Circa 1900 Pennsylvania Duplex For Sale $55K

Agent Comments

Investor Alert! Great Duplex on the North Hill with all separate utilities. This actually was a triplex at one time, but since 3rd floor lost its zoning for a triplex, seller never renovated it and only uses as a duplex. Each unit has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, living & dining rooms.

Family History

Apparently, the home was built before the realtor’s date of 1920 as it is listed as a residence in the 1900 US Census.  The Edward Lyndall Smith (1860-1949) owned the home for more than three decades. Edward was a railroad clerk and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He married Anna MacFayden (1864-1950)  in 1885 , and the couple raised their four daughters in this home, Bessie, Amy, Elizabeth and Edna. The family also had a lodger and a servant living in the home at times.

Sadly, after Bessie was only married for a year and had a nine-week old baby, she died of tuberculosis at the age of 19.

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