2019 Delancey Pl, Philadelphia - Center City, PA 19103 - For Sale

Built in 1860 in the Federal Style and later recast in the Beaux Arts style, with a magnificent limestone fa~ade, by the Philadelphia architectural firm of DeArmond, Ashmead & Bickley. The home was purchased in 1964 as the home of Pearl Buck and the Pearl S. Buck foundation. It was in this Center City house where Nobel prize winner, Ms. Buck, the women's right crusader, philanthropist, humanitarian and author compiled her 1972 short story collection, "Once upon a Christmas" among others. "Why did I choose Center City, you ask?" Pearl S. Buck once wrote. "Because there was a street, there was the house, there were the people. I feel at home in Philadelphia. I like the atmosphere of age, the air of deserved self-confidence, the presence of Fine music and art. Of all American cities I consider it the most cultivated" About 2019 Delancey Ms. Buck said "I knew the moment I entered that house it was the right one. But the house itself is beautiful in its simplicity and its lines. It is a French house, more than a century old..." One enters the home to a magnificent entrance hall/reception area. There is a sweeping staircase, a huge eat- in kitchen which seats eight and two islands. The second floor features a Living Room, formal octagon shaped Dining Room and Sun Room. There are four bedrooms, plus a family room, five full baths including a sumptuous master suite, four powder rooms, garage, three balconies, elevator, 2 gas fireplaces, 2 wood burning fireplaces, wine cellar, gym, storage, 2 offices, catering kitchen, and dumbwaiter. Exquisite renovations started in 2006 and completed in 2008, by the present owners in conjunction with interior designer, Malcolm Eisenberg. The scrollwork door made by American master blacksmith and metal designer Samuel Yellin.