For sale: 3 cozy private libraries
Where better to curl up with a book and some coffee (or wine – we're not here to judge) than your own library? Ideally, it is steps from your equally cozy bed and no one there will yell at you for taking off your shoes.
To some of us, a library is the corner of the room where we stack our books or the beautiful building in our neighborhood that hosts story time. To the owners of these houses, libraries are serious spaces made to evoke snifters of brandy and cigars.
1308 Meetinghouse Road, Gwynedd, PA 19454
$5.99 Million
Library situation: Of course this home includes a library. Because it also includes a movie theater and a 50s-style diner. The library itself is exactly what people mean when they call detailing "handsome." It features a gas fireplace and all the dark wood one room can handle.
11 Coopertown Road, Haverford, PA 19041
$1.99 Million
Library situation: Any Horace Trumbauer residence worth its salt will include a library. We like this one in particular because it's not overly fussy. Sometimes you just want to be surrounded by your books and a chandelier. The rest of the home is a stunner, too.
1600 Monk Road, Gladwyne, PA 19035
$2.95 Million
Library situation: The back story on this home is the stuff of literary dreams. According to the listing, the legend goes that the home was built for Leopold Stokowski (you might know him from this) and … Greta Garbo! Alas, they never lived there. The actual owners, though, chose 1600 as their house number because it matched the White House. So there's that. The library itself is lovely in particular because of its wall of windows and beautiful views.
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