The first time Karen Glance saw the stone-and-stucco home at 94 Pilgrim Road in Rosslyn Farms, she told the owners: "I love your house. If you ever sell it, will you please let me know?"

Mrs. Glance fell in love with the property after she saw the large cherry-paneled living room with beamed ceilings, the Tudor-style dining room with stained-glass windows and French doors, plus the patio and English garden.

Thirteen years later, the owners called. By then, Mrs. Glance was 40 and had enrolled in college to obtain her teaching degree.

"We said, 'Yes, we will definitely buy it.' Back then, homes were sold by word of mouth. It was very rare for a home in Rosslyn Farms to go on the open market," Mrs. Glance recalled.

The couple, who paid $190,000 for the property in 1989, are now moving to Canada. Their five-bedroom home (MLS No. 776110) is priced at $449,900 with RE/MAX Realty Brokers agent Maggie Jayson (412-999-9528 or www.pittsburgh-homes.com). An open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. today.

Situated on a pie-shaped corner lot, the house was built around 1910. Its stone exterior and broad front porch give it a Craftsman look; there are oak hardwood floors throughout.

A window that overlooks the covered front porch faces Parrish Park, named after William Parrish, father of the home's former owner, Sally Ford, who was the mayor of Rosslyn Farms.

During good weather, Mrs. Glance enjoys relaxing on the cov ered front porch in the morning and evening.

In the winter, the couple use the home's three working fireplaces. While the living room fireplace burns logs, the dining room and den fireplaces use gas.

"We love having the fireplace on in the winter during dinner," Mrs. Glance said.

The second level holds four bedrooms and two full baths, one of which is en suite.

"There's a door between two of the bedrooms and a bathroom with windows that open like French doors onto Parrish Park. When you open that up at night, you feel like you're sleeping in the trees," Mrs. Glance said, adding that her two sons, Jonathan and Jason, shared that suite.

In the other second-floor suite, Mrs. Glance and her husband used one bedroom and turned the other bedroom into a sitting room.

The home's third floor used to be two bedrooms and a bath but the couple turned it into one large office for Mr. Glance's architectural firm. The third floor has central air conditioning but the rest of the house does not.

"Because it's stone, the house stays very cool," Mrs. Glance said.

In the basement, the walls are made of undulating stone. There's a paneled room, a pantry, a coat closet and a concrete floor. Large trees dot the yard, which has ivy and pachysandra as ground cover. There's a double detached garage.

The property has an assessed market value of $193,400 (http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/).

In the past four years, only one house has sold on Pilgrim Road, for $186,400 in April 2008 (www.realstats.net).

Parrish Park offers swings, a ball field, asphalt tennis courts and a playground.

In the 1960s, Rosslyn Farms School was turned into a community center that features a library, secondhand clothing store, meeting room, stage and gym.

The community club sponsors an Easter egg hunt, a Fourth of July parade with a costume contest, an annual wine tasting and a mystery house tour at Christmas.

By Marylynne Pitz

The first time Karen Glance saw the stone-and-stucco home at 94 Pilgrim Road in Rosslyn Farms, she told the owners: "I love your house. If you ever sell it, will you please let me know?"

Mrs. Glance fell in love with the property after she saw the large cherry-paneled living room with beamed ceilings, the Tudor-style dining room with stained-glass windows and French doors, plus the patio and English garden.

Thirteen years later, the owners called. By then, Mrs. Glance was 40 and had enrolled in college to obtain her teaching degree.

"We said 'Yes, we will definitely buy it.' Back then, homes were sold by word of mouth. It was very rare for a home in Rosslyn Farms to go on the open market," Mrs. Glance recalled.

The couple, who paid $190,000 for the property in 1989, are now moving to Canada. Their five-bedroom home (MLS No. 776110) is priced at $449,900 with RE/MAX Realty Brokers agent Maggie Jayson (412-999-9528 or www.pittsburgh-homes.com). An open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. today.

Situated on a pie-shaped corner lot, the house was built around 1910. Its stone exterior and broad front porch give it a Craftsman look; there are oak hardwood floors throughout.

A window that overlooks the covered front porch faces Parrish Park, named after William Parrish, father of the home's former owner, Sally Ford, who was the mayor of Rosslyn Farms.

