This is a uniquely beautiful home with abundant architectural character.
A broad open front porch that offers views up & down the block will connect you to your neighbors. Friends will enter though a large, well appointed foyer. Pocket doors with decorative hardware and Doric columns accent the space. You will marvel over the distinctive original herringbone, basket weave, inlay parquet floors!
The dining room has a window seat set in a box bay. The kitchen is large enough for a table & offers a walk-in pantry w frosted glass cabinet doors.
Step out to the back yard from the kitchen. Take in an amazing 196' deep lot. A three bay garage, positioned at the back of the lot, leaves an enormous amount of green space to enjoy and develop. Speaking of green space, the highly fertile soil found here was once host to a "championship" garden.
There are three bedrooms upstairs PLUS a bonus fourth room perfect for a home office, library or nursery. Yes, there's a high efficiency furnace & a high tech direct vent hot water tank.
287 Mt. Vernon Avenue offers a combination of features and attributes unlike any you've seen before in the neighborhood.
This home qualifies for the Strong/UR 3-3-3 grant program.
