Completed in 1743 -- the year Thomas Jefferson was born and George Washington turned 10 -- this stately, 18th-century home is inordinately large for its pre-Revolutionary era. Its spacious rooms and high ceilings reflect the status of its first owner, Samuel Coles, the wealthy landowner who commissioned it. His former residence has been listed in The National Register of Historic Places since 1973. Its features include: - Historically accurate period woodwork & appointments thruout - Flemish Bond brickwork, employing bricks manufactured onsite - Exposed brick interiors - 7 working fireplaces; 3 woodstoves - 18th-century Jersey pine paneling - Original Jersey bull pine random-width floors - High ceilings (8.5- to 9-feet thruout, including attic & cellar) - Original hand-crosscut beams hewn from trees felled onsite - Original hand-wrought latches & hinges ("HL" & "Butterfly") - Exceptionally rare original walk-in closet with original, locally made mouth-blown glass transom windows - 18th-century front door with sidelights & 18th-century hardware; above-door fan light & original reveals - Iron rock foundation - Hand-dug cellar featuring original square brick floor - Spacious attic (35 ft. x 32 ft.) could be finished as a third floor - Located minutes from Center City Philadelphia; conveniently close to New York City and Washington DC
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