237 Aucilla Rd, Monticello, FL 32344

PRICE REDUCED!! A MUST SEE! HISTORIC ANTEBELLUM HOME, 14 ACRE NORTH FLORIDA ESTATE This 1840's plantation home has been tastefully restored with modern conveniencies while preserving its graceful past. There are beautiful interior finishes, a modern gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, stylish baths, large cedar-lined closets, elegant chandeliers, ceiling fans, and a Jacuzzi tub on the landscaped rear terrace. These elegant contempory improvements are at home with the 15 foot ceilings, heart pine floors, and the 7 foot tall windows in the vernacular style home which has elements of Georgian and Greek Revival architecture. A 58 foot long porch spans the front of the house. The grounds are highlighted by grand, century-old live oaks and traditional flowering shrubs and trees, including azaleas and dogwoods. There's a barn built in the 1800's and a large wooden shop building. Fencing and stalls accomodate horses or other farm animals. The well preserved home and grounds were the centerpiece of the historic Trelawn Plantation, established in 1837 by Pickens Bird, a scion of five generations of prominent Jefferson Countians. The peaceful and private 14-acre estate is conveniently located 5 minutes south of quaint Monticello near an I-10 interchange and 30 minutes east of cosmopolitan Tallahassee.