BHHS Fox & Roach
On the Market: Midcentury Modern in Penn Valley
Every architect who worked in the midcentury modern style channeled Frank Lloyd Wright in one important respect: The houses they produced are low-slung and dramatically […]
Just Listed: Historic Colonial Homestead in Plymouth Meeting
“George Washington slept here” is perhaps the biggest cliché one can dust off to give one’s place some historical cred hereabouts. In the case of […]
Just Listed: Modern Workingman’s Rowhouse in Point Breeze
If you asked me what would define a “progressive conservative,” I’d respond with this sentence: A progressive conservative acts to make room for the future […]
On the Market: Upgraded Townhouse in Rittenhouse
Did you miss this opportunity to live on the street referred to in a 2014 HuffPost article as “arguably the prettiest street in the entire Northeast”? What […]
On the Market: Live/Work/Play Farm Compound Near Collegeville
Some of you may have heard of a guy named Chuck Marohn. He’s a self-described “recovering highway engineer” from Brainerd, Minn., who runs an organization […]
On the Market: Unique Custom House in Malvern
Every so often, I run across a house for sale that stops me in my tracks. I found one of those this morning. This very […]
On the Market: Century-Spanning Manor in Flourtown
There are many opportunities hereabouts to live in historic houses that have stood for centuries. Far fewer opportunities exist to live in history lessons that […]
On the Market: Regency Colonial in Bryn Mawr
So The New York Times beat us to this listing with a roundup post that featured it this past May. No skin off our backs at all, […]
On the Market: High Modernist Condo in Rittenhouse
Behind the dawn-of-the-20th-century Romanesque facade of 1606 Chestnut St. now lurks a condominium building that’s so sleek and modern, you’ll swear it was built yesterday. […]
On the Market: Gilded French Manor in Villanova
This expansive manor house for sale in Villanova was built right at the peak of the Jazz Age. (Or was it? 1925 is a common […]
Just Listed: Ultra-Modern Townhouse in Fishtown
We have no idea whether or not Teddy Sourias, the brains behind Craft Concepts Group, was the person who commissioned this truly original residence in Fishtown […]
Just Listed: The Montier Homestead in Glenside
While interracial marriages have become No Big Thing in most of the country now, there are still parts where the sight of a white man with […]
Just Listed: “Living Architecture” in Elverson
This past April saw multiple commemorations of the 50th anniversary of a book that revolutionized landscape architecture and planning: “Design with Nature” by the late Ian McHarg, […]
Just Listed: Renovated Rowhouse in Fishtown
Good morning! We begin this week with a feature in our occasional, unlabeled series “Why It Pays to Stage Your Empty House.” The reason you […]
Just Listed: Updated Farmstead in Wallingford
I have a confession to make. I’ve signed up for the mailing lists of several agents whose houses I have featured here in the past. […]