291 Hawthorne Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15209

This sprawling home, located near I-279, downtown Pittsburgh, Oakland and Lawrenceville (Children's Hopsital), offers a unique combination of early twentieth century and contemporary style. The house is centered on nearly an acre of useable land, allowing for a wonderful front and back yard. The curved, concrete driveway leads to a two-car integral garage and a concrete walkway leads to the covered front porch. Enter into a <I>Blast from the Past</I> parlor, or open the glass-paneled French doors and breeze into the living room, complete with a beautifully tiled decorative fireplace and original chandelier. A remodeled kitchen lies midway between the parlor and a huge dining room. The dining room boasts a built-in desk area, counter, cabinetry and a hutch. Prepare your meals in the breezeway on the natural gas grill, and enjoy dessert on the deck, accessed from the dining room sliding glass door.</P>Need places to entertain? This house is loaded! The family room, entered via a hallway with a view of the courtyard fish pond and fountain, is wrapped in light! Walls of windows face the courtyard, while three sliders open to the massive deck. The game room, with its stone fireplace and matching bar, has a cathedral ceiling and sliders to the courtyard, as well as a sliding glass door to the large front balcony. The second floor houses four bedrooms; the master addition, with its own bathroom, walk-in-closet and balcony, and three bedrooms from the original house. There is also a second floor guest bath.