253 N Hartley St, York, PA 17401

Located in the beautiful "Avenues" neighborhood, this freshly renovated Victorian home has one of the largest lots in The Avenues. With about .2 acres of land on this corner lot you'll have a huge backyard for entertaining or having fun with your family! The entire backyard is enclosed by a 6' tall white vinyl privacy fence making it a safe place for your kids to play and run free. Each room in this giant house has soaring 10' tall ceilings, lots of windows in each room, and plenty of space. All of the windows in this house are new. The first floor windows were replaced with double pane vinyl windows 5 years ago and the second floor windows were replaced with 4000 series double hung vinyl windows from Window World in March of 2013. The HVAC in this house was all newly installed in 2012/2013 by Haller Enterprises. The house is sectioned off into two zones: 1st floor and 2nd/3rd floor. First floor has central A/C and forced air furnace and the second floor has Central A/C and a heat pump. The new HVAC systems and all new vinyl windows help tremendously with cooling and heating this home and keeping the utility bills low. The large custom kitchen has all stainless steal appliances, gas stove, dishwasher, microwave, and refrigerator. The center island seats 3 people comfortably and has a beer tap which feeds into a refrigerator in the basement. All of the cabinets in this kitchen were hand done custom for this home. There is also a large pantry with tons of storage. All granite counter tops and real slate tile floor. The living room is very large french doors in the entryway. There is tons of closet space in the living room, one closet is lined with Cedar. Hardwood floors cover every room in this entire home, not one inch of carpet anywhere! 2nd floor laundry room is huge and is perfect for a laundry/crafts room. There are 4 large bedrooms on the 2nd floor, each with at least 4 windows in each room. There is a sunken room on the east side of the house that is currently used as an office but could also be a great kids room! The third floor is one large open room with tons of closet storage! There are a total of 5 walk in closets on the 3rd floor! The 3rd floor also has a super cool sky light right in the middle of the roof. Neighborhood Description The Avenues began in 1882 when William “Captain” Lanius, president of York Bank and Trust, purchased 52 acres of meadows. His own home was built in 1884 at 401 Roosevelt Avenue (then called West York Street). That famous house of Queen Anne Stick style, is now being restored by its owner. Captain Lanius cut in and named the streets, laid out the lots and planted trees. The Avenues development, then referred to as the West End Improvement began on Linden Avenue from North Hartley Street, where three more Queen Anne Stick style houses were built in 1887, and reached West Street by 1890. Captain Lanius also organized York Street Railway Company which, from 1886, provided this “new desirable district” with trolley service to connect Linden Avenue to Center Square York, via Roosevelt Avenue, (West York Street). A 1903 map shows half of Madison Avenue, most of Pennsylvania Avenue and all of Maryland Avenue, empty. As the decades went by, new styles became popular, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Prairie, Mission, Tudor, Bungalow and later, Ranch. Examples of these can be seen throughout the Avenues. As you stroll through the Avenues, you will notice the mix of large, single family homes, semi-detached and medium sized homes, and modest row homes. This mix reflects a classic community, where wealthy industrialists, middle management and factory workers all lived and worked together, attended the neighborhood churches and mingled at social events. This classic community has largely been lost in modern Am