This home has an ideal location. It is at 825 Prospect Ave., West Hartford, next to Elizabeth Park, just down the street from the Governor’s Mansion, and close to Elizabeth Park’s Sunrise Overlook, with its spellbinding views of the Hartford skyline.
Yet, the home itself turns out to be even more impressive than this location. “The home was built in 1879 and since then, over the past 145 years, it has been held by only two families,” said Susie Hatch of William Raveis Real Estate , who is handling the sale. It turns out that the transfer from the first family to the second was done privately, so this is actually the first time that the this impressive Queen Anne home has been offered to the public.
The current owners have not only lovingly cared for the home, but also served as conservators for the neighborhood, having purchased nearby properties over the years to preserve them. “I would say that the current owners have been exceptional stewards of the Prospect Avenue neighborhood between Fern Street and Asylum Avenue,” Hatch said. The home, with its meticulously maintained grounds, has undeniable curb appeal.
There is, however, much more to it than initially meets the eye. “You drive into the driveway and behind the house is a 3-car garage. And at the back of the property there is a carriage house.
It has a sitting room when you walk in the door and there is a living room, a dining room and kitchen on the first floor and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the secon.