1900 Shippensburg Borough Home with Fireplace on 0.41 Acres — $139,900

The fireplace is probably the first thing you notice when you walk into the living area. A working fireplace in a house this old tends to anchor a room in a way that newer construction just cannot replicate. The house itself goes back to 1900, which in a borough like Shippensburg means it likely has the kind of woodwork and proportions that builders stopped doing around the time cars became common.

Three bedrooms, two full baths. The square footage was not listed, so you are going by the room count and the lot to gauge the scale of the place. On that front, 0.41 acres within a borough boundary is a meaningful amount of land. You can put a real garden on that, or just have space between you and your neighbors. Both matter.

There is a carport attached to the house. Covered parking in a place that gets Pennsylvania winters is practical, and at least you are not parking on the street.

Shippensburg University is close by. That is relevant whether you are looking for rental income, a faculty residence, or just like being near a walkable campus area with some activity to it.

The agent description does not go into much detail about the interior beyond the fireplace and the bedroom and bathroom count. No mention of updated systems, kitchen condition, or what the two bathrooms look like. At 124 years old, those questions matter. A house built in 1900 can be well-maintained or it can carry a long list of deferred work. This one could go either way based on what is available, so a thorough inspection would tell you more than the listing does.

What you have at $139,900 is a century-old house in a Pennsylvania borough, on a solid lot, with a fireplace and covered parking. If the bones hold up and the systems are in reasonable shape, that is a fair deal for this kind of property in this market.