246 W Evergreen Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118-3816 $1,895,000

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Beds/Baths: 6/3.1
Interior Sq. Ft: 3,805
Acreage: 0.34
Age:139 years
Style:
Victorian
MLS#: PAPH2482090
Subdivision: Chestnut Hill
Design/Type:
Detached

Description

Welcome to 246 W Evergreen Avenue, where timeless elegance meets modern luxury in the heart of Chestnut Hill. Set on a beautifully landscaped one-third acre lot, this extraordinary 6-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom residence offers the perfect blend of classic architecture and contemporary upgrades. With super high ceilings throughout, expansive windows, and a distinctive curved wall that captures natural light through sunset, every room feels open, airy, and luminous. Originally commissioned in 1886 by Henry Houston and designed by the renowned Hewitt Brothers, this stately home was one of the first built in West Chestnut Hill and is recognized as “significant” within the Chestnut Hill Historic District Inventory. Constructed of locally sourced Wissahickon schist—a hallmark of Philadelphia architecture—it stands as a testament to enduring craftsmanship and historic charm. Inside, you'll find a home that has been thoughtfully and extensively updated to meet the highest standards of comfort and style. Highlights include: designer kitchen renovation with custom cabinetry, marble and quartz countertops, GE Café Select appliances, and a large island perfect for gathering, complete electrical rewire and expanded panel to support today’s modern living, plus an EV charging outlet, two-zone central air, including a high-velocity system for maximum comfort on every floor, rebuilt chimneys, refinished original hardwood floors, custom French doors and casement windows to bring the outdoors in, a new rear deck and resurfaced patio ideal for al fresco dining and entertaining, a glass-enclosed mudroom, repaved driveway, detached historic carriage garage offering versatile storage or workspace, fully refreshed interior and exterior paint, along with designer lighting throughout for a polished, cohesive feel. The home's intelligent layout offers generous space across three levels, with bright, oversized rooms that feel as functional as they are beautiful. The upper floors provide flexibility for bedrooms, offices, or creative studios, all bathed in natural light and accented by those soaring ceilings rarely found in today’s homes. Outdoors, enjoy lush, established gardens with mature plantings, privacy-enhancing arborvitae, and a colorful front bed that ensures year-round curb appeal. This is more than just a home—it’s a spacious, sun-drenched sanctuary with a storied past and a bright, modern future. A rare opportunity to own a move-in ready masterpiece in one of Philadelphia’s most desirable neighborhoods.

Taxes: $18,905
Home Assoc: No
Condo Assoc: No
Garage: Y
Basement: Y
Pool: No Pool
School Dist: The School District Of Philadelphia

Features

Utilities
Hot Water Heating, Natural Gas, Central A/C, Electric, Hot Water - Natural Gas, Public Water, Public Sewer, 200+ Amp Service, Main Floor Laundry

Garage/Parking
Detached Garage, Driveway, Garage - Front Entry, Private Parking, Detached Garage Spaces #: 1;

Interior
Full Basement, Unfinished Basement, Carpet Flooring, Wood Flooring, Security System

Exterior
Stone Foundation, Flat Roof, Slate Roof, Stone Exterior, Balcony, Deck(s), Patio(s), Porch(es), Exterior Lighting, Sidewalks, Street Lights

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Public Elementary (48 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts an Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 0.45 mi
Houston Henry E School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 1.27 mi
Springfield Township Elementary School-Enfield Springfield Township School District K–2 Erdenheim 1.27 mi
Henry Charles W School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 1.98 mi
McCloskey John F School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.01 mi
Shawmont School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.05 mi
Franklin S Edmonds School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.13 mi
Emlen Eleanor C School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 2.16 mi
Green Woods Charter School Green Woods Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 2.33 mi
Springfield Township Elementary School-Erdenhm Springfield Township School District 3–5 Flourtown 2.35 mi
Day Anna B School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.47 mi
Roosevelt Theodore Middle School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.54 mi
Lingelbach Anna L School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.67 mi
West Oak Lane Charter School West Oak Lane Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 2.68 mi
Samuel Pennypacker School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.81 mi
Whitemarsh Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Lafayette Hill 2.9 mi
Glenside Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Glenside 3 mi
Dobson James School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 3.01 mi
Mastery Cs-Francis D. Pastorius Elementa Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary K–8 Philadelphia 3.12 mi
Wyncote Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Wyncote 3.25 mi
Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.45 mi
Rowen William School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 3.46 mi
Mastery Charter School John Wister Elementary Mastery Charter School John Wister Elementary K–5 Philadelphia 3.56 mi
Colonial Elementary School Colonial School District 4–5 Plymouth Meeting 3.58 mi
Belmont Hills Elementary School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 3.68 mi
Prince Hall Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 3.69 mi
Pennell Joseph School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 3.78 mi
Kelly John B School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 3.85 mi
Fitler Academics Plus Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 3.97 mi
Ellwood School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.03 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.18 mi
Mifflin Thomas School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.2 mi
Howe Julia Ward School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 4.23 mi
Logan James School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.25 mi
Jenkintown Elementary School Jenkintown School District K–6 Jenkintown 4.41 mi
Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School K–4 Philadelphia 4.42 mi
Wissahickon Charter School Wissahickon Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 4.44 mi
Gladwyne School Lower Merion School District K–4 Gladwyne 4.47 mi
Cynwyd School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 4.48 mi
Penn Valley School Lower Merion School District K–4 Narberth 4.51 mi
Ridge Park Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 4.53 mi
Myers Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Elkins Park 4.56 mi
Steel Edward School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.69 mi
Cooke Jay Middle School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.73 mi
Copper Beech School Abington School District K–5 Glenside 4.82 mi
Conshohocken Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 4.87 mi
Lindley Academy Charter School at Birney Lindley Academy Charter School at Birney K–8 Philadelphia 4.87 mi
Lowell James R School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–4 Philadelphia 4.87 mi

