5131 S Dorchester AVE Chicago, IL 60615

At last, this rarely available classic Kenwood/Hyde Park detached Chicago Greystone Gothic three flat, enviably located in an established, premier neighborhood, can be offered to a new generation of fortunate future owners. You enter through a gated and gardened front courtyard to a covered limestone portico. A double-entry doorway opens into the brick and stone structure's spacious two-floor main residence, whose ten-foot ceilings, vintage hardwood flooring and outsized windows lend immediate elegance and light to every room. Once inside the front hall, you find, to your right, a lustrously restored oak stairway that winds upward to the expansive second floor. And to your left, a roomy, light-filled double parlor living room with the first of the home's seven original fireplaces and a large formal dining room that echoes decades of grand meals savored, and promises brilliant conversations yet to be relished. A doorway to your right leads from the dining room past a convenient powder room and into an updated kitchen with granite counters and backsplashes, and totally equipped to meet the needs of the most demanding resident chef. Next, the second floor, which features a luxurious master bedroom with fireplace, plenty of light and storage; a large, charming family bath with brass sconces, cabinets, the original, indulgently oversized clawfoot tub and vintage fixtures. Two sizeable additional bedrooms and a large den with a convenient laundry area, all with classic transomed doorways, complete the upstairs picture of a private family home built for the ages. The building also contains two separate, remarkably desirable rental apartments, one on the third floor, and the other on the lower level. Both have private entrances, two bedrooms, full kitchens, full baths, roomy living quarters, and their own laundry areas. A sizeable private backyard for outdoor entertaining, paved, landscaped, and fenced in, is accessed from the kitchen of the main residence and from both rental units, as is a desirable paved and sheltered three-car carport. All this, and located within walking distances from the area's most popular features: the University of Chicago campus and its hospital complex, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, a lively selection of exquisite shops, numerous parks, famous area institutions and multiple cultural and entertainment delights such as the Museum of Science and Industry, the Smart Museum of Art, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, The Oriental Institute, The Court Theater, The Logan Center for the Arts, and the lakefront, with nearby CTA and bus transportation to downtown. Only the imagination can limit the pleasures and potential of this sound and well-established property.