During good weather, Mrs. Glance enjoys relaxing on the covered front porch in the morning and evening. In the winter, the couple use its three working fireplaces. While the living room fireplace burns logs, the dining room and den fireplaces use gas.

"We love having the fireplace on in the winter during dinner," Mrs. Glance said.

The second level holds four bedrooms and two full baths, one of which is en suite.

"There's a door between two of the bedrooms and a bathroom with windows that open like French doors onto Parrish Park. When you open that up at night, you feel like you're sleeping in the trees," Mrs. Glance said, adding that her two sons, Jonathan and Jason, shared that suite.

In the other second-floor suite, Mrs. Glance and her husband used one bedroom and turned the other bedroom into a sitting room.

The home's third floor used to be two bedrooms and a bath but the couple turned it into one large office for Mr. Glance's architectural firm. The third floor has central air conditioning but the rest of the house does not.

"Because it's stone, the house stays very cool," Mrs. Glance said.

In the basement, the walls are made of undulating stone. There's a paneled room, a pantry, a coat closet and a concrete floor. Large trees dot the yard, which has ivy and pachysandra as ground cover. There's a double detached garage.

The property has an assessed market value of $193,400 (http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/). In the past four years, only one house has sold on Pilgrim Road, for $186,400 in April 2008 (www.realstats.net).

Parrish Park offers swings, a ball field, asphalt tennis courts and a playground. In the 1960s, Rosslyn Farms School was turned into a community center that features a library, secondhand clothing store, meeting room, stage and gym. The community club sponsors an Easter egg hunt, a Fourth of July parade with a costume contest, an annual wine tasting and a mystery house tour at Christmas.

Marylynne Pitz can be reached at mpitz@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1648.

By Marylynne Pitz

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The first time Karen Glance saw the stone-and-stucco home at 94 Pilgrim Road in Rosslyn Farms, she told the owners: "I love your house. If you ever sell it, will you please let me know?"

Mrs. Glance fell in love with the property after she saw the large cherry-paneled living room with beamed ceilings, the Tudor-style dining room with stained-glass windows and French doors, plus the patio and English garden.

Thirteen years later, the owners called. By then, Mrs. Glance was 40 and had enrolled in college to obtain her teaching degree.

"We said 'Yes, we will definitely buy it.' Back then, homes were sold by word of mouth. It was very rare for a home in Rosslyn Farms to go on the open market," Mrs. Glance recalled.

The couple, who paid $190,000 for the property in 1989, are now moving to Canada. Their five-bedroom home (MLS No. 776110) is priced at $449,900 with RE/MAX Realty Brokers agent Maggie Jayson (412-999-9528 or www.pittsburgh-homes.com). An open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. today.

Situated on a pie-shaped corner lot, the house was built around 1910. Its stone exterior and broad front porch give it a Craftsman look; there are oak hardwood floors throughout.

A window that overlooks the covered front porch faces Parrish Park, named after William Parrish, father of the home's former owner, Sally Ford, who was the mayor of Rosslyn Farms.

During good weather, Mrs. Glance enjoys relaxing on the covered front porch in the morning and evening. In the winter, the couple use its three working fireplaces. While the living room fireplace burns logs, the dining room and den fireplaces use gas.

"We love having the fireplace on in the winter during dinner," Mrs. Glance said.

The second level holds four bedrooms and two full baths, one of which is en suite.

"There's a door between two of the bedrooms and a bathroom with windows that open like French doors onto Parrish Park. When you open that up at night, you feel like you're sleeping in the trees," Mrs. Glance said, adding that her two sons, Jonathan and Jason, shared that suite.

In the other second-floor suite, Mrs. Glance and her husband used one bedroom and turned the other bedroom into a sitting room.

The home's third floor used to be two bedrooms and a bath but the couple turned it into one large office for Mr. Glance's architectural firm. The third floor has central air conditioning but the rest of the house does not.

"Because it's stone, the house stays very cool," Mrs. Glance said.

In the basement, the walls are made of undulating stone. There's a paneled room, a pantry, a coat closet and a concrete floor. Large trees dot the yard, which has ivy and pachysandra as ground cover. There's a double detached garage.

