An heiress and media mogul put this Seattle gem on the map. It’s now for sale years after a million-dollar refresh.
Buyers can now step inside the Emerald City’s Tudor Revival-style Bullitt Mansion, a 6,470-square-foot residence at 1014 E. Galer St. Its sellers — two software engineers now living in New York City — have listed the home for $4.98 million. The house includes five bedrooms, three full bathrooms, and three powder rooms divided across a basement, two floors, and an attic.
Self-made banking executive Perry Truax commissioned the home to be built in 1919. At the time, several financial executives crowded into this pocket of Seattle called Capitol Hill so much so that the two blocks where the residence sits is known as Bankers Row.While the home’s brick bones remain the same, its interior and exterior got a million-dollar remodel in late 2020. Thanks to its current owners, the house now has several amenities, including a speakeasy-inspired bar in the basement, a gym, and an outdoor cedar sauna, cold plunge and fire pit.
“It’s a historic mansion that has been reimagined,” said Edward Krigsman, an agent with Seattle-based Windermere Real Estate.
The Bullitt Mansion gets its name from Dorothy Stimson Bullitt, an heiress whose father got rich from the Gold Rush and lumber industry. Bullitt’s father established Classical King, a radio station still thriving today, and Bullitt expanded the family’s reach by adding broadcast stations.
A lifelong philanthropist, Bullitt often gave back to the community, establishing the Junior League of Seattle, which is committed to public service and the advancement of women, and funding community spaces, such as Volunteer Park, which sits less than a mile away from the Bullitt Mansion.
While made famous by Bullitt, the residence has been home to several well-known figures, including former Starbucks CEO Orin Smith.
While most of the house has been remodeled, it doesn't have central air in some spaces, and one bathroom remains in its original condition, including the plumbing.
One other potential challenge? The price tag is just slightly higher than recent comparable sales based on the square footage. The 7,140-square-foot residence at 943 22nd Ave. East sold for about $4.8 million, or $667 per square foot, in April, while another house — a 7,205-square-foot mansion at 1121 22nd Ave. East — went for $5.5 million, or $763 per square foot, that same month.
Krigsman pins his listing’s $770 price per square foot on the Bullitt Mansion’s “quality of finish, history, and being more of an iconic home.”