Across the Miami Valley, buyers keep proving they will pay for character and square footage when the numbers make sense. In Xenia, an 1869 brick home with 3,550 square feet just closed at $415,000, 63 percent above the area median.
A $415,000 Sale on North King Street
Xenia’s housing market is usually told in modest numbers. Over the past 12 months the area has logged 447 sales with a median price of $255,000. Every so often a closing lands well outside that pattern and shows what the market will support when a home offers something rare. The sale of 245 N King Street is one of those closings.
The three-story brick home, built in 1869, closed on October 30, 2026 for $415,000. It had been listed at $429,900, and it found its buyer after 31 days on the market. That is a difference of $14,900, or 3.5 percent, on a house that is more than 150 years old and carries 3,550 square feet of living space, four bedrooms and two full baths plus a half bath.
Set against the neighborhood numbers, the result stands out. The sale price is 63 percent above the Xenia median, and it ranks 70th among 447 sales over the past year, which places it roughly in the top 16 percent of everything that has closed in the area. For a home of this age and scale, a price in that tier shows how much appetite there is in Xenia for well-kept, architecturally rich houses.
The pages below cover what the buyer got, how the price compares with the broader market and with the homes that closed nearby in the same week, and what a sale like this means for Xenia.
Inside the 1869 Brick Home
The listing describes a historic brick exterior with classic arched windows and climbing ivy, the kind of street presence that is hard to reproduce in newer construction. The house rises three stories, and a paved driveway leads back to a detached brick garage. A private gated courtyard serves as the entry, so the approach to the front door feels deliberate rather than incidental.
Inside, the first thing the listing points to is the staircase, which sits alongside herringbone-patterned hardwood floors, rich wood trim and a round window. Those details give the entry its own character before a visitor reaches a single room. The main living spaces continue the theme with hardwood floors, crown molding, a fireplace and bay windows, the sort of features that define a home from this era.
The formal rooms carry much of the weight. The dining space has ornate built-in cabinetry and a decorative fireplace, and the listing notes polished hardwood and parquet flooring along with ornate millwork. Two different floor patterns and a good deal of carved woodwork mean the home’s finish work is a major part of the appeal, not an afterthought. At 3,550 square feet, there is room for those formal rooms to stay formal while everyday living spreads out elsewhere.
What the listing does not describe is just as telling. There is no pitch built around a quick flip or a blank canvas. The selling points are the original-style architecture and the finish carpentry, and the buyer paid $415,000 for a house that leads with those qualities.
Bedrooms, Baths and Outdoor Space
The home has four bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. The listing refers to the bedroom suites, and describes warm hardwood floors, an ornate fireplace mantel, classic wood frames and plantation shutters. A fireplace mantel in a bedroom is a detail more commonly seen in large historic homes than in the typical house on the market, and it adds to the sense that the upstairs was designed with as much care as the formal rooms below.
The private bathrooms get equal attention in the remarks. They include a custom wooden vanity, a double vanity, a deep soaking tub and a separate walk-in shower. Pairing a soaking tub with a standalone shower is a layout many buyers look for in primary suites, and it is notable in a house with a construction date of 1869.
Outside, the lot is built around a grassy lawn shaded by mature trees, with a fence and mature brick walls marking the edges. The brick walls echo the house itself and give the yard the feel of a separate outdoor room. There are three places to sit and spend time: a paved patio, a covered porch and an elevated covered balcony. Having covered and uncovered options at ground level and above gives the property a lot of usable outdoor space in a variety of weather.
The detached brick garage, the paved driveway and the gated courtyard entry round out the practical side. In a part of the market where older homes often mean street parking, a garage that matches the house in material is a meaningful feature.
How $415,000 Compares With the Xenia Market
The headline comparison is the median. Over the past 12 months, the median sale price in Xenia was $255,000. This home closed $160,000 above that figure, or 63 percent above it. Its rank of 70 of 447 puts it comfortably inside the upper tier of the area’s sales.
Price per square foot adds a second view. The Xenia median runs $168 per square foot, while this sale works out to $117 per square foot, about 30 percent lower. That does not mean the home was cheap. It means the buyer paid a large total price for a very large house. Square footage tends to get less expensive per foot as homes grow, and at 3,550 square feet this property is well beyond the size of the typical sale. A buyer looking at that math gets nearly three and a half thousand square feet of finished space, three stories of it, at a rate below what the average Xenia buyer pays for a smaller house.
Time on market was in line with the area. The median days on market across Xenia over the past year is 30 days, and this home took 31. A high-priced, architecturally distinctive property closing on essentially the same schedule as the typical house is a strong indicator that the pricing met the market where buyers were.
Taken together, the three numbers tell a consistent story. The price sits near the top of the local range, the cost per square foot sits below the median, and the time to sale matches the norm. That combination is what a well-positioned sale looks like.
