Specifications

 
 

Information about the Home, from historical data, MLS data from the previous two purchases, and other sources.  Numbers are believed to be accurate, but may contain typos or transcription errors, or errors propagated from the source.

  1. •General: 2-story Prairie-style home with stone exterior 1st floor, brick on second floor (stucco when built, replaced approx. 1915, stucco remains above front and back doors)

  2. •Lot: Approx. 0.8 acres, corner lot, with driveway entrances on Garfield St. and Church St., at the top of a hill on Church St. known locally as “Hall’s Hill”

  3. •Size: Approx. 4256 square feet heated on 2 floors, plus full basement and attic

  4. •Bedrooms: 5 bedrooms, upstairs

  5. •Bathrooms: 2 full baths upstairs, one half-bath on first floor, one half-bath in basement, some preserved original marble countertops and fixtures, one sink with marble countertop in a bedroom near the master (could be used as a nursery), utility sink in basement with washer/dryer hookups

  6. •Kitchen: Remodeled 2007, oak floor, stone countertops, cherry cabinets and cherry-stained original woodwork, modern appliances, eat-in area, pantry/closet, and walk-in butler’s pantry with glass-front built-in cabinets with additional storage cabinets above and below, with swinging door into dining room

  7. •Formal Living Room: Large room with original-mirrored wood-burning fireplace with carved wooden mantle, solid wood pocket doors to formal dining room, solid wood pocket doors to front foyer, bay window facing west onto front porch with seating over radiators

  8. •Formal Dining Room: Elegant beamed ceiling, oak-paneled, built-in mirrored buffet, built-in liquor cabinets beside buffet, plate rails, narrow-strip original oak flooring, lighted corner glass-front display cabinets

  9. •Master Bedroom: Gas fireplace (could be restored to wood-burning), small walk-in closet with built-in storage, large walk-in closet with extensive hanging space, built-in storage, and door to adjacent bedroom

  10. •Study/Library/Bedroom: one of the 5 bedrooms has a built-in bookshelf as well as a closet, and could be used as a library or study

  11. •Entry: Large oak front door into mosaic-tiled entranceway and inside front door with original stained glass, entering into mirrored front foyer; side-entry door from porte-cochere (“carriage porch”) enters to stairway up to front foyer; back door opens onto landing with stairway up to kitchen and down to basement; side-entry door to screened porch

  12. •Other rooms: Foyer (downstairs), foyer (upstairs), sitting area off downstairs foyer with front window exposure, window seat, and storage

  13. •Features: Woodwork downstairs is all naturally finished with crown molding in many rooms, oak/maple/hickory/hardwoods used throughout, elegant stairway with vaulted ceiling and wood banisters, upstairs mostly naturally-finished woodwork, second (servants) stairway connecting kitchen, side door, and upstairs foyer, some original light fixtures, original diamond-pane leaded glass windows in many rooms, plaster walls, very solid and quiet

  14. •Closets: Walk-in linen closet upstairs with built-in cabinets/drawers and clothes chute to basement,  large closets in all bedrooms, some built-ins in closets

  15. •Porches/patios: Wrap-around front porch on west and south sides, connecting to screened roofed side porch on south side, concrete patio at ground level on east side, balcony off one bedroom (SE side of house)

  16. •Floors: Wood, mostly original, under carpeting in most of house

  17. •Utilities: City water, sewer, electricity, natural gas, cable, telephone

  18. •Heat: Hot water heat with radiators throughout the house, newer gas-fired boiler in basement, gas hot water heater in basement

  19. •Garage/Parking: 2-car detached stone and brick tiled-roof carriage house/garage, built approx. 1915, with windows, walled room for workshop or storage; asphalt parking pad; asphalt driveway; porte cochere (over driveway) on N. side of house

  20. •Roof: Tile, with torch-down flat roof over SE bedroom (originally with railing), 2 stone chimneys: fireplace chimney for living room and master bedroom, service chimney for heat

  21. •Attic: Floored, used for storage, but a portion has a high ceiling and could be finished, entered via stairway from 2nd floor foyer, top landing has walk-out door to flat roof over SE bedroom

  22. •Basement: Poured concrete and stone, under entire house and portions of porches, wired for workshop use in one area, two rooms finished, could be used for office or study space

  23. •Grounds: trees (maple, willow, redwood, gingko, spruce, pear, crabapple, others); plantings and flower garden areas; small fenced side yard enclosing back door suitable for small- or medium-sized dog; chain-link fence around part of back yard (not fully enclosed)