OPEN HOUSE SAT 11-1pm! This grand residence in the coveted Lakewood neighborhood beckons you to envision and bring to life your dream home, the canvas awaiting your personal touch. The potential to revive, renew, and update this stately home provides you the opportunity to create a home that reflects your unique style and preferences. The foyer with soaring 19 foot ceilings, features a stunning curved staircase set over Italian marble flooring with an upper balcony gallery. The rich custom Mahogany floors lead to an expansive double living room featuring a magnificent Italian marble wood-burning fireplace. The den just off of the kitchen has double French doors, offering views of the patio and pool entertainment area, creating a seamless connection between indoor and outdoor living. The formal dining room is illuminated by an antique crystal chandelier with 4 floor to ceiling windows. The kitchen is equipped with granite countertops, a wine fridge, under-cabinet lighting, and Wolf appliances with a mounted pot filler faucet over the stove. For guest convenience there are 2 half baths downstairs. Upstairs, each large bedroom sits in different corners of the home around the balcony gallery offering views through three windows and each have an ensuite bathroom with marble countertops. The impressively spacious primary bedroom features a walk-in closet and a dressing room, along with an additional closet. Storage is never an issue, with a total of 11 closets throughout the home. The half bath by the pool has a bonus space that could be an extended bathroom with a shower or even converted into a wet bar for entertaining guests. Other valuable features– 2 car garage, 3 large patios including a balcony, a 100 year slate roof and mechanical storm shutters on every window and door on the front and rear. This residence is more than a house; it's the fulfillment of a dream. Turn this house into your personalized masterpiece.