Upham Cottage, a Florida Victorian built for a Civil War veteran, is now for sale

A classic Queen Anne Victorian-style home known as one of St. Augustine’s most noteworthy historic houses is now on the market.

Located at 268 St. George St. in St. Augustine, the house was first built in 1893 as a winter retreat for Civil War and Plains Indian War veteran John J. Upham. The home sits in the heart of St. Augustine’s historic preservation district and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

And the historical ties don’t stop there; famed writer and novelist Henry James and artist Martin Johnson Heade are known to be among those who have stayed in the house.

Upham continuously added to the property, the listing says, adding a ballroom, a rooftop garden and an atrium. The house was transformed into a multi-family dwelling for decades before being converted back to a single-family residence in the late ’80s.

The home is currently listed for $1,500,000 and is being handled by Kate Mitchell and Elizabeth Jennings with One Sotheby’s International Realty.