422 W Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118-3712 $4,250,000

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Beds/Baths: 6/6.2
Interior Sq. Ft: 6,574
Acreage: 0.62
Age:100 years
Style:
French, Normandy
MLS#: PAPH2564658
Subdivision: Chestnut Hill
Design/Type:
Detached

Description

Turn the key and watch the magic unfold! Introducing a spectacular fusion of past and present at 422 W. Chestnut Hill Avenue, a masterfully reimagined estate by award-winning Blake Development Corporation. Set on .62 acres along the Wissahickon Valley, this 8,500+ square-foot residence seamlessly integrates timeless architectural character with modern luxury. Featuring 6 bedrooms, 6 full and 2 half baths plus versatile spaces ideal for home offices, this move-in ready home has been restored with exceptional craftsmanship and an uncompromising eye for detail. This remarkable property carries a storied history. Originally part of Henry H. Houston’s 1880s Chestnut Hill development, it began as two Queen Anne–style dwellings built in 1884-1885 by architects G.W. & W.D. Hewitt. In 1925, Richard L. Austin commissioned Bunting & Shrigley to unify and transform them into an elegant L-shaped French villa with courtyard and 1.5 story oversized garage/loft; a wedding gift to his daughter, Lucille Austin Hepburn. Its evolution reflects a broader Chestnut Hill tradition of creatively adapting historic homes to suit modern needs while honoring their architectural soul. The home’s approach is unforgettable with a bluestone entrance walkway, slate-clad gables, smooth stucco façades, and deep-set windows overlooking manicured gardens. Inside, a grand checkerboard-marble foyer leads to refined millwork, hardwood floors, and a sweeping staircase illuminated by tall arched windows. The main level blends elegance with everyday comfort. A stunning custom-designed kitchen with bespoke cabinetry, marble and granite surfaces, professional-grade appliances, and a dramatic island opens to a sun-filled great room with captivating views of the grounds. A stylish half bath, well-appointed mudroom, and secondary staircase enhance convenience. Formal living and dining rooms, each with architecturally detailed fireplaces, and a handsome den create a beautifully connected, thoughtfully curated main living experience. From the living room, double doors open to a flagstone terrace framed by graceful arches and a richly finished wood ceiling complete with an integrated radiant heating system allowing for year-round outdoor enjoyment overlooking the grounds. The second level includes an exquisite primary suite with oversized custom-fitted walk-in closet and a showpiece marble bath crafted with timeless design and thoughtfully curated details. Beyond the primary suite, the level features two additional ensuite bedrooms and a substantial laundry room. The third floor offers four bedrooms and two full hall baths, ideal for guests or dedicated work and play spaces. The lower level provides unusually high ceilings, a flexible media, fitness, or recreation area with an integrated infrared sauna, full bath, walk-out access, and generous storage. 422 W. Chestnut Hill Avenue is more than a home…it’s a lifestyle, perfectly situated just steps from shopping, dining, and the scenic Wissahickon Trails. For those who travel frequently or enjoy weekend getaways, this home is strategically located to provide seamless access to New York City, Washington, D.C., and all the major airports. 422 W. Chestnut Hill Avenue is a place where sophistication meets comfort, where historic architecture meets modern luxury, and where all the hard work has been done for you. Just move in and continue writing the story of this remarkable estate!

Taxes: $27,531
Home Assoc: No
Condo Assoc: No
Garage: Y
Basement: Y
Pool: No Pool
School Dist: Philadelphia City

Features

Utilities
Central Heating, Radiant Heating, Radiator Heating, Natural Gas, Central A/C, Electric, Hot Water - Natural Gas, Public Water, On Site Septic

Garage/Parking
Detached Garage, Garage Door Opener, Detached Garage Spaces #: 2;

Interior
Built-Ins, Butlers Pantry, Chair Railings, Combination Kitchen/Living, Crown Moldings, Partially Finished Basement