Public Middle (8 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Springfield Township Middle School Springfield Township School District 6–8 Oreland 2.35 mi
Amy NW Philadelphia City School District 6–8 Philadelphia 2.87 mi
Cedarbrook Middle School Cheltenham School District 7–8 Wyncote 2.88 mi
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School Philadelphia City School District 6–8 Philadelphia 3.65 mi
Welsh Valley Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Narberth 3.8 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.18 mi
Sandy Run Middle School Upper Dublin School District 6–8 Dresher 4.41 mi
Bala-Cynwyd Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Bala Cynwyd 4.41 mi

Public High (18 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Saul W B Agricultural School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 1.69 mi
Hill Freedman World Academy Philadelphia City School District 6–12 Philadelphia 1.93 mi
Springfield Township High School Springfield Township School District 9–12 Erdenheim 2.22 mi
Lankenau High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 2.31 mi
Roxborough High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 2.49 mi
Parkway Northwest Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 2.67 mi
King Martin Luther High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 2.86 mi
Cheltenham High School Cheltenham School District 9–12 Wyncote 2.87 mi
Mastery Cs-Pickett Campus Mastery CS-Pickett Campus 6–12 Philadelphia 3.22 mi
Building 21 Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 3.37 mi
Imhotep Institute Charter High School Imhotep Institute Charter High School 9–12 Philadelphia 3.38 mi
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School Colonial School District 9–12 Plymouth Meeting 3.63 mi
Central High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.04 mi
Girls High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.17 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.18 mi
Jenkintown Middle/High School Jenkintown School District 7–12 Jenkintown 4.45 mi
Randolph A. Philip AVT High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.7 mi
Mastery Cs-Gratz Campus Mastery CS-Gratz Campus 7–12 Philadelphia 4.98 mi

Private (80 schools)

