For Sale by Owner

The Simon Gilgen Home

444 North Broadway

Built in 1891 by Simon Gilgen, this beautiful late Victorian home has been lovingly restored and updated by it's current owners over the last 30 years. It stands ready to create new history for a new - and hopefully large - family. The home features 4 living areas on 4 levels, 4 (or more) bedrooms and 5 bathrooms among its 24 rooms. The third level library has an insulated floor, allowing your up-and-coming rock stars to practice without being heard by guests in lower levels.

On the exterior you'll see all new redwood siding, energy-efficient - but period styled wood windows. The front porch welcomes friends to one of the best locations in town to celebrate 4th of July and view parades. The porch has been completely rebuilt with inset lighting for evening use.

Once inside, a golden oak lion-crest fireplace mantel recovered from a Harrison County mansion guards the period inspired entrance hall, complete with a wide main stairway (one of two in the home). The hall is a great place to greet visitors, and can serve as an additional living or dining area during gatherings.

Through large pocket doors, the entrance hall leads you into the double living room, approximately 16 x 32' in size, complete with inlaid parquet floors and another original fireplace. The living room adjoins the 16 x 16' dining room, again complete with an inlaid floor. The dining room is conveniently located just off of the kitchen through a Cherry Paneled Pantry with custom built-in cabinetry.

The centerpiece of this home is the custom designed and dramatically lit cherry kitchen. The kitchen has a large center island that seats 6, and is complete with a built-in Sub Zero refrigerator/freezer. When it was completed, this room was a regional winner and national finalist for Dutch Valley Woodworking in the Sub Zero Kitchen design contest. The inlaid Corian cabinetry, 2 sinks, and many custom storage options make it a model of efficiency, ease of use and easy cleanup. Even though the rest of the home beckons, people seldom want to leave this kitchen.

From the kitchen island sink, watch your family play in the cherry paneled, vaulted family room with a new, wood burning Rumford fireplace. The fireplace is adorned with a custom Cherry mantel that holds a large-screen TV complete with wiring conduits to allow for future signal delivery changes. The most cozy room in the house, it opens to an intimate brick patio with built-in Jenn-Air Grill. Although not completed at this point, the patio contains a large concrete footer for a future outdoor fireplace.

Go up either stairway to the second floor and you'll find 4 bedrooms. The first bedroom was originally a ladies setting room, and has an original victorian fireplace. If you'd rather, remove the carpeting in this room to to expose the original heart-pine floor. A second bedroom is generous in size with a larger closet, while the third has built-in display cabinetry. Also on this floor are a bath with a large shower, a laundry room, and a central hallway lined with built-in linen closets.

The master suite includes and open master bath with large shower, jacuzzi soaking tub and custom cherry vanity with a Corian top and sink. The Bedroom has artist-painted clouds in a lighted, trayed ceiling, built-in art-light outlets, and a custom made (Dutch Valley Woodworking) twelve foot cherry armoire/closet with central entertainment center cabinet.

A favorite room for teen-agers to hang out, the third floor skylight-lit library is open, quiet and comfortable. The room is surrounded by built in art and book display shelves and a built-in cherry entertainment area. It features unique dormers, ceiling angles and two window-seats. The third floor also includes a bath with a custom cultured marble shower.

The home is 95% complete, and most of the 1500 square foot basement has even been finished, including new (and additional) drain lines under the floor. The basement has a 2nd kitchen used as an additional food prep area during large holiday gatherings. It also has the largest bath in the home, which contains a large, walk-in marble shower and a two person-jacuzzi tub complete with a TV.

A basement central living/rec room has an inset TV/media area and has the painted brick walls. Through this area is an office or "man-cave" with great original rustic brick walls and even a floor outlet for a central desk. The last major room in the basement is an unfinished work/rec room, with original brick floors and walls. This room, while now untouched, offers additional potential to the lower level.

Systems in the home include a zoned climate system with 2 furnaces and 2 central air units, a 3/4" copper hot-water recirculating system, allowing showers to be instantly hot from the lower level to the 3rd floor bath. A Kinetico water softener system and Reverse Osmosis water filtration system supplies clean, soft water.

The home is only blocks from the Central Elementary, Welty Junior High School, New Philadelphia High School, Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School, The New Philadelphia Square and Tuscora Park, making it walking distance to school and nearly all school venues.

With over 5,000 square feet of useable area, the home has been restored to be extremely family-friendly, while featuring nooks and lighting for the display of artwork throughout. Now priced at $247,000, it is ready to begin faithfully serving its next family.

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