Exterior
Permanent Foundation, Stone Exterior

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Public Elementary (45 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts an Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 0.69 mi
Springfield Township Elementary School-Enfield Springfield Township School District K–2 Erdenheim 1.34 mi
Houston Henry E School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 1.44 mi
Shawmont School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 1.87 mi
Henry Charles W School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.07 mi
Green Woods Charter School Green Woods Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 2.2 mi
McCloskey John F School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.26 mi
Emlen Eleanor C School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 2.36 mi
Franklin S Edmonds School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.38 mi
Springfield Township Elementary School-Erdenhm Springfield Township School District 3–5 Flourtown 2.46 mi
Day Anna B School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.69 mi
Whitemarsh Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Lafayette Hill 2.72 mi
Roosevelt Theodore Middle School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.73 mi
Lingelbach Anna L School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.77 mi
Dobson James School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.92 mi
West Oak Lane Charter School West Oak Lane Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 2.92 mi
Samuel Pennypacker School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.06 mi
Glenside Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Glenside 3.22 mi
Mastery Cs-Francis D. Pastorius Elementa Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary K–8 Philadelphia 3.32 mi
Colonial Elementary School Colonial School District 4–5 Plymouth Meeting 3.39 mi
Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.46 mi
Wyncote Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Wyncote 3.49 mi
Belmont Hills Elementary School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 3.58 mi
Rowen William School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 3.7 mi
Mastery Charter School John Wister Elementary Mastery Charter School John Wister Elementary K–5 Philadelphia 3.72 mi
Prince Hall Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 3.91 mi
Kelly John B School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 3.98 mi
Pennell Joseph School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 3.98 mi
Fitler Academics Plus Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.11 mi
Mifflin Thomas School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.26 mi
Gladwyne School Lower Merion School District K–4 Gladwyne 4.26 mi
Ellwood School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.26 mi
Ridge Park Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 4.31 mi
Penn Valley School Lower Merion School District K–4 Narberth 4.34 mi
Cynwyd School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 4.37 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.37 mi
Logan James School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.42 mi
Howe Julia Ward School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 4.44 mi
Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School K–4 Philadelphia 4.49 mi
Wissahickon Charter School Wissahickon Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 4.55 mi
Conshohocken Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 4.62 mi
Jenkintown Elementary School Jenkintown School District K–6 Jenkintown 4.65 mi
Myers Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Elkins Park 4.81 mi
Steel Edward School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.83 mi
Cooke Jay Middle School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.9 mi

Public Middle (8 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Springfield Township Middle School Springfield Township School District 6–8 Oreland 2.47 mi
Amy NW Philadelphia City School District 6–8 Philadelphia 2.85 mi
Cedarbrook Middle School Cheltenham School District 7–8 Wyncote 3.13 mi
Welsh Valley Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Narberth 3.64 mi
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School Philadelphia City School District 6–8 Philadelphia 3.88 mi
Bala-Cynwyd Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Bala Cynwyd 4.3 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.37 mi
Sandy Run Middle School Upper Dublin School District 6–8 Dresher 4.55 mi

Public High (17 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Saul W B Agricultural School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 1.61 mi
Lankenau High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 2.06 mi
Hill Freedman World Academy Philadelphia City School District 6–12 Philadelphia 2.18 mi
Springfield Township High School Springfield Township School District 9–12 Erdenheim 2.33 mi
Roxborough High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 2.42 mi
Parkway Northwest Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 2.89 mi
King Martin Luther High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 3.08 mi
Cheltenham High School Cheltenham School District 9–12 Wyncote 3.11 mi
Mastery Cs-Pickett Campus Mastery CS-Pickett Campus 6–12 Philadelphia 3.34 mi
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School Colonial School District 9–12 Plymouth Meeting 3.43 mi
Building 21 Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 3.59 mi
Imhotep Institute Charter High School Imhotep Institute Charter High School 9–12 Philadelphia 3.6 mi
Central High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.23 mi
Girls High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.37 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.37 mi
Jenkintown Middle/High School Jenkintown School District 7–12 Jenkintown 4.69 mi
Randolph A. Philip AVT High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.78 mi

Private (80 schools)

