1652 MILLERSVILLE RD Millersville, MD 21108

Historic home connoisseurs will love this house! Circa 1895, this grand old home is full of charm and history. Originally part of 120 acres belonging to the Gambrill family this property has been associated with several prominent Anne Arundel County families over the years. (Gambrill, Joyce, Cecil, Baldwin, Boschert). Grand rooms, tall bay windows and high ceilings flood this home with natural light. Refinished hardwood floors on main level. Spacious dining room with fireplace and window seat. Walnut doors, antique crystal chandeliers and custom built-ins. Rear staircase ascends from the kitchen area to the back bedroom. Enjoy breakfast right off the kitchen in the recently rebuilt sun room with beautiful vaulted wood ceilings. Hydraulic door to basement hidden in tile floor. Library offers tile floors, a stone fireplace with stove insert and plenty of built-in shelving and opens onto the wrap around porch. Wrap around porch has a cozy swing and is completely screened in. Access the flat roof balcony atop the porch area from the French door on the upper level, great views from here. Step out back to your rear brick patio and enjoy a private courtyard with built in bbq and garden shed shaded by a magnificent old Magnolia tree! Staircase to floored attic from rear bedroom. Antique crystal lighting fixtures have been rewired. Lots of expensive upgrades have already been made (a few updates still needed). Sellers installed a backup Generac generator, geo-thermal cooling (with five 200' wells in side yard), replaced steam boiler with steam heat pump system in 2018 and relined furnace chimney with concrete "French process", added CAC upstairs and mini-split units down stairs, replaced plumbing, rewired and upgraded electric, added solar panels (8.4 kW owned and tied into grid), added custom copper gutter liners, lined both fireplace flues with stainless steel, updated water heater, replaced well pump, leveled first floor ceilings, added structural supports in basement beneath kitchen floor, brought in natural gas service to the house. Property allows for livestock/fowl in accordance with county code. The detached garage is set back behind the house and only steps away from the rear of the home. Note the bonus room above the garage is accessible via the rear staircase behind the garage. (bath is non functional and no HVAC but plenty of potential here). Garage has running water and electricity. Enjoy biking/hiking? Directly across the street is Miller Station a historic property that served as the old railroad station. The old rail bed is now the South Shore trail. One of Anne Arundel Counties newest, nicest blacktop trails. It connects the WB&A trail in Odenton to the Colonial Annapolis trails and the B&A trail.Ideally situated in the center of the Annapolis, DC & Baltimore triangle. Easy access to everything! Minutes to major highways, NSA, BWI Airport, and Amtrak MarcRail station in Odenton. Amtrak Acela Nonstop trip from DC to NYC in less than 3 hours! Shopping, dining, golf, tennis, schools, swimming, hiking, medical care, theaters, etc... all just minutes away. **SHOWINGS TO PRE-APPROVED PURCHASERS ONLY by appointment. Due to the Covid 19 pandemic concerns & so much curiosity with historic homes we only want serious buyers inside the home. Agents please submit buyers' lender letter to listing agent before showing the home.**