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4 Beds
3 Baths
3,474 sqft

$4,000,000

838 Morse Street, San Jose CA, 95126

Price per sqft$1,151.41
Built in1926
Property size3,474 sqft
Property typeResidential
Listed by Andy Sweat CA DRE# 01974462 with KW Bay Area Estates 408-802-3540

Overview

Active

Listed Sep 30, 2026

Updated 18h ago

Designed in 1926 by renowned architect behind the Court of the Ages, de Young Museum & Stanford's Lou Henry Hoover House, this Rose Garden residence is a singular, romantic estate and an architectural tour de force. Old-growth redwood timbers stand proud of the walls in posts, lintels and diamond cross-bracing, forming an architectural exoskeleton. Inside, pine-clad walls, ceilings and motifs continue that language. French doors recur like a refrain, opening to light, air and garden views. Nearly 3,500 SF on a 20,000 SF parcel offers scale rare in the Rose Garden. At its heart, a 40' x 20' great living and dining room rises beneath 12-foot ceilings, anchored by a substantial fireplace & French doors on 3 sides. Service bells, mechanical call box, skeleton keys, butler's pantry and hidden spiral staircase reward closer inspection. In 1969, a prominent local architect and his wife became only its second owners, raising four children here. The house reveals itself slowly; the longer you look, the more its geometry, craftsmanship and layers of history come into focus. Nearly 100 years later, 838 Morse feels authored: original, atmospheric and alive with architectural imagination. Not frozen in time. Not asking for reinvention. Ready for its next great love affair.

$26,612/mo

Est. mortgage payment based on a $4,000,000 home price.

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Additional information

MLS® ID
ML82063057

Interior Features

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
3
Fireplace
Yes
Cooling
Yes
Heating
Yes
Basement
No

Exterior Features

Lot Size
0.46 Acres

Other Property Details

Garage
Yes
View
Yes
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Listed by Andy Sweat CA DRE# 01974462 with KW Bay Area Estates 408-802-3540

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