This vintage limestone Royal Oak home shines

The house is built of limestone, thought to be the only all-limestone house in Royal Oak. Workers distressed the stone while building by chipping it with hammers.

The limestone graces the exterior of the home.

A vestibule with closets and French doors leads into the entry foyer.

The large entry foyer has a seating area in front of its fireplace. The original 1904 contract for the house specified that all trim would be center-cut white oak and that the owners could refuse any wood they didn't think right.

The living room has a burnished wood floor.

The fireplace in the living room.

The fireplace in the living room.

The wood is also in very good condition, having been restored and burnished over the past 21 years by owner Michael Skinner.

One beautiful original room is the music room, which could be a library, large enough for a small ensemble performance.

A view from the music room, which can also be a library, into the foyer and dining room.

YorkÕs original leaded glass windows and bookcases are there, as well as three sides of windows in the original antique wavy glass.

A wall design in plaster and the original blueprints.

A first-floor sunroom with a limestone fireplace is set behind the music room.

The dining room is a fine original example of Arts and Crafts woodwork, fireplace and window seats. Plaster details are carved into the ceiling medallion and the crown molding.

The chandelier in the dining room.

Abench seat in the dining room.

The dining room has a fireplace, bay window, glowing oak trim and built-in window seats.

One big kitchen change was taking down the wall between it and the dining room, far left. Originally the only opening there was a small door for servants.

The large kitchen was completely remodeled, but maintains the character of the old one, the owner said.

The kitchen.

One of the five bedrooms is on the first floor.

Plaster work inside of the downstairs bedroom.

A central area on the second floor is used as a retreat.

The upstairs living space has storage.

Probably once a sleeping porch, this second-floor space has been enclosed as a sun room.

One of the five bedrooms, this is just off the second-floor sunroom.

The 1904 bathroom has been refurbished, but keeps its vintage look.

Bedrooms: 5

Baths: 3 full, 1 half

Bedrooms: 5

Brick patios, stone planters and a long iron fence around the perimeter make the grounds a fine place for entertaining.

The gardens.

Square feet: 3,880