It was only the second home in Wauwatosa ever to go to market with an asking price of more than $2 million when it was first listed last fall. A Facebook reel by the real estate agent, posted Sept. 30, called 1839 N. 74th St. "the kind of home you didn't think existed in Tosa."
At that time, it was priced at an eye-popping $2.25 million, a new record for a Tosa home listing.
And, at that price, it didn't sell.
Fast forward to this month. The house is returning to the market at a still-pricey but technically more-modest asking of $1,875,000. "Thoughtfully reimagined and now being reintroduced to the market, this red brick estate defines elegance, grandeur, and presence," the new listing says.
The house sits on a corner lot just north of Wauwatosa East High School. With six bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms and 3,780 sq. ft. of living space, the structure was built in the Colonial and Georgian Revival styles by Edward and Ella Kearney in 1906, and an addition was completed in 1920, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society.