What the Nearby Sales Say
Five homes closed close to this one around the same time, and they illustrate how far apart the categories are. The closest in price was a three-bedroom on June Drive that sold for $194,900 on the same day, October 30, with 1,008 square feet. A three-bedroom on Bellbrook Avenue closed at $189,000 on November 2 with 1,244 square feet. And a three-bedroom on N West Street, the largest of the group at 1,470 square feet, sold for $175,000 on November 4.
Those are solid, ordinary Xenia sales, and they are useful as context. The June Drive home works out to roughly $193 per square foot, Bellbrook Avenue to about $152, and N West Street to about $119. The N West Street result is the closest to 245 N King Street in cost per foot, at $117, even though the King Street home has more than twice the living area and sold for more than twice the price.
The size gap is the real story. The largest of the nearby homes has 1,470 square feet. This one has 3,550. A buyer choosing between them is not comparing similar products, which is why the sale does not fit neatly into a standard comparable set. It stands in its own category, built on age, scale and finish, and it was priced and absorbed accordingly.
For appraisers and agents working in Xenia, that makes this sale a useful reference point for large, older brick homes with high-end interior detail. It also shows that the market for those homes is active, with a closing within a month of listing.
Thirty-One Days and a 3.5 Percent Adjustment
The path from list to close is worth a look. The home was listed at $429,900 and sold for $415,000, a 3.5 percent difference that reflects a normal negotiation rather than a long search for a buyer. On a transaction of this size, the adjustment was a matter of $14,900.
The 31 days on market is just one day above the Xenia median of 30. In many markets, homes at the top of the price range sit longer than the rest, because the pool of buyers who can and will pay that much is smaller. Here, the timeline matched the typical house. A property with this much square footage and this much period detail had a buyer ready quickly.
That tells sellers of larger homes something useful. When a listing is priced in line with what the market will pay and the presentation shows off the house’s strongest features, it does not have to wait long. The listing remarks lean on architecture, finish carpentry and outdoor spaces, and the sale suggests those were the right things to lead with.
It also helps that the house offers a mix of old and updated-feeling spaces: the soaking tub and walk-in shower in the private baths, the covered balcony and patio outdoors, and the fireplaces and built-ins that anchor the principal rooms. Buyers at this level are generally looking for both character and comfort, and the listing described both.
What the Sale Means for Xenia
A single sale does not reset a market, but it adds a real data point. Xenia has had 447 sales in the past 12 months, and this one now sits at number 70 on the price ladder. Anyone weighing the value of a large historic home in the city now has a fresh, closed example at $415,000 to consider.
The sale also reinforces a point about the area’s housing mix. Xenia has plenty of homes in the $120,000 to $195,000 range, as the week’s nearby closings show, and it also has buyers who will go well beyond the median for the right property. A house with four bedrooms, a detached brick garage and a gated courtyard sold on a normal timeline at a price more than 60 percent above the median. That range is a sign of a healthy, varied market rather than a narrow one.
For owners of older homes in Xenia, the takeaway is practical. Original-style details, including herringbone floors, built-in cabinetry, ornate millwork, fireplaces and bay windows, are exactly what this listing highlighted, and a buyer paid for them. Keeping that kind of woodwork and flooring in good condition is part of what supports value when the time comes to sell.
For Xenia as a whole, it is another example of a home that keeps a century and a half of craftsmanship in use and finds a new owner on schedule. That is a positive result worth recording, and 245 N King Street is now part of the area’s sales history at $415,000.
Recognizing the Professionals Behind the Outcome
Listing agent Alison Stewart of Bella Realty Group brought the home to market, and Sean Pleiman of Irongate Inc. represented the buyer. Results like this come from careful pricing, strong presentation and steady work through closing, and both sides of the deal deserve recognition.
Listing data courtesy of Dayton REALTORS® MLS. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
More Common Questions About Xenia
These are the questions most often raised about this sale and the Xenia housing market, answered with the numbers from the closing.
How much did 245 N King Street sell for?
The home sold for $415,000 on October 30, 2026. It was listed at $429,900, so it closed $14,900, or 3.5 percent, below the asking price.
How does the sale price compare with the typical Xenia home?
Over the past 12 months the median sale price in Xenia was $255,000 across 447 sales. This sale was 63 percent above that median and ranks 70th among those 447 sales.
How big is the home and when was it built?
The brick home was built in 1869 and has 3,550 square feet of living space across three stories. It has four bedrooms and two full baths plus a half bath, along with a detached brick garage.
Is $117 per square foot high or low for Xenia?
It is below the Xenia median of $168 per square foot. Larger homes generally cost less per square foot than smaller ones, and at 3,550 square feet this home is much larger than a typical sale, so its total price is high while its price per foot is not.
How long did the home take to sell?
It sold after 31 days on the market. The median for Xenia over the past 12 months is 30 days, so the timeline was in line with the typical home.
What did other homes near this one sell for?
Five nearby homes closed between October 30 and November 4, 2026, at prices from $120,000 to $194,900. The largest of them had 1,470 square feet, compared with 3,550 square feet at 245 N King Street.
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