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The Adelaide Fassett Residence-
1415 Charles Street
Asking $8,000

The Adelaide Fassett Residence is a two story brick vernacular with Italianate influences. City Building Permit records show this house was constructed c.1890. The Adelaide Fassett Residence is a contributing structure in the Museum Hill Local Historic District making it eligible for both Federal and State Tax Credits. For more information pertaining to the Museum Hill Local Historic District go to www.stjoemo.info/planning/histpres.cfm and click on Landmark Commission Design Guidelines. If you are interested in purchasing this property please contact the owner Sheldon Brown at (816) 364-0798.

The following Property Maintenance issues are in violation of City Ordinances and will need to be repaired:

1. Roof: deteriorated needs repaired.
2. Exterior walls: brick and mortar missing deteriorated needs tuck-pointing and repair.
3. Front Porch: brick and mortar missing and deteriorated needs tuck-pointing and repair.
4. Collapsed east extension to house needs repair or removal.
5. Large crack in rear north wall with brick and mortar missing needs repair.

Please check with the City’s Preservation Planner before starting any restoration to insure any proposed work is compliant with the Landmark Commission Design Guidelines. Also, please check with City permit clerks to see if a permit is needed before starting any restoration.

The following 2000 IPMC - Sec. 107.5 Transfer of Ownership requirement applies to property owners who plan to sell or transfer the property: It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dwelling unit or structure who has received a compliance order or upon whom a notice of violation has been served to sell, transfer, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of such dwelling unit or structure to another until the provisions of the compliance order or notice of violation has been complied with, or until such owner shall first furnish the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee a true copy of any compliance order or notice of violation issued by the code official and shall furnish to the code official a signed and notarized statement from the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee, acknowledging the receipt of such compliance order or notice of violation and fully accepting the responsibility without condition for making the corrections or repairs required by such compliance order of notice of violation.