601 S Main St, Vermont, IL 61484

Just a beautiful, strong, well-built home without an uneven floor anywhere, in a quiet, small town neighborhood. The house has original woodwork, 2 sets of pocket doors, crown molding, hardwood floors on main and upstairs, large kitchen with all appliances including a side-by-side refrigerator/freezer w/ ice maker, smooth top stove with self-cleaning oven, garbage disposal, dish washer, washer and dryer, hot water fuel furnace in a home that heats and cools very easily. Formal dining room and living room with lovely woodburning fireplace, pillars between dining room, living room, and foyer. Walk through cloak closet from foyer into the library. Wrap around enclosed front porch attached to car port both having beadboard ceilings. There is a back (butler) stairway with water hookups at the bottom. Main stairway leads to parquet floor in the upstairs, 4 bedrooms all with good sized closets, bathroom with dressing room, a walk out balcony. The attic is still original and could be a beautiful room/rooms. The basement has a huge laundry room with an underground cold storage, a furnace room, a ping pong room with table, and a very large rec room with two sets of booths and tables, an antique refrigerator and telephone, a handmade parquet card table, old black and white television on pedestal, bamboo bar stools, a wraparound wet bar with 2 sinks, an imported pool table, so much more. The house sits on a little over an acre, covering 1/2 block, has a huge barn with cement floors, a rope elevator but needs 5 or 6 rafters and shingles and an added garage needs to be torn off. There is a nice shed with cement floors and overhead storage, a gazebo, and a tennis court. The entire driveway is paved. Although this house needs some repairs and cosmetics, it could be lovely again as it has been in the same family for nearly 74 years and dearly loved. The owners can no longer fix it or clean it out so their loss is your gain with a lot of furniture and antiques left inside. When owner/occupied, it qualifies for the National Register of Historic Places and there are grants available for restoration, even on the barn.