School Grades Place Distance
The Crefeld School Nonsectarian 7–12 Philadelphia 0.28 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.57 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Parish School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.57 mi
Norwood-Fontbonne Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.57 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 0.8 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy-Middle Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 0.83 mi
Evan Thomas Institute Nonsectarian 1–4 Wyndmoor 0.96 mi
Immaculate Heart Of Mary School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 1.16 mi
Phil-Mont Christian Academy Presbyterian K–12 Erdenheim 1.19 mi
Holy Cross Catholic School Roman Catholic K–8 Philadelphia 1.61 mi
Mount St Joseph Academy Roman Catholic 9–12 Flourtown 1.74 mi
Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Nonsectarian Preschool–K Philadelphia 1.75 mi
St Genevieve School Roman Catholic K–8 Flourtown 2.01 mi
Jesus Is The Way Christian Academy Christian (no specific denomination) K–7 Philadelphia 2.05 mi
Carson Valley Childrens Aid Nonsectarian 8–12 Flourtown 2.07 mi
Ivy Hill Christian Academy Seventh-Day Adventist K–4 Philadelphia 2.08 mi
La Salle College High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Wyndmoor 2.1 mi
Project Learn School Nonsectarian K–8 Philadelphia 2.34 mi
Roxborough Christian School Presbyterian Preschool–6 Philadelphia 2.42 mi
B.C.A. And Childcare Center Inc. Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.48 mi
St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Lafayette Hill 2.56 mi
St Raymond Of Penafort School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.58 mi
St Raymond's Independence Mission Schools Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.63 mi
Aim Academy Nonsectarian 1–12 Conshohocken 2.78 mi
The Miquon School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Conshohocken 2.83 mi
Green Tree School Nonsectarian 1–12 Philadelphia 2.85 mi
Bethel Christian Academy Of Wyncote African Methodist Episcopal K Philadelphia 2.89 mi
New Medina Learning Institute Islamic K–12 Philadelphia 3.07 mi
New Hope Christian Academy Baptist Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.08 mi
Lotus Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–4 Philadelphia 3.1 mi
Small World Discovery Center Nonsectarian K Philadelphia 3.13 mi
The Waldorf School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.13 mi
Cb Community Schools Nonsectarian Ungraded Philadelphia 3.16 mi
Y.A.L.E. School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian 1–12 Philadelphia 3.26 mi
Chelten Christian Crusade Little People Day School Roman Catholic Preschool–K Philadelphia 3.27 mi
Excelsior School Philadelphia Nonsectarian K–5 3.33 mi
St Athanasius School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.35 mi
Camelot Education Nonsectarian K–7 Philadelphia 3.38 mi
Martin Saints Classical High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Oreland 3.41 mi
Ancillae-Assumpta Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Wyncote 3.43 mi
Anthony Wayne Academy Nonsectarian 6–12 Philadelphia 3.44 mi
Greene Street Friends School Friends Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.46 mi
Noreen Cook Center For Ece Of Har Zion Temple Jewish Preschool–K Penn Valley 3.49 mi
Pennsylvania School For The Deaf Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.51 mi
Bishop McDevitt High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Wyncote 3.53 mi
Germantown Friends School Friends Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.58 mi
Adelaide Educational Center Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–4 Philadelphia 3.6 mi
Gfs Friends K–12 Philadelphia 3.62 mi
William Penn Charter Mennonite Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.76 mi
Wetherill School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Gladwyne 3.76 mi
Mt Airy Christian Day School Church of God in Christ Preschool–K Philadelphia 3.79 mi
Wordsworth Academy Nonsectarian 1–12 Fort Washington 3.86 mi
Westwood School Nonsectarian Preschool–5 Philadelphia 3.95 mi
Plymouth Meeting Friends School Friends Preschool–6 Plymouth Meeting 3.98 mi
St Luke Catholic School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Glenside 4 mi
Play & Learn Preschool Nonsectarian Preschool–K Fort Washington 4.06 mi
Hope Church School Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–12 Philadelphia 4.17 mi
The Depaul Catholic School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.19 mi
Accel Academy Nonsectarian 5–11 Melrose Park 4.2 mi
The Gladwyne Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Gladwyne 4.33 mi
Whitemarsh Montessori Childrens House Nonsectarian Preschool–K Blue Bell 4.35 mi
Wyncote Academy Nonsectarian 6–12 Melrose Park 4.36 mi
Perelman Jewish Day School-Foreman Center Jewish K–5 Melrose Park 4.38 mi
Mesivta Yesodei Yisroel Jewish 9–12 Elkins Park 4.42 mi
Germantown Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Fort Washington 4.44 mi
Early Learning Childrens Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–K Fort Washington 4.67 mi
Childrens School At St Johns Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 4.69 mi
Bala Cynwyd School For Young Children Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 4.72 mi
I S Kosloff Torah Academy High School For Girls Jewish 9–12 Bala Cynwyd 4.73 mi
Waldron Mercy Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Merion Station 4.73 mi
The Mesivta High School Of Greater Phila Jewish 9–12 Bala Cynwyd 4.76 mi
Gan Chabad Of The Main Line Jewish Preschool–K Merion Station 4.78 mi
Merion Mercy Academy Roman Catholic 9–12 Merion Station 4.8 mi
The Bala House Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Bala Cynwyd 4.8 mi
Logan Hope School Christian (no specific denomination) K–8 Philadelphia 4.81 mi
The Gateway School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Wynnewood 4.82 mi
Smart Center Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–3 Philadelphia 4.82 mi
Good Shepherd Catholic Regional School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Glenside 4.84 mi
Martin Luther School Nonsectarian K–8 Plymouth Meeting 4.94 mi
St Margaret School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Narberth 4.99 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.

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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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422 W Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118-3712

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