Listing in Rare Form Presents: Monarda of Longfellow
The Monarda of 1914
2 🛌 1.5🛁 2 🚙 1,739 sqft🦶$4,874 ⚖️ Listed @ $399,999 🏦 🗺️ 3547 34th Ave S MLS# 6768062 🖥️
Presenting the Monarda of 1914: aptly named for her immense natural light and three living spaces on the main floor with plant-loving exposure. The Monarda was stick framed in 1914 in west Longfellow steps from Longfellow Park. Her current owners relocated from New York City snapping her up in a bidding war shortly after arrival as they targeted Longfellow for its proximity in the cities and the relaxed vibe with a tight-knit community.
Monarda is only available due to local relocation, our craft trades at Improvement Co began dialing her interior for torch pass in early June. Her natural millwork is still intact on the ground floor, wrapping tall victorian scaled windows. Monarda’s scarcity lies in the commons: a backyard family room vaulted and wrapped in windows, a rear den // office on top of the formal living room off the entry. Newly installed mini-splits for AC, and a modern Burnham Boiler recently replaced. New roof and siding, custom cedar privacy fence and huge detached garage.
The Monarda is coming to market following a proper sorting for deed passing: thoughtfully restored above ground by our craft trades. Showings begin on September 3rd, with an open house from 4–6 pm, with wines provided by Thomas Liquor. See you there purveyors!
Monarda has been fully sorted from entry to exit, a rarely seen condition in this price point starting at 399.
We wanted to bullet-summary the value points of this victorian within the scale of starter homes in Longfellow:
75k worth of new exterior completed in 2025: siding, roof, gutters all new (MN exteriors)
Oak hardwoods installed throughout main floor and sanded to match original (2025)
Burnham Boiler recently installed, Mitsubishi Mini-Split AC
main floor powder and upper bath repiped with copper water lines, wallpapered in 2025
2.5 car garage & cedar fence (2023) over level concrete driveway (2022) perfect for family hang-outs and off street parking
lighting scope of vintage fixtures installed over the years in preparation for sale
Monarda’s commons were brilliantly elevated by our finishes experts: removing the ceiling tiles, skim coating ceilings and walls while hardwoods on the main floor were repaired, weaved-in with new oak to create uniformity from entry to exit.
Exterior is completely new as well as the roof was completed in 2022.
Longfellow is notorious for its coveted porches, this one is west facing and was recently restored prior to listing.
the best entry to a classic home awaits
Lighting changes everything
this image really captures the wonderful light and flow of Monarda, its a space that delivers good energy to its guests.
The floorplan is quite open on the main floor with a large family room into formal dining, den and media room making three common rooms on the main floor including the rarely seen powder room in this price point.
symmetrical windows with a recently installed mini split ac
seeing is believing this sleeper of a spacious example
the kitchen was enameled in a poppy 50’s teal when the sellers arrived from NYC, giving a wonderful inviting feel to the kitchen
upper bath tile matches seamlessly to this french paper
floors to ceiling classic grandma diamond pattern, a rareform curation
