This $675,000 circular home in Marshalltown includes stained glass

Richard Lane
| Special to the Register

A unique, contemporary-style home in Marshalltown, Iowa, featuring curves and arcs instead of traditional corners, is listed for $675,000.
The 4,046-square-foot home, built in 1989 and recently renovated, sits on nearly four acres and includes four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
The home features a circular upper level, a kitchen on a mezzanine, a vintage bank vault door, and a stained-glass ceiling in the primary bedroom.

A one-of-a-kind, but thoroughly practical Marshalltown home is ready to make an immediate impression on guests and visitors alike. The home, a rare combination of country living and a unique contemporary style, features pleasing arcs and curves throughout the 4,046-square-foot home that have artfully replaced conventional sharp corners and right-angle walls. It’s on the market for $675,000.

Located on a secluded lot, the home includes four bedrooms and four bathrooms with space available to add an extra bedroom if necessary. A recent overhaul of the property’s grounds, exterior façade and spacious interior have created a turnkey, 1½-story property rolled back to its earliest condition.

“Every single part of this home has been touched” explained Realtor Samantha Vance. “You could see there was beauty there, but it really took a special eye.”

Originally built in 1989, the ground-floor layout resembles a stretched oval shape, while the upper level was constructed as a true circle, accessible via a spiral staircase and a standard set of outdoor stairs to help bring up larger objects.

The driveway on 180^th Street leads to an attached, two-car garage, while the main-level entrance dips down to double doors, flanked by stone-clad walls. Inside, the gleaming white design opens to a home office, dining area, living space and a family room with a fireplace.

A four-season room with its own fireplace faces a wall of curved windows that look towards the home’s private pond in the distance.

Rocks were broken to decorate a number of the interior walls and continue the theme begun on the outside of the home.

In an unusual design choice, the kitchen was installed on a mezzanine, three steps up from the main level, and now awaits high-end appliances to be chosen by the next owner. Casul seating looks down onto the open family space and its expansive views of the back yard beyond the windows. The main floor also features storage space hidden behind a vintage combination lock door, sourced from a former bank vault in Albion, Iowa.

“People want something new, but still want something with a lot of character,” Vance explained. “I think this feeds both of those needs because everything’s been redone, but you still have so many unique features about the property that you don’t get in modern, new construction.”

The primary bedroom and bathroom have been overhauled and feature the unexpected touch of a ceiling decorated with stained glass panels.

Three extra bedrooms are installed on the upper level, including one large enough to be an alternative to the primary bedroom downstairs.

Behind the scenes, extensive improvements have focused on the roof, new electrical and plumbing, and repairs to the dozens of windows that fill the home with natural light.

Outdoors, the acreage also adds a 960-square-foot shed and a large Morton steel building ready for multiple projects.

Built on almost four acres, less than five miles north of Marshalltown’s Main Street, the home has remained largely unknown to Marshall Country residents, despite its stand-out appearance.

“I’ve had a lot of messages on social media from people I grew up with in Marshalltown, asking, ‘Where is this?’” Vance said.

She believes once word spreads, the eclectic style will immediately appeal to potential buyers outside of the region but predicts the buyer will ultimately come from the surrounding community.

“We have local people who are currently living in town who think, maybe, they would like country living a little bit better and just haven’t seen anything hit the market that interests them yet,” she added.

The home is listed at $675,000 by Samantha Vance, owner/broker at 1st Rate Real Estate. Contact Vance at 641-753-3080 for more information and a private showing.

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Where: 2540 180th St., Marshalltown

Asking price: $675,000

Year built: 1989

Square footage: 4,046 square feet

Lot size: 3.9 acres

Richard Lane is a freelance writer for the Des Moines Register. If you have a home we should feature, reach out to Susan Stapleton at [email protected]

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