On the market: A six-bedroom twin in East Mount Airy for $749,900

For decades, Mount Airy has attracted new residents who have never lived anywhere quite like it: the large homes built of Wissahickon schist, the sense of community, the diverse population.

Margo Borten is no exception.

A nurse who works in information technology, Borten is a native of North Jersey who had previously lived in Brooklyn before moving to the Philadelphia area and renting briefly in West Mount Airy.

Then, in 1994, looking for a place to raise her family, she bought the six-bedroom, 2½-bath stone-and-brick Victorian twin in East Mount Airy.

“I was always charmed by Mount Airy,” she says. “The houses have such character.”

She particularly liked the fact that this 3,197-square-foot house was on a corner lot and had an unusually large yard for the neighborhood.

But now, as an empty nester, she’ll be looking for something smaller.

The house, built in 1919, combines period details with modern amenities.

The living room, dining room, and kitchen are on the first floor. Three bedrooms, including the primary, are on the second floor, with three more bedrooms on the third. In addition, the third floor has a small kitchen, making it suitable as an in-law or au pair suite.

One of the bedrooms is now serving as an office and another as a TV/sitting room. The finished basement has served as a playroom.

The updated kitchen has a large island, breakfast bar, oak cabinetry, granite countertops, a stainless steel GE five-burner gas range/convection oven, and hardwood floors.

The second-floor full bathroom has terrazzo counters and a cast-iron tub, toilet, and sink.

There are bluestone and brick paver patios, walkways, a fire pit and three fireplaces, two of them functioning.

The driveway provides off-street parking for three cars, and there is an attached rear garden/potting shed.

The fenced and gated private yard has mature trees, native plants, and bee and butterfly pollinator gardens.

The house is a two-block walk to the Sedgwick Regional Rail Station and easily accessible to shops in Chestnut Hill and along Germantown Avenue.

It is listed by Tim Owen of Compass Realty for $749,900.