19 Vandeventer Ave, Princeton, NJ 08542

The Beatty House on the corner of Vandeventer Avenue and Park Place is one of Princeton's most celebrated historic homes. This remarkable center hall Colonial was originally built on Nassau Street in 1780 and was moved to its current location in 1887. An eighteen month renovation project by the current owner resulted in the home winning a historic preservation award from the Princeton Historical Society. Restoration features include major structural improvements, stripping, restoring, and repainting both exterior and interior with the National Trust paint palette, rebuilding the kitchen, baths, and third floor living space, creating zoned heating and new air conditioning, improving insulation, refinishing the pine floors, and adding new electric, plumbing, and computer lines. The heart of the home is the inviting wide front-to-back foyer with the two story hand-turned open staircase dating from 1780. While the formal rooms flank the foyer, a new chef's kitchen with its brick walk-in fireplace has been created at the back of the home and features a cathedral ceiling with a dramatic window overlooking the appealing fenced yard lined with flowering crab apples. On the second level are four bedrooms, a full bath, and adjacent laundry room. A new master bath and closet are currently being designed and constructed. On the third level is a spacious multi-purpose room with sleeping eaves and a third full bath. A new detached 2-car garage is subject to Town approval. A contiguous lot (MLS#6567271) will also be available for sale with the potential for an additional single family home or, if joined with the Beatty House, is approved for the construction of two extraordinary attached townhomes, already designed with construction documents, offering much needed desirable in-town living. Great investment potential.