Cheapish Circa 1900 Illinois Home With Stunning Woodwork Under $104K

OHU50K Notes   $103,900

Kudos to the generations of homeowners who kept the beautiful woodwork in this circa 1900 home intact and unpainted, even the fretwork!

Agent Comments 

Charming 2 story loaded with potential and priced to sell. Home sits on a great corner lot with a large wrap around porch to enjoy summer evenings on an old fashioned porch swing. Inside there is lots of natural woodwork, pocket doors, and hardwood floors. Built in buffet in dining room. Kitchen is large with an old fashioned ice box on outside wall and plenty of cabinets. Large basement with plenty of storage and a floored attic. Don’t miss out on this one!

• 4 bed
• 1 bath
• 2,200 sqft
• 6,534 sqft lot
• Build date 1900

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311 9th Ave, Sterling, IL, 61081    $103,900

• Contact Realtor: Brian Corwell – RE MAX Sauk Valley
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History

This was the home of R.B. Anderson (1856-1930), a prominent and wealthy farmer who owned the “Anderson Homestead” outside of Sterling. He came to the US from Scotland as a young child, received a limited rural education, and married  Agnes Lucy Maxwell in 1878. Sadly, the couple only had one child who died at the age of 12.

R.B. owned the house outright, and in 1930 it was valued at $8,000, the equivalent of $146,000 today. After R.B.’s wife passed away, he went to Los Angeles for a long visit during the winter of 1930 where he suffered a heart attack.  R.B. was the last of his family line.

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