Property Details

64 Chestnut Street

This Federal Period townhouse located on Chestnut Street is a preservationist's dream. With refined detail throughout, this architecturally notable house retains its original character with well-proportioned rooms, high ceilings, delicate moldings, beautiful fireplace mantels and period fan lights above double entry doors.

The house has two living rooms, a formal dining room, a library, five bedrooms, a large eat-in kitchen with beamed ceiling and three and a half baths. There is a lovely walk out south-facing brick courtyard off the kitchen with planting beds and a pergola accessed from three sets of French doors. Additionally, there is a separate structure having a vehicle/equipment door to Branch Street. There are hardwood floors throughout. Large basement with systems, storage, a wine closet and stair to bulkhead with access to the courtyard. 

1st Floor

  • Gracious recessed arched entry with double fanlight doors. Elegant entry hall.

  • Formal dining room with fireplace, wood floor, shimmering tea papered walls, Wyatt style window overlooking Chestnut Street. Butler's pantry with dishwasher, sink, refrigerator, classic glass front cabinets and manual dumbwaiter.

  • Beautifully proportioned south-facing living room with fireplace, paneled floor to ceiling box bay with three sets of French windows overlooking the courtyard. Access to butler's pantry. 

2nd Floor

  • Second living room with a fireplace flanked by bookcases.  Two windows including an oriel bay with a sight line to West Cedar Street and either direction of Chestnut Street.

  • Large guest bedroom with fireplace and renovated private bath.

3rd Floor 

  • Primary bedroom of square proportion with fireplace and two eight over eight windows overlooking Chestnut Street. 

  • Connecting renovated bathroom with tub, separate shower stall and double basin sinks. 

  • Guest bedroom with fireplace. This room could be used as a dressing thereby creating a full floor primary bedroom suite. 

4th Floor 

  • Skylit stair landing. Stunning bedroom or workout room with unusually high ceiling and two beautiful French style arched dormer windows. 

  • Additional spacious bedroom with high ceiling. A renovated bath with shower stall connects the two bedrooms on this floor

  • Access to attic space above this level. 

Garden Level

  • Cozy library with beamed ceiling, two fireplace, walls of bookcases, half bath.

  • Very large fully applianced kitchen attractively appointed with beamed ceiling, large enough for a full dining table and an additional comfortable seating area.

  • Adjacent utility room with storage cupboards, upper cupboards have glass doors. Washer and dryer and manual dumb waiter to butler's pantry on the first floor. Gas stove. 

  • Access through a wall of French doors to a charming south-facing walk-out brick courtyard  with pergola and perimeter planting beds.

  • Courtyard area includes a brick vehicle/equipment structure for additional storage with access to Branch Street.  

Basement

  • Plenty of storage in basement; wine closet; work shop

  • Gas fired furnace system with zones and separate gas hot water tank

  • Central air conditioning system

  • Bulkhead to courtyard with electronic hatch