this old house

Sold – Save This Old House – c.1890 Brick Tudor Revival in Wilmerding PA $35K

   

OHU50K NOTES.   $35,000  Sold

OHU50K first featured this home back in October 2020 when it was listed at $45,000. It was subsequently reduced to $20,000, did not sell, then taken off market. It was relisted for $35,000, and was sold for $26,300 in Febrauary 2022. The home has not had any work done, and is now back on the market for $35,000.

Save this old house. I believe the build date for this home may be off by a couple of years, because the sale of lots did not begin in Wilmerding until June of 1889. George Westinghouse located his Westinghouse Air Brake Company in Wilmerding around 1890, and although I could not find the exact owner of this house, most of the neighbors worked for the air brake company. Our featured home today is perched on a hill with a view of the forested hills in the distance. In 1930 dollars, the average value of a house on the block was $4,000.

  • 6bed
  • 1bath
  • 2,437sqft
  • Build date  1886

If interested in a property, please contact the realtor whose link is provided in red below, or contact an agent of your own choosing. Independent verification of details and status is recommended.

Town History

Per Wikipedia:

George Westinghouse purchased land in the Turtle Creek valley in 1887 and 1888 as a site for his Westinghouse Air Brake Company and related facilities. Westinghouse then sold the land to the East Pittsburgh Improvement Company, incorporated in December 1888, to develop the site, and it began the sale of lots in June 1889.

Wilmerding’s most notable historic structure is the Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building (1889–1890, rebuilt 1896), designed by Frederick J. Osterling and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The community was named for Joanna Wilmerding (Bruce) Negley, wife of William B. Negley, a local landowner.

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Living room featured at 309 Welsh Ave, Wilmerding, PA 15148
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