Historic Estate Remodel in Euclid-St. Paul's, St. Petersburg
This 1941-built 5-bed, 5-bath residence spans 4,733 sq. ft. on a 0.31-acre lot in St. Pete’s Euclid-St. Paul’s neighborhood. The main home features a grand entrance with winding staircase, library, multiple living spaces, and a spacious kitchen. Upstairs includes 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, and a sewing room. A detached 1-bedroom guest apartment with private access overlooks the garden terrace.
Remodeling a historic estate is fundamentally different from building new — and demands a different kind of design discipline. This 4,733-square-foot residence at 1145 15th Avenue N, originally built in 1941, presented MTBH Studios with one of the more substantial historic remodel opportunities in St. Petersburg's Euclid-St. Paul's neighborhood. Five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and a 0.31-acre lot gave the property the bones of a true estate; the remodel work centered on bringing those bones forward without erasing the home's original character.
The main residence opens with a grand entrance and winding staircase — original architectural moves preserved and refined rather than replaced. A library and multiple living spaces are organized across the main floor with the formal-room logic the original plan anticipated, while a spacious kitchen serves the home's contemporary daily-use needs. Upstairs, four bedrooms and three full baths round out the family program, with a sewing room left in place as a quiet acknowledgment of how the home was used historically.
A detached one-bedroom guest apartment with private access overlooks the garden terrace — a flexibility asset that today supports extended family stays, remote-work guests, or income-property use. The garden terrace itself integrates with the main residence through preserved landscape elements and considered hardscape additions.
This kind of project requires the cultural fluency to know what to keep, the architectural skill to know what to update, and the construction discipline to deliver the work without damaging the historic fabric. MTBH Studios' integrated design-build process delivered all three on a single accountable team.