School Grades Place Distance
The Crefeld School Nonsectarian 7–12 Philadelphia 0.3 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.47 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Parish School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.47 mi
Norwood-Fontbonne Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.6 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 0.73 mi
Evan Thomas Institute Nonsectarian 1–4 Wyndmoor 0.82 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy-Middle Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 0.85 mi
Phil-Mont Christian Academy Presbyterian K–12 Erdenheim 1.14 mi
Immaculate Heart Of Mary School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 1.39 mi
Holy Cross Catholic School Roman Catholic K–8 Philadelphia 1.4 mi
Mount St Joseph Academy Roman Catholic 9–12 Flourtown 1.76 mi
Ivy Hill Christian Academy Seventh-Day Adventist K–4 Philadelphia 1.84 mi
Jesus Is The Way Christian Academy Christian (no specific denomination) K–7 Philadelphia 1.88 mi
La Salle College High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Wyndmoor 1.93 mi
Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Nonsectarian Preschool–K Philadelphia 1.98 mi
St Genevieve School Roman Catholic K–8 Flourtown 1.99 mi
Carson Valley Childrens Aid Nonsectarian 8–12 Flourtown 2.09 mi
Project Learn School Nonsectarian K–8 Philadelphia 2.17 mi
St Raymond Of Penafort School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.33 mi
B.C.A. And Childcare Center Inc. Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.35 mi
St Raymond's Independence Mission Schools Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.37 mi
Roxborough Christian School Presbyterian Preschool–6 Philadelphia 2.47 mi
Green Tree School Nonsectarian 1–12 Philadelphia 2.63 mi
Bethel Christian Academy Of Wyncote African Methodist Episcopal K Philadelphia 2.64 mi
St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Lafayette Hill 2.78 mi
New Medina Learning Institute Islamic K–12 Philadelphia 2.82 mi
New Hope Christian Academy Baptist Preschool–12 Philadelphia 2.83 mi
Lotus Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–4 Philadelphia 2.93 mi
Small World Discovery Center Nonsectarian K Philadelphia 2.99 mi
The Waldorf School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.02 mi
Aim Academy Nonsectarian 1–12 Conshohocken 3.02 mi
Chelten Christian Crusade Little People Day School Roman Catholic Preschool–K Philadelphia 3.08 mi
The Miquon School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Conshohocken 3.08 mi
Excelsior School Philadelphia Nonsectarian K–5 3.1 mi
St Athanasius School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.11 mi
Cb Community Schools Nonsectarian Ungraded Philadelphia 3.18 mi
Ancillae-Assumpta Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Wyncote 3.19 mi
Camelot Education Nonsectarian K–7 Philadelphia 3.25 mi
Martin Saints Classical High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Oreland 3.28 mi
Bishop McDevitt High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Wyncote 3.29 mi
Y.A.L.E. School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian 1–12 Philadelphia 3.31 mi
Anthony Wayne Academy Nonsectarian 6–12 Philadelphia 3.31 mi
Greene Street Friends School Friends Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.32 mi
Pennsylvania School For The Deaf Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.37 mi
Adelaide Educational Center Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–4 Philadelphia 3.39 mi
Germantown Friends School Friends Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.43 mi
Gfs Friends K–12 Philadelphia 3.47 mi
Mt Airy Christian Day School Church of God in Christ Preschool–K Philadelphia 3.56 mi
Noreen Cook Center For Ece Of Har Zion Temple Jewish Preschool–K Penn Valley 3.68 mi
William Penn Charter Mennonite Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.69 mi
Westwood School Nonsectarian Preschool–5 Philadelphia 3.71 mi
St Luke Catholic School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Glenside 3.77 mi
Wordsworth Academy Nonsectarian 1–12 Fort Washington 3.78 mi
Hope Church School Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.94 mi
Accel Academy Nonsectarian 5–11 Melrose Park 3.95 mi
Play & Learn Preschool Nonsectarian Preschool–K Fort Washington 3.96 mi
Wetherill School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Gladwyne 3.98 mi
The Depaul Catholic School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.04 mi
Wyncote Academy Nonsectarian 6–12 Melrose Park 4.11 mi
Perelman Jewish Day School-Foreman Center Jewish K–5 Melrose Park 4.13 mi
Mesivta Yesodei Yisroel Jewish 9–12 Elkins Park 4.17 mi
Plymouth Meeting Friends School Friends Preschool–6 Plymouth Meeting 4.19 mi
Germantown Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Fort Washington 4.42 mi
Whitemarsh Montessori Childrens House Nonsectarian Preschool–K Blue Bell 4.45 mi
The Gladwyne Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Gladwyne 4.55 mi
Early Learning Childrens Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–K Fort Washington 4.6 mi
Logan Hope School Christian (no specific denomination) K–8 Philadelphia 4.63 mi
Good Shepherd Catholic Regional School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Glenside 4.68 mi
Smart Center Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–3 Philadelphia 4.75 mi
Bala Cynwyd School For Young Children Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 4.78 mi
Childrens School At St Johns Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 4.8 mi
I S Kosloff Torah Academy High School For Girls Jewish 9–12 Bala Cynwyd 4.81 mi
Sophia Academy Christian (no specific denomination) 9–12 Philadelphia 4.81 mi
Waldron Mercy Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Merion Station 4.85 mi
The Mesivta High School Of Greater Phila Jewish 9–12 Bala Cynwyd 4.86 mi
The Bala House Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 4.86 mi
Gan Chabad Of The Main Line Jewish Preschool–K Merion Station 4.91 mi
Merion Mercy Academy Roman Catholic 9–12 Merion Station 4.92 mi
St James School Episcopal 4–8 Philadelphia 4.94 mi
Mercy Career & Technical High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Philadelphia 4.97 mi

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This report is a detailed community overview for Philadelphia (19118), Pennsylvania.

Community Quick Facts

  • Average travel time to work for people in this community: 35
  • Average salary of people in this community: $83,918

Community Summary

  • Population Density (ppl / mile): 3,362
  • Household Size (ppl): 2.16
  • Households w/ Children: 39%

Housing Inventory

  • Owned: 2,022 (42.9%)
  • Rented: 2,481 (52.6%)
  • Vacant: 215 (4.6%)
  • Total: 4,718

Population Demographics

The population of the community broken down by age group. The numbers at the top of each bar indicate the number of people in the age bracket below.

Total: 10,884
Households: 4,503
Median Age: 45.70

Climate and Weather

The Temperature chart displays average high and low values for January and July, and is designed to provide an indication of both seasonal and daily temperature variability. The Weather Risk Index indicates the calculated risk of each type of weather event occurring in the future. This risk is based on historical localized storm events and weather patterns. The national average for each type of weather event equals a score of 100, so a score of 200 would represent twice the risk as the national average, and a score of 50 would represent half the risk of the national average.

Temperature

Education

Highest Level of Education Attained

  • Less than 9th Grade: 1.0%
  • Some High School: 2.5%
  • High School Graduate: 11.4%
  • Some College: 13.9%
  • Associate Degree: 4.3%
  • Bachelor's Degree: 27.1%
  • Graduate Degree: 39.8%

Income by dollar range

Median Income: $89,422

Fair Market Rents

The Fair Market Rents show average gross rent estimates based on figures provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

  • Studio: $1,213
  • One Bedroom: $1,320
  • Two Bedroom: $1,620
  • Three Bedroom: $1,960
  • Four Bedroom: $2,365

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246 W Evergreen Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118-3816

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