A midcentury lodge-style home on 9 forested acres in the lower Russian River is currently listed for $1,250,000. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom home maintains the charm of its 1949 vintage, but also benefits from renovations that opened up the floorplan and modernized the electrical components.
Formerly a restaurant, the exquisitely designed home was once owned by the late writer Randy Shilts, the first openly gay San Francisco Chronicle journalist who reported on the early years of the AIDS crisis and wrote the groundbreaking 1987 book, And The Band Played On.
The dwelling’s unique design elements include an all-pine kitchen, a stone fireplace, a windowed cupola and a slab stone shower.
A spacious deck lined in bench seating gives ample space for redwood gazing, even though the home’s windows allow for plenty of that from the inside.
A separate garage can function as an office or studio.
For more information on 14631 Armstrong Woods Road in Guerneville, contact Doug Bohling, 707-953-6106, doug.bohling@sothebysrealty.com, Artisan Sotheby’s International Realty, armstrong-woods.com