{"id":460303,"date":"2026-02-10T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460303\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:38:09","slug":"a-mid-century-modern-home-in-drexel-hill-for-729900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460303\/","title":{"rendered":"A mid-century modern home in Drexel Hill for $729,900"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">\u201cI hate to leave it,\u201d said Stephanie Tauman, \u201cbut it\u2019s just too big for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Tauman has spent six years in her four-bedroom, 3\u00bd-bathroom 1957 mid-century modern home in <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/topic\/drexel-hill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drexel Hill<\/a>. She bought the house sight unseen in 2019 after viewing it online. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">But now, at 3,314 square feet, \u201cit has gotten very big,\u201d so she is planning to move to a smaller home. Tauman, an artist and art teacher, hopes to settle in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">She does not know who originally commissioned the split-level house. She already owned some mid-century modern furniture and other items when she bought it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The approach to the house is along a slate walkway with arts and crafts style light fixtures. The exterior is stone and mahogany, and the foyer has a slate and mahogany theme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The four bedrooms are on the top level, and there are three terraces connecting to the outdoors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The middle level has the foyer, dining room, kitchen, and sunken living room, which includes a working gas fireplace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The first level has the family room, powder room, and two-car garage with a heated workroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The finished basement has Tauman\u2019s art studio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The eat-in kitchen has a 36-inch cooktop, double convection wall ovens, Corian countertops, and refaced cabinetry. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The family room has a wet bar with sink and second dishwasher. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The primary bedroom has an en suite bathroom with whirlpool tub, stand-up shower, walk-in closet, and views of Pilgrim Park. <\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">Another bedroom has mahogany built-ins and could serve as a nursery or study. The hall bath has a large corner bathtub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">There is a high-capacity water heating system and landscape lighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inq-p text-primary  \">The house <a class=\"relative z-1 text-blue-mid hover:shadow-lightmode\" data-link-type=\"article-body\" href=\"https:\/\/josephbograd.com\/homes-for-sale-details\/68-PILGRIM-LN-DREXEL-HILL-PA-19026\/PADE2106870\/530\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">is listed by<\/a> Joseph Bograd of Elite Realty Group for $729,900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI hate to leave it,\u201d said Stephanie Tauman, \u201cbut it\u2019s just too big for me.\u201d Tauman has spent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,214857],"class_list":["post-460303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-house-for-sale-drexel-hill-midcentury-modern"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}