Until March 1987, ~the Jordan house~ had been handed down in the builders family for some 200 years. Now available again after 33 years, this Wissahickon schist, Blue Bell Hill original may become your new home for the next 100+! Modest in design, interesting complements have been integrated into the fabric of the structure. Entering from the open front porch, the arched entry & open staircase shows straight through to the back porch. Handsome pine floors, found throughout most of the house, are matched with exposed wood railings & newel post tops. Southern exposure maximizing sunlight follows as you pass from Living Room into Dining Room into Kitchen. In keeping with the houses quality & modesty, minimal custom maple & black walnut kitchen cabinets were installed along with a matching maple table with foldaway stool seating. Cooking is a delight with this genuine Chambers range & its then high-tech additions. The backdoor to the covered back porch is the perfect quiet getaway. Upstairs, the original front two ceilings were vaulted to the roofline, adding volume to the space. To the middle Bedroom were added a Velux skylight and customized doors with unique features. The brightest room may be the cheerful back Bedroom because it has both east ~ west southern facing windows. Enter the basement laundry room from the Kitchen or directly out from Daniel St. Concrete floors, treated walls & and underground drain keep the basement good for storage and workshop. Come by! Pull up a seat on the porches! Envision your quiet life here in the middle of the City, where Germantown, Roxborough and Mount Airy intersect at the Wissahickon Park! *This house may also purchase lot (6205 Daniel St) for $395,000. See plot plan with photos. Roped area indicates rough boundaries.* -------- In 1687, William Rittenhouse emigrated from Germany and his son, Nicholas, established America’s first paper mill. The family continued to operate there for 200 years. The historic Blue Bell Hill neighborhood was established by the workers who toiled at the Rittenhouse paper mill, just down the hill. The streets Naomi, David… are named after children of the family. The existing house at 640 Naomi St was built by a German stone mason who, as the story goes, was working at the Rittenhouse paper mill and bringing the Wissahickon Schist stone in the wheelbarrow for his house. Blue Bell Hill (BBH) is a wonderful neighborhood with an active Civic Association: https://bluebellhill.net/. Located 200 yards from Fairmount Park’s Wissahickon Valley, our residents enjoy the 1,800 acre Wissahickon Valley Park https://fow.org/. Hikers, walkers, horseback riders and mountain bikers are found on the trails and Forbidden Drive, away from the clamor of modern life. Blue Bell Hill is bounded by the Thomas Mansion in Clifford Park http://fairmountparktrust.org/lp-thomas.php, the Blue Bell Hills Meadow and Rittenhousetown https://rittenhousetown.org/about/ below, the Wissahickon Valley’s eastern slope and the 600 block of West Johnson St. The coolest temperature on hot summer days is right under the BBH entrance of the Walnut Lane bridge.

Stone, stucco