Many thanks to reader Jamie, who alerted me on Saturday that the home that Adrian Pearsall designed and built for his family outside Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1962-1964 is coming on the market for sale for the very first time. In fact, I reached out to the agent — Mr. Pearsall’s son Jim Pearsall — immediately, and found that the MLS listing for the house only was going online yesterday, May 1. You read it here first! What an AMAZING house!
Here is more detail about the house, which is listed for $1.5 million, from the real estate listing:
In 1962, at the height of mid-century furniture designer Adrian Pearsall’s career, Adrian created an atomic age masterpiece. Mr. Pearsall realized a dream by designing his family’s new home, nestled in the Lehigh Valley. Educated as an architect, Adrian incorporated every available modern convenience into a 10,000 s.f. ranch.
Finished in 1964, his six bedroom home was complete with an indoor pool, floor to ceiling glass, interior stone walls, custom fireplaces, multiple courtyards and a spectacular reflecting pond to mark the dining area.
Unusual amenites include a full-sized ice cream bar & fountain, atriums, photo dark room, enormous indoor pool area, extensive skylights & indoor/outdoor pet area. Regulation fenced tennis court and large enclosed rear yard provide year round enjoyment for all sorts of activities…
This is a dream house, and the new owner will own an amazing piece of Atomic Age history.
What an amazing house… such an important part of mid century design history. Thank you, Jamie, for the tip. And thank you very much, Jim Pearsall, for giving me permission to feature these photographs.
Read more about this house and Pearsall:
- Also see our followup story: Cindy, Jed and Jim Pearsall: On growing up in Adrian Pearsall’s 1964 masterpiece house
- Read more about SEE A BUNDLE of house photos … read more about Pearsall… and see a catalog of some of his designs — at AdrianPearsall.com.
- And oopsy, you can see the Adrian Pearsall coffee table that I let get away for a song in this story.
Elaine says
What a gorgeous house! I see some of the design ideas that went into my two early 60s houses, but the scale here is so magnificent! My 1964 colonial has a fieldstone fireplace with a similar cement hearthstone, but much shorter, like maybe 1/5 that length. When you take things to the max, what an impact.
susan says
What an amazing piece of American history.
gabby says
Wowee!!!!
Been lurking on your site for sometime as respite to other not-so-modest MCM zones. We are HUGE Pearsall fans at our house. What a dream to see his home.
Hubby has several Pearsall chairs from his parents that he has restored. You can see one of them here on Flickr…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93018283@N00/2635551514/in/set-72157605072678202
Unfortunately, I am a person of size, and some of the Pearsall chairs are a bit fragile for my large tuscsh. They are so, so gorgeous, though.
I love the green finish on that fireplace, but the indoor pool is like something I dreamed of as a child.
Thanks for sharing this-made my day!
Heidi says
LOOOOOVE the orange chair in your picture! Beautiful.
STL Mom says
Oh if only I still lived in New Jersey — this could be my weekend house! At least if I won the lottery….
Just another Pam says
What an exquisite house. I found it on line once before and really appreciate the heads up. And I’m not even bitter that most of my whole house would fit in their kitchen and living room. Really.
Jayne says
When I bought my modest 1959 ranch, there were a dusty, moldy, sofa and two chairs in the garage.Because of their clean lines and cool design details I cleaned up the sofa and reupholstered one chair. The other I ditched. After the sofa had been sitting in my LR for five years, I spotted some similar sofas by Adrian Pearsall online. Mine is design number 2000. Aren’t freebies great?
Melanie says
Wow! If only I’d won the lottery last week……….gorgeous!
Cynthia says
Wow. That is quite a house, and $1.5 mil actually sounds like a bargain to me. There are ridiculous, souless boxes around this neck of the woods that go for more than that…
pam kueber says
I agree!
TheStrongolis says
Wow. If only I had $1.5 million and lived in PA. I see a bidding war on that!!! Just gorgeous. The concrete hearth is just breathtaking!!!
BungalowBILL says
The link takes you to a login and password page. Bucks County is one of my favorite areas.
pam kueber says
oops. Reading my email from Jim Pearsall, I see “it will take some time for the listing to populate.” Hold your breaths…. I’ll add it as soon as I get it!! Consider this a sneak peek!