The property has an assessed market value of $193,400 (http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/). In the past four years, only one house has sold on Pilgrim Road, for $186,400 in April 2008 (www.realstats.net).

Parrish Park offers swings, a ball field, asphalt tennis courts and a playground. In the 1960s, Rosslyn Farms School was turned into a community center that features a library, secondhand clothing store, meeting room, stage and gym. The community club sponsors an Easter egg hunt, a Fourth of July parade with a costume contest, an annual wine tasting and a mystery house tour at Christmas.

Marylynne Pitz can be reached at mpitz@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1648.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The first time Karen Glance saw the stone-and-stucco home at 94 Pilgrim Road in Rosslyn Farms, she told the owners: "I love your house. If you ever sell it, will you please let me know?"

Mrs. Glance fell in love with the property after she saw the large cherry-paneled living room with beamed ceilings, the Tudor-style dining room with stained-glass windows and French doors, plus the patio and English garden.

Thirteen years later, the owners called. By then, Mrs. Glance was 40 and had enrolled in college to obtain her teaching degree.

"We said 'Yes, we will definitely buy it.' Back then, homes were sold by word of mouth. It was very rare for a home in Rosslyn Farms to go on the open market," Mrs. Glance recalled.

The couple, who paid $190,000 for the property in 1989, are now moving to Canada. Their five-bedroom home (MLS No. 776110) is priced at $449,900 with RE/MAX Realty Brokers agent Maggie Jayson (412-999-9528 or www.pittsburgh-homes.com). An open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. today.

Situated on a pie-shaped corner lot, the house was built around 1910. Its stone exterior and broad front porch give it a Craftsman look; there are oak hardwood floors throughout.

A window that overlooks the covered front porch faces Parrish Park, named after William Parrish, father of the home's former owner, Sally Ford, who was the mayor of Rosslyn Farms.

During good weather, Mrs. Glance enjoys relaxing on the covered front porch in the morning and evening. In the winter, the couple use its three working fireplaces. While the living room fireplace burns logs, the dining room and den fireplaces use gas.

"We love having the fireplace on in the winter during dinner," Mrs. Glance said.

The second level holds four bedrooms and two full baths, one of which is en suite.

"There's a door between two of the bedrooms and a bathroom with windows that open like French doors onto Parrish Park. When you open that up at night, you feel like you're sleeping in the trees," Mrs. Glance said, adding that her two sons, Jonathan and Jason, shared that suite.

In the other second-floor suite, Mrs. Glance and her husband used one bedroom and turned the other bedroom into a sitting room.

The home's third floor used to be two bedrooms and a bath but the couple turned it into one large office for Mr. Glance's architectural firm. The third floor has central air conditioning but the rest of the house does not.

"Because it's stone, the house stays very cool," Mrs. Glance said.

In the basement, the walls are made of undulating stone. There's a paneled room, a pantry, a coat closet and a concrete floor. Large trees dot the yard, which has ivy and pachysandra as ground cover. There's a double detached garage.

The property has an assessed market value of $193,400 (http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/). In the past four years, only one house has sold on Pilgrim Road, for $186,400 in April 2008 (www.realstats.net).

Parrish Park offers swings, a ball field, asphalt tennis courts and a playground. In the 1960s, Rosslyn Farms School was turned into a community center that features a library, secondhand clothing store, meeting room, stage and gym. The community club sponsors an Easter egg hunt, a Fourth of July parade with a costume contest, an annual wine tasting and a mystery house tour at Christmas.

Marylynne Pitz can be reached at mpitz@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1648.

By Marylynne Pitz

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The first time Karen Glance saw the stone-and-stucco home at 94 Pilgrim Road in Rosslyn Farms, she told the owners: "I love your house. If you ever sell it, will you please let me know?"

Mrs. Glance fell in love with the property after she saw the large cherry-paneled living room with beamed ceilings, the Tudor-style dining room with stained-glass windows and French doors, plus the patio and English garden.

Thirteen years later, the owners called. By then, Mrs. Glance was 40 and had enrolled in college to obtain her teaching degree.

