| This is a wonderful 2 story historic brick farmhouse built by one of Salems Iowa's founding Quaker families in 1849, The one photo is of this house is from the 1870 Henry County Plat book..Salem was a main stop on the underground railroad, www.iowatelecom.net/~salemcityhall/Lewelling.html This unique house is situated on a corner lot with just under 2 acres on a paved road. Many trees and well estableshed perenial beds. It is just three miles off Hwy 218/27, a four lane highway that runs north to Iowa City/Cedar Rapids/Minneapolis and I-80 and south to St Louis.About 10 miles from Mt Pleasant. This home was completly gutted and period correctly remodeled in 2002 with all new electrical, plumbing, kitchen, baths, and heating and cooling. All new aplliances and water heater etc.All new hardwood floors on the first level. It has about 2700 sq ft which includes 3 large upstairs bedrooms, 2 full baths (1 up and 1 down), kitchen, dining room, living room, den, family room etc .Has a full basement with cement and original brick paver floors and an attic. Property includes a large vintage 2 story barn with stained glass windows and cement floors and stairs to the loft area, great for a workshop or studio. Also includes a machine shed. This is open on one side and has a cement floored room on one end. There is also a small old chicken house. The is a large 2 1/2 car garage next to the house. Great opportunity for someone wanting to escape the congestion of urban living and high taxes and cost of living found in many heavyly populated areas. DSL is available. House originally had wood shutters and I have about half of them. The house is eligible for the National Register but is not currently listed. Feel free to contact Dennis Ebersole @ Richard Realty in Mt Pleasant at 319-385-2000 or dennis@richardrealtyauction.com
If you are into hunting, southeast Iowa is well known as a prime region for deer, pheasant, and turkey game. We are only two miles from the homebase of Gettin Close with Lee and Tiffany on the Outdoor Channel, www.outdoorchannel.com . There are also many great fishing, camping, and canoeing locations near by www.mountpleasantiowa.org . Iowa is also known for RAGBRI www.ragbrai.org - for all of you bike riders out there. RAGBRI is a week long bike tour across the state. You bike and eat your way on through. People come from all over the world for the experience. Lance Armstrong has done RAGBRI. You can snowmobile and ice fish in the winter. This region is also the home of Midwest Old Threshers, www.oldthreshers.org , and The Villages of VanBuren Co. villagesofvanburen.com . Our elementary school is wonderful. There are just over 100 students with an average of 15 - 17 students per classroom. Every teacher knows every student, www.mt-pleasant.k12.ia.us . The city of Salem is in the process of building a new $900,000.00 library, www.salemcrewbuildingfund.com. The project will break grown this spring. We are located 45 minutes south of the University of Iowa. A place for great culture, medical care and football Not to mention a world class education, www.uiowa.edu. http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ia/1017 Locally, Iowa Weslyn College www.iwc.edu is located in Mt. Pleasant, 12 miles from this house. It has a very beautiful campus and a football team. The closest town is Mt. Pleasant, with everything you need. Including a new Walmart. If you crave a larger shopping area, Iowa City is 45 minutes and Burlington is 40 minutes. You can have the best of both worlds here in Salem. A beautiful country setting and small town life, with a large city offering fine dinning and shopping not too far away. Around here, getting stuck in traffic is being stuck behind a tractor going down the road.
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