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Key Details
Sold Price $865,625
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Detached
Listing Status Sold
Purchase Type For Sale
Subdivision Edgerstoune
MLS Listing ID 1003029120
Sold Date 12/23/15
Style Contemporary,Other
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 3
Half Baths 1
HOA Y/N N
Originating Board TREND
Year Built 1955
Annual Tax Amount $17,136
Tax Year 2015
Lot Size 1.778 Acres
Acres 1.78
Lot Dimensions 1.78
Property Description
It's no wonder this mid-century modern residence incorporates some of the best elements of striking public buildings of its time. The husband and wife architectural team, Victorine DuPont Homsey and Samuel Homsey, who designed it, were much in-demand after successfully completing several important museums. Favoring large rooms with tall streamlined doors, windows stacked floor to ceiling, and discreet storage, the spaces are ideal for entertaining, showcasing art of any style and just de-cluttering the mind. Joseph Esrey Johnson, a U.N. delegate and president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, commissioned the house as his summer retreat, surely did all three on the substantial wooded Princeton property above a stream. Johnson used the house as his home-base while serving the United Nations. Imagine the array of guests welcomed into the grand terrazzo foyer and the tales the thick plaster walls could tell. The house has served as a wedding venue and has hosted many gala parties. There are 3 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms and 3 fireplaces, one of which warms a lower level family room filled with light. Skylights also funnel sunshine into a circular stairwell, as well as the central foyer. The living and dining rooms flow out to a deck and screened porch, while the kitchen opens to a sheltered summer garden for grilling and growing herbs. This storied sanctuary stands just 1 mile from Palmer Square. Some updating needed.
Location
State NJ
County Mercer
Area Princeton (21114)
Zoning R2
Direction North
Rooms
Other Rooms Living Room, Dining Room, Primary Bedroom, Bedroom 2, Kitchen, Family Room, Bedroom 1, Other, Attic
Basement Partial, Outside Entrance, Fully Finished
Interior
Interior Features Primary Bath(s), Skylight(s), Stall Shower
Hot Water Natural Gas
Heating Oil, Forced Air
Cooling Wall Unit
Flooring Wood, Stone
Equipment Built-In Range, Dishwasher
Fireplace N
Appliance Built-In Range, Dishwasher
Heat Source Oil
Laundry Main Floor
Exterior
Exterior Feature Deck(s)
Garage Spaces 5.0
Pool In Ground
Utilities Available Cable TV
Waterfront N
Water Access N
Roof Type Flat
Accessibility None
Porch Deck(s)
Parking Type Driveway, Attached Carport
Total Parking Spaces 5
Garage N
Building
Lot Description Irregular, Sloping, Trees/Wooded, Front Yard, Rear Yard, SideYard(s)
Story 1
Foundation Concrete Perimeter
Sewer Public Sewer
Water Public
Architectural Style Contemporary, Other
Level or Stories 1
Structure Type 9'+ Ceilings
New Construction N
Schools
Elementary Schools Johnson Park
Middle Schools J Witherspoon
High Schools Princeton
School District Princeton Regional Schools
Others
Tax ID 14-09301-00003
Ownership Fee Simple
Acceptable Financing Conventional
Listing Terms Conventional
Financing Conventional
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Bought with David Schure • Callaway Henderson Sotheby's Int'l Realty-Cranbury
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