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$1,650,000

The McElroy House. Newly priced and set on five private acres in Willistown Township, with a stream running through its wooded grounds, this is the home legendary builder Robert McElroy designed and built for his own family in 1975. McElroy built more than 200 contemporary homes along the Main Line and on Valley Forge Mountain from the late 1950s through the 1970s, but his own home is where he created his most personal and ambitious work. It was designed for a life surrounded by art, with walls made for paintings and sculpture, a sprawling first-floor art studio, and soaring, light-filled spaces that turn the entire house into a gallery. The primary suite includes a lofted library overlooking the living space below, while a detached four-car garage includes McElroy’s own purpose-built woodworking shop. The soul of the house is its woodwork by Horace Hartshaw, who worked alongside the iconic woodworker Wharton Esherick in the 1960s. Its centerpiece is the spiral staircase in the library, where massive hand-carved treads seem to float around a single central column as they rise to a book-lined loft. It is as much sculpture as staircase. The kitchen is a work of art in its own right, with Hartshaw’s warm wood cabinetry, a gently curving island, and a live-edge beam framing a picture window onto the woods. That same craftsmanship carries into the bathrooms, which feature Hartshaw’s custom wood cabinetry. Throughout the house, he created additional staircases, solid doors with hand-carved pulls, flowing stair rails, desks, shelving, and ladders. Each piece was made by hand for its place in this house. McElroy described his work as finding an interesting site and interfering with it as little as possible. To achieve this, he clad the house in bald cypress, the wood Frank Lloyd Wright favored for many of his Usonian houses for its natural durability. Known as “the wood eternal,” the cypress was reclaimed from local mushroom farms and has weathered to blend into the surrounding woods, so the house lives as one with its site. For all its seclusion, the house sits in the coveted Radnor Hunt area of Malvern, just minutes from Route 202, the Paoli train station with SEPTA and Amtrak service, and the shops and restaurants of downtown Malvern. The McElroy House is offered as-is and awaits its next steward: a buyer who values original, irreplaceable craftsmanship and has the vision to restore and care for this remarkable home. For those drawn to pedigreed architecture and a truly private natural setting, it is a rare opportunity to own a piece of the region’s modern history and shape its next chapter.

3 Beds ⋅ 4 Baths

36 Rabbit Run Rd, Malvern

Listing courtesy of Compass Pennsylvania, LLC. Contact:

$385,000

Located in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. Chester County Commons business park is a distinctive office community featuring a park-style setting with a beautifully maintained courtyard, well-landscaped trees and benches. Chester County Commons is served with public water and sewer. 22 Mystic Lane office condo consists of two fully leased units, each with their own entrance. Each unit comes with exterior signage at the entrance door plus main exterior directory signage. The1st floor unit entrance is off of the courtyard. The 2nd floor unit has ground level entry off of the parking lot . The units are connected via interior common area stairs and corridors. The 1st floor office is in excellent condition and is currently leased to a dentist. The Suite consists of 3 chair dental office with waiting area, receptionist area, kitchenette/lab, ADA restroom and operable windows. The 2nd floor office Suite is leased and in excellent condition. It features 3 spacious offices, conference room, storage/office with shelving, kitchenette and restroom. The office has interior French doors and operable windows. Condo fee (paid by owner) covers landscaping, trash and snow removal, and exterior maintenance, including roof. Located in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. Easy access to Routes 30, 202, 100 & PA Turnpike.

22 Mystic Ln Unit V, Malvern

Listing courtesy of Interland Real Estate Corp.. Contact:

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