{"id":275502,"date":"2026-08-31T01:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275502\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T01:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:04:12","slug":"home-sweet-home-in-morningside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275502\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Sweet Home in Morningside"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PHOTOS BY EXPOSURE IT<\/p>\n

For more than half a century, the classic brick home at 1441 Duffield St<\/a>. in Morningside was where the King family could always find a sense of belonging and peace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was our family home,\u201d says Ron King, speaking on behalf of his siblings as executor of their parents\u2019 estate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He notes his parents purchased the home in the early 1960s and then did something many families today don\u2019t do \u2014 they stayed put.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sisters and I grew up here, so our connection to the house really goes back our entire lives,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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King says the five-bedroom house was perfect for raising a family, with plenty of room for everyone while still having that warmth and character found in older Pittsburgh homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOver six decades, it became much more than a house,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was the place our family always came back to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that their parents have passed, King and his sisters have listed the home with the Fraser Team<\/a> at Piatt Sotheby\u2019s International Realty. Priced at $479,000<\/a>, the 1,836-square-foot, two-bathroom home includes a two-story addition, an in-ground pool and a large, private backyard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Built in 1940, the all-brick exterior is low-maintenance. Inside, the hardwood floors and an original stone fireplace are paired with fresh paint and an updated kitchen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Listing agent Emily Fraser<\/a> says the home has more space and flexibility than buyers may expect thanks to that addition (and its original good bones.)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe home is deceptively spacious. The original brick structure was expanded with a substantial two-story rear addition, adding an entire bonus living space on the main floor as well as two additional bedrooms and a second full bath upstairs,\u201d says Fraser.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Once you step past the charming exterior and the inviting, shaded front porch, the main floor is centered around a dining room, a kitchen with light wood cabinetry, stone countertops and stainless steel appliances; a roughly 200-square-foot family room with sliding glass doors opens onto a patio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Upstairs, three bedrooms and a full bathroom sit in the original footprint, while the rear addition adds two more bedrooms and a second full bathroom.<\/p>\n

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The partially finished basement has space for laundry, a workshop and a bathroom.\u00a0 Fraser says the next owner may want to make a few updates overall, but the home\u2019s long ownership history is part of what makes it a smart buy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is certainly room for a buyer to personalize the home cosmetically, but one of the benefits of a property that has remained with the same family for more than 60 years is the history of careful ownership behind it,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She adds there\u2019s a particular appeal to a home that\u2019s been well-loved for a long stretch of time. In this case, it means that the sellers maintained the home thoughtfully over decades, and updated important systems along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBetween that maintenance and the additional square footage created by the rear addition, it presents a somewhat rare opportunity,\u201d Fraser says. \u201cA buyer can move in comfortably and make cosmetic changes gradually, rather than feeling compelled to transform the entire house immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The backyard is one of the property\u2019s biggest surprises. A covered patio leads to the in-ground pool, with plenty of level yard beyond it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe in-ground pool and tiered backyard backing to a tree line are particularly unusual for a city property,\u201d says Fraser.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beyond the pool, the upper tier of the yard is large and flat, with mature vegetation on all sides as well as a privacy fence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a sense of privacy and breathing room here that you don\u2019t often find this close to everything [the city has to offer],\u201d Fraser says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For King, that setting is inseparable from the family\u2019s memories of the home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to pick just one story about this home, because almost every stage of our family\u2019s life is connected to this house,\u201d says King. \u201cMy siblings and I grew up there, and over the years it was the setting for birthdays, holidays, family dinners and countless gatherings.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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While he says the home\u2019s central role was due somewhat to the great space for entertaining, it was mostly to the love the family had for the place where they built a life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we got older and started families of our own, the house remained the place everyone came back to,\u201d says King. \u201cThat\u2019s probably what is most sentimental about it. It wasn\u2019t just the house where we grew up \u2014 it remained the center of our family for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOTOS BY EXPOSURE IT For more than half a century, the classic brick home at 1441 Duffield St.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-275502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}