Home For Sale in Newton, Kansas

Home For Sale in Newton Kansas

Beautiful, well-maintained home for sale in Newton, Kansas.  The breathtaking nearly 3 story home is quite the masterpiece.  Recently updated with new roof valued at $28,000.  The home retains its original hard woods floors throughout nearly all rooms on the main floor and upstairs level.  The trim carpentry is stunning.  The high ceilings, windows, and pillars provide so much character to the massive property.  In recent years the property has been used as a an AirBNB with visitors form all over consistently reserving it as it is a short drive from the populous Wichita, Kansas.  Yet take this masterpiece and it can easily be a masterpiece of a personal residence. 

The home is nearly 4000 square feet with four large bedrooms on the upstairs level and 3 large rooms on the main level for entertaining, living, and work space.  An additional framed sunroom offers a cozy place to sit and look out at the large yard and inground pool.  Conveniently placed are the bathrooms with one on each level-yes, even the basement.  A beautiful wood staircase greets you upon entering the home.  Work your way from room to room and soak in the beauty of this historic home. 

Enjoy a formal dining area with a window looking out onto the lawn.  The kitchen is connected to dining room making it convenient to prepare and serve meals to guests or family.  From the kitchen area is one of two stairways leading to the second level of the home.  Or continue past it into a large office space that has also been used for play area for visiting children. The first bathroom is on the main level recently updated with shower and vanity.  The third room on the main floor is the living room with a beautiful gas fireplace and large windows and gorgeous large pillars leading back into the main entryway of the home. 

Traverse the staircase to the upstairs and be greeted with an enormously spacious upstairs landing connecting all four bedrooms and bathroom.  Each has the original hard wood flooring, closets, high ceilings, and large windows.  The space is incredible with some bedrooms large enough for multiple beds with plenty of space remaining.  The upstairs bathroom has a combo tub and shower and large vanity.  Several linen closets are throughout offering plenty of storage space for family and/or guests.

The outdoor space is fantastic as well with a large inground pool, diving board, and fenced in pool equipment area.  The detached garage offers more storage space or could be converted to electric and accessed through front driveway.  The property is fenced with both wood and metal fencing.

Newton Kansas Home For Sale in Harvey County Kansas

The home is located near the downtown area of Newton Kansas and walking distance to area businesses and the elementary school.  Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas.  As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,000 +/- .  Newton is located only 25 miles north of Wichita, at the intersection of Interstate 135, U.S. Route 50, and U.S. Route 81 highways.

School Information

The community is served by Newton USD 373 public school district

High School:

Newton High School

Intermediate Schools:

Santa Fe 5/6 Center

Chisholm Middle School

Elementary

Northridge Elementary

Slate Creek Elementary

South Breeze Elementary

Sunset Elementary

Walton Rural Life Center (in Walton)

Early Education

Cooper Early Education **ADJACENT TO LISTING**

Private

Newton has two K-8 private schools:

St. Mary's Catholic School

Newton Bible Christian School

College

Bethel College is located nearby in the city of North Newton

Hutchinson Community College has a satellite campus at the Axtell Education Center, close to downtown

The city is in the central portion of the continental United States. U.S. Highway 81, also known as the Meridian Highway, stretches from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Mexico City, Mexico through Central and South America. It passes through Newton, Kansas and is known as "Main Street." U.S. Highway 50 runs past the White House in Washington, DC through Newton, Kansas and continues on to Sacramento, California.

Area Attractions

Kansas Sports Museum

Harvey County Historical Society Library and Museum

Kauffman Museum

Warkentin House, a Victorian house museum.

Mennonite Settler statue

Blue Sky Sculpture

Sand Creek Nature Trail

Carriage Factory Art Gallery

Sand Creek Station Golf Course, 18-hole public course, ranked among 2006's best new public courses in America by Golf Digest

Transportation

BNSF Railway passes through Newton for transportation and shipping. Amtrak's Southwest Chief stops in Newton twice each day and provides passenger rail service towards Los Angeles and Chicago.

The Amtrak station is located at 414 N Main St.

Bus service is provided daily towards Wichita and Salina by BeeLine Express (subcontractor of Greyhound Lines)

(Above Info Source: Wikipedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton,_Kansas)

See attached Sellers Disclosure for full property details.

Taxes: $2,970.86 (annual)

Utilities:  Public water, sewer, central heat and air, gas fireplace for additional heat source