This 3200 ft., two-story brick home, built in the 1930s, with full length tiled porch is located on a double corner lot with water hydrant at the back of the property. The side carport entry to the porch has the original high step used to enter or exit horse-drawn carriages. Enter the home through French doors to a large foyer with stairs leading to a landing with a large window and a door to the maids staircase, which leads to the kitchen. Enter the large formal living room through a double doorway. It features two chandeliers, a wood burning fireplace with insert, one large window and two regular ones. Exit through another double doorway to a music room/parlor with two windows and a coat closet. The large formal dining room features French doors, a chandelier, and a large window. Exit the dining room through French doors to the sunroom on the east end of the house. The kitchen has a linoleum floor and custom-built cabinets. An eating counter space seats four. There is a window over the sink. The stove and refrigerator stay. There is no dishwasher or garbage disposal. There is a pantry as well as a separate broom/vacuum storage space. A half bath with tile floor and window is located off the kitchen. Exit the kitchen to a mud room with windows on three sides which lead out to a small/medium concrete and wooddeck to the back yard. The home has central air and boiler/steam heat. All of the floors are the original hardwood except for the kitchen, which has linoleum, and the bathrooms, which are tiled; carpet hasbeen added over the wood in the bedrooms.The upstairs features three large bedrooms and a fourth smaller bedroom (which was the maids bedroom). A fifth room is designated as the nursery but could be made into a bathroom and an extra closet. A full bathroom with window and tiled floor is at the end of the hallway. There is a large linen closet in the hallway. A laundry shoot in the hallway, off the bathroom, leads to the unfinished basement, which has a washer and dryer that will bothstay as well aslots of wood counter and storage space. There is a separate two-car garage with storage cabinets, etc. and a two-car carport. There are two storage sheds -- one is open-faced. There is also a concrete slab basketball court behind the garage. The yard is landscaped with a number of trees and many flowers and shrubs. There is garden space, a Concord grape arbor, a blackberry patch, rhubarb, blueberry bushes, and asparagus. The property is in Thompsonville, IL, only a 5 minute drive to Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) in West Frankfort, IL.
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