Former Apollo Group chairman and University of Phoenix heir Peter Sperling has listed a historic Russian Hill property he’s owned for about eight years. The listing finds the looming stucco villa priced at $13.8 million; according to public records, it last traded hands in 2011, when it sold for $9 million.

The house dates to 1900. A streetside impression reveals a particularly lovely expression of high-dollar real estate, with a variety of window shapes, embellishments, and a balcony giving the home a refined eccentricity and absolute individuality. From the back of the property, the home’s scale positively blooms; it climbs four levels—including the rooftop terrace—and offers spectacular views of Alcatraz Island and the big bridge.

Within, the home features more than a few palatial tropes, including a double-door entry with wrought-iron, figured limestone floors, and a generously meandering layout; the house measures slightly less than 8,850 square feet.

The interiors are otherwise tastefully understated, with neutrals, architect Willis Polk’s neoclassical flourishes, and a distinct lack of contemporary high-dollar material veneer distinguishing the living style. The home’s series of staircases offers the freedom of transition in a particularly inventive and explorative way, reinforcing a sense of discovery between floors that surely sustains interest even for longtime residents.

There are six bedrooms and 6.5 baths in the house. Outdoor living space is another considerable selling feature of this house, with terraces floored with Saltillo tile, and a magnificently secluded back garden boasting a patio and lawn with a neoclassical water feature.

Sperling’s net worth is estimated at $1.5 billion.