"We said 'Yes, we will definitely buy it.' Back then, homes were sold by word of mouth. It was very rare for a home in Rosslyn Farms to go on the open market," Mrs. Glance recalled.

The couple, who paid $190,000 for the property in 1989, are now moving to Canada. Their five-bedroom home (MLS No. 776110) is priced at $449,900 with RE/MAX Realty Brokers agent Maggie Jayson (412-999-9528 or www.pittsburgh-homes.com). An open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. today.

Situated on a pie-shaped corner lot, the house was built around 1910. Its stone exterior and broad front porch give it a Craftsman look; there are oak hardwood floors throughout.

A window that overlooks the covered front porch faces Parrish Park, named after William Parrish, father of the home's former owner, Sally Ford, who was the mayor of Rosslyn Farms.

During good weather, Mrs. Glance enjoys relaxing on the covered front porch in the morning and evening. In the winter, the couple use its three working fireplaces. While the living room fireplace burns logs, the dining room and den fireplaces use gas.

"We love having the fireplace on in the winter during dinner," Mrs. Glance said.

The second level holds four bedrooms and two full baths, one of which is en suite.

"There's a door between two of the bedrooms and a bathroom with windows that open like French doors onto Parrish Park. When you open that up at night, you feel like you're sleeping in the trees," Mrs. Glance said, adding that her two sons, Jonathan and Jason, shared that suite.

In the other second-floor suite, Mrs. Glance and her husband used one bedroom and turned the other bedroom into a sitting room.

The home's third floor used to be two bedrooms and a bath but the couple turned it into one large office for Mr. Glance's architectural firm. The third floor has central air conditioning but the rest of the house does not.

"Because it's stone, the house stays very cool," Mrs. Glance said.

In the basement, the walls are made of undulating stone. There's a paneled room, a pantry, a coat closet and a concrete floor. Large trees dot the yard, which has ivy and pachysandra as ground cover. There's a double detached garage.

The property has an assessed market value of $193,400 (http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/). In the past four years, only one house has sold on Pilgrim Road, for $186,400 in April 2008 (www.realstats.net).

Parrish Park offers swings, a ball field, asphalt tennis courts and a playground. In the 1960s, Rosslyn Farms School was turned into a community center that features a library, secondhand clothing store, meeting room, stage and gym. The community club sponsors an Easter egg hunt, a Fourth of July parade with a costume contest, an annual wine tasting and a mystery house tour at Christmas.

SALES SNAPSHOT

CARNEGIE
	2008	2009
SALES	126	103
MEDIAN PRICE	$90,000	$82,940
HIGHEST PRICE	$263,000	$274,000
CRAFTON
	2008	2009
SALES	70	58
MEDIAN PRICE	$97,000	$106,300
HIGHEST PRICE	$250,000	$389,000
HEIDELBERG
	2008	2009
SALES	29	23
MEDIAN PRICE	$65,000	$66,300
HIGHEST PRICE	$168,000	$123,500
INGRAM
	2008	2009
SALES	39	29
MEDIAN PRICE	$74,440	$79,900
HIGHEST PRICE	$230,900	$150,000
KENNEDY
	2008	2009
SALES	131	108
MEDIAN PRICE	$156,000	$150,918
HIGHEST PRICE	$280,000 $792,250
McKEES ROCKS
	2008	2009
SALES	127	106
MEDIAN PRICE	$24,000	$21,000
HIGHEST PRICE	$102,000	$1,076,666
NEVILLE
	2008	2009
SALES	8	15
MEDIAN PRICE	$48,000	$55,000
HIGHEST PRICE	$145,000	$99,900
ROSSLYN FARMS
	2008	2009
SALES	7	6
MEDIAN PRICE	$196,000	$275,000
HIGHEST PRICE	$840,000	$483,554
STOWE
	2008	2009
SALES	126	105
MEDIAN PRICE	$39,800	$23,500
HIGHEST PRICE	$150,000	$170,000
THORNBURG
	2008	2009
SALES	6	3
MEDIAN PRICE	$255,000	$250,000
HIGHEST PRICE	$385,000	$297,000
28TH WARD/WEST END
	2008	2009
SALES	195	124
MEDIAN PRICE	$72,500	$68,000
HIGHEST PRICE	$325,000	$257,750