201 Bassett Street, Petaluma

Just SoldPetaluma · Sonoma County

Petaluma · July 2025

201 Bassett St

Petaluma, CA 94952 · West Side

Buyer Representation · First Time on Market in 115 Years

Beds

4

Baths

1.5

Sq Ft

2,144

Built

1908

$/Sq Ft

$606

Closed Sale Price

$1,300,000

July 7, 2025
Petaluma · Sonoma County
Buyer Representation

First time on the market in 115 years. A 1908 Craftsman bungalow in Petaluma's most coveted west side location — designed by native son architect Brainerd Jones, across from City Hall Park, walkable to downtown. Four bedrooms, a music room, a four-season sun porch, a butler's pantry, and a full basement. Our team represented the buyers.

There is a category of property that the real estate market rarely surfaces: a home that has been held by one family — or a continuous line of families — for more than a century, emerging into the open market for the first time in living memory. 201 Bassett Street is exactly that. Built in 1908 for historically significant Petaluma pioneer families — the Drees brothers and Lawler sisters — and designed by Brainerd Jones, a native son of Petaluma and one of Sonoma County's most respected early-twentieth-century architects, this 1908 Craftsman bungalow came to market in 2025 for the first time since it was built. One hundred and fifteen years between sales.

The home occupies one of Petaluma's finest positions: across from City Hall Park on the west side, within easy walking distance of both Petaluma High School and the downtown 2nd Street and Kentucky Street restaurant and retail corridors. It is the kind of address that was chosen with permanence in mind — and the building reflects that intention at every turn.

A formal entry leads into a music room with original columns — the room that signals the building's architectural ambitions from the first step inside. The living room, with pocket doors and a wood-burning fireplace, flows into a formal dining room with its own pocket doors and a built-in china cabinet with a pass-through to a butler's pantry — a configuration of domestic formality that no contemporary builder replicates. Beyond: an informal dining room with a built-in buffet, a spectacular four-season sun porch that brings outdoor light indoors across every season, and back and front porches that anchor the home to its generous landscape of redwood tree, roses, lavender, and stepping stones.

The practical assets: Four genuine bedrooms — not converted offices or bonus rooms, but rooms built from the beginning for sleep. A full basement with parking and storage. A structure that has stood for 117 years because it was built to stand, and whose original architectural detail — pocket doors, columns, built-ins — has been preserved rather than renovated away.

Our team represented the buyers — recognizing the irreplaceable nature of this property and guiding our clients to a decisive close at $1,300,000. This is the kind of transaction that relationship-driven buyer representation exists to enable.

Location

Market Snapshot · 2025

Petaluma West Side

Coveted Position

The Petaluma west side — walkable to downtown, adjacent to City Hall Park, in the city's original residential fabric — is consistently the most sought-after residential address in Petaluma for buyers who understand the city's history and geography.

115 Years Off-Market

Generational Rarity

A home that has never been on the MLS is a generational event in any market. The combination of architectural significance, original detail, and a 115-year continuous family tenure positions this as a purchase that defines its buyers' relationship with the city.

Brainerd Jones Architecture

Historic Pedigree

Brainerd Jones was among Sonoma County's most distinguished early-twentieth-century architects — his involvement gives 201 Bassett a documented architectural provenance that adds value independent of the property's physical attributes.

Buyer Representation

Our Team

We represented the buyers of 201 Bassett Street — identifying an irreplaceable Petaluma landmark and guiding our clients through a transaction that the open market almost never produces.

A 1908 Brainerd Jones Craftsman in Petaluma's west side — music room with columns, wood-burning fireplace, four-season sun porch, butler's pantry, four bedrooms, full basement — first time on the market in 115 years, closed at $1,300,000. Our team represented the buyers on a property that the market produces once per generation.

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