Welcome to this corner, detached-single home with 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 3,1000 square feet of living space and 3-car parking, including 2 separate garages, nestled amidst a garden paradise like no other. This incredible homestead is painted with historic colors, offers original features as well as updates and custom work throughout. The exterior comprises the original Wissahickon schist and wood shutters and custom-made solid wood doors. The interior features beautiful hardwood floors and molding, new Andersen windows on every floor, and bathrooms that have been meticulously restored. The kitchen addition, built with schist to match the rest of the house, is seamlessly integrated into this 1920s-era mansion. Entering the kitchen from the driveway, you’ll see 3 custom floor-to-ceiling pantries, a wall of windows with panoramic views of the plantings and and spacious stone patio, one of two in the garden, along with a recycled-glass island, counters made from recycled paper, orb accent lights, wood cabinetry and a heated tile floor. The room is well insulated, with high ceilings, a custom wine rack and exposed timbers. All appliances are included. On one side of the kitchen is a lovely office with floor-to-ceiling, custom wood bookshelves; on the other side is a cozy foyer, with a new powder room and coat closet. From there, you enter a window-lined dining room that leads to another foyer that takes you into the airy living room, which has recessed lighting and a ventless gas fireplace. This romantic stone fireplace is flanked by 2 sets of French doors leading to a glass-enclosed sun room with mesmerizing views of the garden and a dreamy mural on the ceiling that was commissioned and painted by a professional artist. The 2nd floor has 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. The largest bedroom has recessed lighting and access to a full bath. The other 2 bedrooms share an en suite bath that has a window view of the garden below and the city skyline in the distance. The 3 rd floor has 2 spacious bedrooms that share a hall bath. The views are spectacular. The basement has a generous-sized finished room with recessed lighting, a laundry, a utility area and Belgian block windows. The home has central AC augmented with an all-house air-purification system, radiator heat, a mini-split for the kitchen, and ceiling fans in most rooms, along with outdoor privacy fencing and security lighting. The house was tested and, where appropriate, remediated in 2015 for lead, radon, asbestos, mold, and other toxins. The garden is organic, mostly native, designed to provide not just beauty for the homeowner, but for the whole neighborhood, and also food and shelter for birds, butterflies, bees and other forms of urban wildlife. It is rich with seasonal color, fragrance and food; it has many unusual trees, heirloom roses, waves of flowering shrubs, vines and bulbs. The mammoth fig tree produces scores of ‘Chicago Hardy’ fruits in late summer, plenty to share. The total lot size is approximately 7,000 square feet.

Location: Two train stations, bus routes on Henry Avenue, close to Center City,
Boathouse Row and art museum, airport, Schuylkill. Nothing seems too far away … and yet it does.