Property Kit for Listing of 514 5th St E Northfield

514 5th St E
Northfield MN 55057
School District 659 - Northfield

FEATURES

Walking distance to downtown Northfield (5 blocks)
Three bedrooms on 2nd floor
Primary bedroom with walk-in closet
All 2nd floor bedrooms have large closets
Attic can be used as 4th bedroom
Basement unfinished with laundry and lots of storage space
Main floor family room could be used as a bedroom
Plenty of historic charm and character
Detached 2-car garage
Double-hung windows with sash cords
Wood-burning fireplace with copper lining

DESCRIPTION

Charming home with turn-of-the-century character in historic Northfield! Walking distance to Central Park, Old Memorial Pool, Cowling Arboretum, downtown Northfield and more. Three bedrooms on the 2nd floor. Special features: The family room was added in 2000 with an excavated basement. The finished attic has skylights, storage, and a ¾ bathroom. Main level features a living room with wood-burning fireplace, dual access staircase, formal dining with built-ins, large family room in back, ¾ guest bathroom, and loads of natural light. The basement is unfinished with tall ceilings and storage space that goes on and on. Recent updates include new windows and roof in 2022.

INTERESTING NOTES ABOUT THE HOME

The windows in the living room facing 5th street (below the bevelled glass) do not open -- they never did because they were varnished closed long ago. If you open the front door to the porch and the kitchen and dining room windows, the whole first floor airs out well. Those living room windows have historic value and the owner chose to retain them. The screens for all the windows are in the basement. The windows are single pane in the living room and dining room, but with storm windows, so are well protected. All the rest of the house has double if not triple pane.

The kitchen floor has been resanded and varnished several times, including in the past year. In the 1970s, it was vinyl, with oak underneath, and most of the rest of the house had carpet over the wood. The current owner redid the floors of the entire house at least twice, though not the back room finished in 2000 since it gets almost no traffic.

The 2nd floor largest bedroom has an interesting history.  That part of the house once included a sunporch, with the bedroom having a closet on the south side. The current owner added windows & made the sunporch into a closet and larger bathroom.

The current owner was told that there was a cistern under part of the kitchen but has never investigated it nor needed it for any reason.

UPDATES

New roof                  2022
New windows          2022
Addition                   2000