1926 Georgian-style Uniontown home roaring with notable features
A 1926 Georgian-style house built in Uniontown during a decade characterized by social, economic and cultural dynamics is still roaring with notable features and currently on the market.
The three-story, 5,000-square-foot, red brick period home with slate roof is located at 16 Charles St.
It is listed with SWC Properties of Uniontown at $349,000.
鈥淚t蘑菇视频 never been a house. It蘑菇视频 always been a home,鈥� said Jan Phillips, who along with her husband Scott, purchased it in 2011.
According to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Georgian-style homes were common during the 17th and 18th centuries. Such homes were distinctly identified by their symmetrical composition and formal, classical details.
A typical Georgian house in Pennsylvania consisted of a stone or brick two-story building with a side-gabled roof and symmetrical arrangement of windows and doors on the front facade.
From the time the couple and their five children moved to the area 15 years ago from Virginia, Jan Phillips said the Charles Street home has always caught her eye.
鈥淚 adored this house every time I drove by and never imagined in my wildest dreams I would be living here,鈥� said Phillips.
Initially, Phillips said the family lived on Dixon Boulevard before moving to a neighboring Charles Street property situated five doors down from their current residence.
鈥淭he houses on this street make you feel like you stepped back in time,鈥� said Phillips.
And rightfully so, with some of the previous owners of Phillips鈥� property consisting of Jerry Nuzum, a former Pittsburgh Steeler drafted in 1948, and Edwin Warman, a famous antiques writer.
While the Phillips鈥� weren鈥檛 in the market to buy a house, an opportunity that Jan said she never envisioned arose when she heard it was going to be listed.
After the couple arranged a walk through with the owner, they couldn鈥檛 wait to sign on the dotted line.
With a unique double staircase that runs from the front foyer and from the mudroom to the basement uncommon for 18th century homes, the house is said to have once been a former speakeasy.
鈥淭here was a bar in the basement the previous owners took out,鈥� said Jan Phillips. Word has it that a room on the back side of the house may have even stored liquor.
Phillips said the house comes with a draining pan in the foyer closet for umbrellas along with laundry chutes on each floor that lead to the basement.
There are six bedrooms, each with its own fireplace while the master suite has individual dressing rooms on each end with built-in closets and dressers.
In the back of the master bedroom closet is a door that leads to a separate or 鈥渟afe鈥� room.
Original hardwood floors are featured throughout the house that also includes a sun room, new gourmet kitchen with curved breakfast nook, original woodwork in the dining room and built-in bookcases in the living room.
Phillips said a 1923 Knabe baby grand piano given to her from an embassy in Washington, D.C., is situated on the marble floor in the music room.
She plans to let it go with the home.
鈥淚 feel like this fits,鈥� said Phillips.
Behind the house is a two-car garage located beyond the driveway and slate patio with a covered area used for entertaining guests.
鈥淭his is our compound because when you pull in the driveway it蘑菇视频 like you鈥檙e not part of the city,鈥� said Phillips.
While Phillips said the family is in the process of re-locating to Idaho, she said her home doesn鈥檛 compare to others she has lived in.
When the house is sold, Phillips said she and Scott plan to pass down a football card of Nuzum they received at their closing from the previous owners.
To appreciate the home蘑菇视频 qualities, Phillips said, 鈥淚ts going to take a unique person that loves old houses.鈥