The house was built in 1920 as Horne’s Inn, but was converted to a residence in the 1940s.
His arms filled with grocery bags, Michael Penn trudged along a Manhattan street, struggling against the windblown sleet when he thought: “What am I doing here?”He and his husband, Julio Alegria, had lived in the city for 20 years, but the appeal of a rural lifestyle was still there, dating from his childhood in South Central Pennsylvania, 30 miles northwest of Harrisburg.Advertisement
“Anywhere” turned out to be a four-bedroom, four-bath house high in the Poconos where he could work, garden, and drive to the grocery store.Penn attended several Mount Pocono Borough municipal meetings as a way of meeting new people, which turned out to be an understatement. At one point he served as mayor.The Poconos house was built in 1920 as Horne’s Inn, but was converted to a residence in the 1940s.
An adjacent Cape Cod house previously owned by Penn’s late brother is also for sale, and Penn said that either house could be converted to a bed-and-breakfast. Penn’s house, which he described as “farmhouse inn” style, has a modern, upgraded kitchen with granite countertops, a new dishwasher, a cooktop hood and range, and stainless steel appliances.
The third-floor primary bedroom suite overlooks the Delaware Water Gap and Camelback Mountain, and there is a solar-heated, in-ground pool with a new liner, filter, and pump.There is also a large, detached two-car garage with storage space and a utility shed.Alexis Carmen Cruel of BHHS Fox & Roach Center Valley for $635,000.
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