Photos: Saratoga home with working train listed for $4.9 million

A Saratoga home with a scale model working train that encircles the property is for sale for $4.9 million.

In addition to the train, there is a miniature railway station and a stocked saloon on the unique property known as the Higginbotham House.

The 4,531-square-foot renovated Craftsman-style home built in 1920 touts six bedrooms and four baths. Other features include an open floor plan, roof deck and a separate ADU studio.

But another unique piece of the property is an amphitheater with Greek pillars overlooking a stream that has hosted everything from Shakespearean productions to civic town meetings.

Compass’ Rick Arrdizone of Nevis & Ardizzone is the listing agent.

Willys Peck and his wife Betty were former residents of the home. Willys Peck was a longtime editor at the San Jose Mercury News, a historian and president of the Saratoga Historical Foundation. Betty Peck was a Saratoga kindergarten teacher and founder of the Saratoga Community Garden.

The Saratoga home is considered an historic landmark participating in a Mills Act contract and benefits from reduced property taxes.