A real estate investment with great character awaits you in this 1887 home, now a duplex, which sits in the national Harris-Kemper Historic District. The main floor unit is move-in ready with beautiful floors and wood trim throughout. High ceilings help make the unit feel extra spacious and two decorative fireplaces add to the main floor's beauty. There are two bedrooms and one full bathroom in each unit. Both units have access to basement spaces; the main floor access to the basement is inside the unit and the upper unit has basement access on its back porch. Both units have the convenience of laundry facilities without the need to go to the basement. The upper unit isn't as updated as the main floor unit and could use some finishing touches. There is off-street parking in back with a one-car detached The sellers have updated several things during their ownership. Some of the more significant updates or repairs include a new asphalt roof in 2019, new HVAC with high efficiency heat pumps in 2013 plus the main floor outside heat pump replaced in 2024, and lots of plumbing improvements over the last 10 years. In addition, new windows on the main floor and found windows upstairs were installed in 2019-2020. And in 2023, new gutters were installed around the front porch.