One guess why everyone calls this the ‘Sputnik House’. Yes, the original owner put that huge sputnik light in the entrance when the family moved in, in 1957, says real estate agent Robert Searcy. Robert has just listed this gorgeous mid century modern house in Houston’s Glenbrook neighborhood for sale. You may recall that Robert is the agent who sent us the photos of the Swankienda house. It’s right down the street from the Sputnik. Oh my, what a street! Thanks and link love to Robert Searcy and to TK Images for immediately supplying me with these photos to feature. We love our time capsule houses, yes we do. Although they make us all jealous because we do not all have rooflines that look like eagles ready to take flight, where we can hang fantastic sputnik lights.
Here is what the listing says about this 2,334 s.f. house, which has three bedrooms, two baths and is listed for $192,500:
The Sputnik house, one of the Glenbrook historic districts most iconic homes. A stellar restored mid-century mod on a premier block with many upgrades yet original character intact. Original vintage tile baths & swank light fixtures. Mod doorplates & original hardware professionally polished. Study ith wall of storage, front living + open den/dining area w/vaulted beamed ceiling, poured terrazzo & fireplace.
And, sit back, here is the photo tour:
And Robert sent me these from his cell phone:
Gorgeous. Thank you again, Robert and TK Images, keep sending these my way, and we’ll show them to the appreciative mid mod world — including potential buyers, stat!
Repeating the link love:
- See the listing for the Sputnik house here.
- Once the house is sold, if you wanna talk mid mod houses in Houston, contact Robert here.
- Great photos from TK Images Real Estate Photography.
Jay says
Great house! What details. The only thing not midmod is the ceiling fan, it disrupts the lines of the room. I can’t get over the listing price. My house is half the size and would cost at least half as much more.
Thanks for sharing, Pam.
Ruthless Bunny says
The kitchen in our MC Colonial was dark like that too. We kept the cabinets and painted them. Had to remove the Harvest Gold appliances (as they were rusting), added some more cabinets.
Is the flooring in that dining room Linoleum or dare I ask, terazzo?
Robert S says
Terrazzo in the entry, den, dining, kitchen, utility and office and half bath.
As for spotting where the wall ovens used to be, yes, they put in two new doors. The cabinets were always the dark color. The ovens quit working and the owners had to replace them for the tenant they had in the house. They did save them, however, so if someone wanted to have them repaired and put back in, they could.
Allen says
****They did save them, however, so if someone wanted to have them repaired and put back in, they could.*******
Which is AWESOME!!!
Janet says
What marvelous thinking to save those pink appliances and sink! I hope they saved the cabinet where the stove it now for under the cooktop? Or someone could just insert a full sized pink stove, to have three ovens. I never have enough ovens! I have seen enough pink wall ovens on ebay and craigslist to know they could replace them easily enough if necessary. I really love those muted pastel bathrooms, so calm and cool looking. The house is really amazing!
MCM is Grand says
I think we should all applaud Robert Searcy the realtor…for recognizing the beauty and value of MCM and marketing them as such..”swanky pink ” bathroom, amen!
Nate says
He lives in the neighborhood.
kate mckinnon says
Even better! I love it that there are realtors that love and live with mid-century houses. I adore this one, and would buy it in a second if I lived in Houston!
leslie says
Lived in Houston for many years, and I have never heard of Glenbrook Valley. Once I realized where it was it’s no wonder because I lived on the other side of town and it’s a BIG city. There are pockets of these wonderful mid century subdivisions all over Houston. With NASA being there, you can only imagine how exciting the space age/mid century years must have been celebrated! Great article Nate, thanks for posting.
Holley says
I told my DH that I got goosebumps when I looked at this house, just like I got 32 years ago when I met him! He really liked that! So much so that he said “Even though I’m not a mid century modern kind of guy –I’ll buy the house for you!” Swoon and drool! …..with one teeny, tiny caviat — if it’s still available in a year..Yikes! I don’t think it’s going to be available but it’s a very sweet thought! We live on the NW side of Houston – we love it here — the SE side is not my cup of tea but the house is so tempting I might be inclined to change my mind! Thanks for posting this beautiful time capsule!
pam kueber says
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Eliza says
and listed at less that $200k!!!!! What a steal.
Janet says
What a gorgeous house for sure! I think in Connecticut it would go for twice that price! I am curious though – does anyone else think the kitchen is strange in that dark wood? My 1958 ranch had light birch cabinets and the person before me stained them this same dark color, which I thought was so *** [edited] because they did it like it was “antiqued”. I think it is possible that someone did the same thing to these. I also think the wall ovens went in the two cabinets to the right of the stove, where there are now two doors in each cabinet. These doors don’t quite match so I really think someone removed the ovens, put double doors in, and stained the cabinets dark, which was all the rage in the seventies. We tried to remove the stain but couldn’t get the dark streaks out so we ended up painting them, which was nice but I sure wish we could have gotten them back to the beautiful original natural birch color that was in the house next door! That’s the same house that had the pink and black bathroom tile! Wish I still owned it – I miss that house!
Just another Pam says
‘Round here it would be getting pretty cosy with a million for that house and lot. My house is about the size of their garage and it cost almost double.
Sometimes seeing this houses almost hurt ;o)
denise says
yes….hurts.
The Central CT price would be much higher and then the property taxes would gobble up lots more money.
Hannah says
Wow! I need to find a realtor to send me pictures like this. I can only imagine its a similar feeling to a beautiful woman sending you a photo of her lady parts. Hahahaha!
JKM says
Beautiful homes in a lovely neighborhood. Too bad the area around it deteriorated so horribly. Truly an island in a sea of blight.
BettyMod says
I also hit up this estate sale a few summers ago when it sold the first time. The trim used to be painted a super groovy aqua color and I remember some super hip curtains in the bedroom before it was remodeled. I bought a small mod vanity mirror from this sale that I use daily.
It’s a great house, hopefully a mcm nerd will buy it!
Lee says
Also, remember the ceiling in the den was an incredible color of blue? Just beautiful!