converted to a large bedroom. The renovation of this house replaced all electrical and heating elements, an entirely new kitchen, as well as a new foundation, bringing the house to conformity with current building codes. A large back porch was added, and the front porch and steps were all replaced. David Caleb Cook’s first home in Piru, according to some sources, appears to have been given to his personal physician to reside in while he lived in the mansion. It may also have served for some time as a rectory for the church across the street.
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