CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI (Delta Blues Country!): 3 bed/2 bath home, just $79,900
Location: historic Clarksdale, Mississippi (south of Memphis)
MOVE TO THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICAN MUSIC -- HISTORIC CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI Love blues music and art? Love small, historic towns? Love beautiful, classic homes? Then check out this wonderful home located near the historic downtown's fun and growing shopping, dining and entertainment district. Live just 5 minutes walk to Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Madidi Fine Restaurant, Hambone Art Gallery, Rock N Roll Museum, Delta Blues Museum, Ground Zero Blues Club, Sarah's Kitchen, Carnegie Public Library, Bluestown Music, Miss Del's General Store, Bluesberry Cafe, Stone Pony Pizza, Tricia's Italian Restaurant, Delta Amusement Cafe, Delta Blues Room, historic Greyhound Bus Station (now our Visitor's Station), etc., etc. Clarksdale is just 60-some miles from Memphis and near Helena, Tunica, Cleveland and Batesville. The classic Craftsman-style house for sale is located at 111 Catalpa Street in Clarksdale. It would make an excellent primary home (as it is currently), second 'home away from home', B&B property or rental home...
WEB LISTING: http://hstrial-bmiddleton.homestead.com/NEWLISTINGS.html MORE PHOTOS: http://hstrial-bmiddleton.homestead.com/111Catalpa.html
REALTORS: Joe and Brett Middleton of Clarksdale's Middleton Realty.
THE HOME: Large, covered front porch (porch swing stays) plus wood side deck and nice size fenced backyard with small tool shed). Driveway stretches the length of the house and connects between two streets. Nice size living room and dining room area is connected -- partially separated by built-in bookcases and including many windows and an ornamental fireplace/mantle. Long hallway takes visitors to master bedroom, master bath, laundry room (washer/driver set stays), two guestrooms, guest batch, etc. Master bedroom includes second ornamental fireplace/mantle. Master bath includes clawfoot tub/shower. Sunroom/office and small bonus/storage room in back. Eat-in kitchen includes walk-in pantry, built-in dishwasher, disposal, stove/oven and two mini fridges (fridges stay; full size fridge fits but not currently in residence). Butler's pantry connects kitchen with dining room. House is wired for cable internet/TV and ADT alarm system. Forced air central heating/cooling, plus ceiling fans throughout. Attic is unfinished but very large; could be converted into room but currently used for storage and to house furnace. Crawl space basement with hot water heater. Yard includes holly bushes, magnolia tree and space for small garden, etc. Motivated seller is moving consolidate residences with significant other but still maintains a business downtown.
SEE HOME FOR YOURSELF: Please contact Joe or Brett Middleton today at middletonrealty2003@yahoo.com, cell 662-902-1678, office 662-627-7311.
CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI is conveniently located just 45 minutes from Tunica, MS, and 90 minutes from Memphis, TN. It's just off Highway 61 and convenient to Highway 55 and Memphis Airport. The blues history is thick... and still very much alive in Clarksdale. If you want to know more about CLARKSDALE while you consider moving here, please also check out these web sites:
CLARKSDALE'S FUTURE BRIGHT: Downtown is currently buzzing with new businesses, new construction, planned renovations and more live blues than ever before (seriously). Recent weekends have featured live blues shows at an unprecedented 4 venues, and there is now reliable live blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi, from Tuesday through Saturday (and often Sunday) nights! Current renovations/construction/new businesses downtown include Tricia's Italian Restaurant (opened by ex-Indiana couple at 226 Yazoo back in Sept.), The Lofts At Five & Dime (Bubba O'Keefe's loft condos, retail and restaurant space in the old Woolworth's building), the former Club Champaign building (beautifully turned into a classic "Main Street" looking store/restaurant front -- ready to rent), the former golf cart building next to Delta Amusement (the future location of Sun House Art Gallery), the former Brick Gallery building (where a new and interesting pizza joint called Stone Pony Pizza opened in Oct.), the former Rampant Lion building (now Delta Creations and just stripped down to its historic brick exterior as part of a major update), old Stackhouse Record Mart aka Cream Boat building (Charles Evans has crews working on it as I type), Rust Restaurant (in old Delta Eye location; not new but not old either; really great), etc. etc. Oh yeah, the "Clarksdale Farmer's Market" continues to grow, by the way, with the semi-permanent shade covering added to the park in the 200 block of Delta Ave. Other key businesses that continue to grow include Cat Head (the blues music/art store), Ground Zero Blues Club, Rock N Roll & Blues Heritage Museum (Dutchman Theo recently bought a second building downtown as well!), Shackup Inn (in the past two years, it has grown into dang near a city out there; amazing), Delta Blues Museum (which has plans for a new Muddy Waters wing addition), etc. etc. We now have two newspapers here, more music festivals than ever before and as much international publicity as ever. Also, our new Visitor's Station opened in Oct. inside the restored Greyhound Bus Station, downtown... Make Clarksdale your next home. Clarksdale is still history in the making.
