An iconic Long Beach home, built in 1890 for founding son George H. Bixby, is back on the market after selling three-and-a-half years ago.

The asking price is $5.7 million.

Designated a Long Beach Historic Landmark, the 8,241-square-foot residence — a mix of Dutch Colonial Revival and American Shingle style — features eight bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The current owner bought it in November 2021 for $2.5 million, records show, and completed a major restoration.

“Every window and door has been expertly restored, while the exterior and roof were completely re-shingled to the original specifications,” the listing reads.Coxhead and Coxhead, the noted San Francisco-based architectural firm of brothers Ernest and Almeric Coxhead, designed the home for George H. Bixby and his wife, Amelia. Three years in the making, it initially sat on 10 acres with various farm buildings and gardens.

It remained in the Bixby family until George H. Bixby died in 1920, according to Long Beach’s Historic Landmarks website.

The listing notes that prominent figures have since called it home, including the oil tycoon Thomas Gilcrease.

He “spent thousands of dollars in beautifying” the 10-acre property before subdividing it for luxury housing, as reported in 1922 by the Long Beach Telegram and the Long Beach Daily News.

Now it sits on nearly three-quarters of an acre as the centerpiece of the gated La Linda community in Bixby Knolls and a “spectacular property with a trove of history and provenance,” according to listing agent Blake Nicolai of Re/Max Real Estate Specialists.

Hand-laid cedar shingles cover the exterior of the home.

Inside, the grand entrance hall leads to the main light-filled living spaces. Fireplaces and oversized bay windows adorn the living room and library. An alcove under the staircase connects the library to the main hallway.

There’s a billiard room with a quarter-sawn white oak ceiling, original liquor cabinets, a pool closet and an emerald green marble fireplace.

An original solid white oak dining table anchors the living room where a bank of leaded-glass windows overlook the garden featuring a Magnolia tree.

Outside, brick patios set in a herringbone pattern surround the house. Twin reflecting pools are at the center of the formal courtyard garden.

The property originally had two lily pools. Nicolai said that when the neighborhood subdivided, that portion became part of a neighboring lot.

At that time, the property owner removed the pools.

Later, after the parcel was deeded back to the Bixby property, the pools were restored to their original location based on historic photographs.

The wisteria-covered pergola also underwent restoration.

“The wisteria vine was shored up for the wood beams to be replaced and then lowered back down on top of the pergola,” Nicolai said. “Historical records indicate the wisteria vine was original to the pergola.”

He adds, it is seen growing on the pergola in early 20th century photos.

The listing includes an updated kitchen and a three-car garage, part of a 1991 restoration as reported by the Long Beach Press-Telegram in 2018, when the house listed for the first time in 25 years for $3.195 million.

According to RanchoLosCerritos.org, California was in the middle of a drought that wiped out cattle ranching when brothers Thomas and Benjamin Flint and their cousin, Lewellyn Bixby, of the firm Flint, Bixby and Co. bought Rancho Los Cerritos in 1866 to raise sheep for wool.

Lewellyn Bixby’s brother, Jotham Bixby, managed the ranch’s business interests, which included real estate.

When sheep ranching fell into decline in the late 1870s, he began subdividing the land, part of which became Long Beach.

George Bixby took over the operation after his father died in 1917.