Mid-19th century simplicity, Victorian panache, 20th century spacious additions, 21st century comfort and convenience: All tied up into one wonderfully warm and inviting single residence on one of Chestnut Hill's favorite streets. 217 East Evergreen Avenue offers 3+ bedrooms with 2 1/2 baths. Two first floor parlors-one with fireplace. Formal dining room with door to covered porch. Cook's eat-in kitchen re-designed and fully renovated in 2008 with door to gardens. 1st floor powder room. 28'x16' family room with sliding doors to the gardens, with fireplace and west-facing bay windows looking onto green views of rear grounds. How will you use this huge room? Perhaps family room, play room, artist's studio, office, entertainment room, work-out room, perhaps a downstairs bedroom--or some combination thereof? (The kitchen and family room are a 1967 addition.) The second floor offers a master suite including bedroom, large dressing room with oversize armoire, and newly created and masterfully planned master bathroom with deep tub, separate glass shower, double sinks in wall of custom cabinetry with soap stone counter tops, ceramic tile floor with electric radiant heat. The third floor offers a large bedroom with storage, a smaller bedroom, a full bath. The basement is a pleasant space, utilitarian for laundry (washer & dryer & sink), 2008 gas furnace, 2017 gas h/w/h, 200 AMP electric, fully water-proofed. House fully air conditioned except for 3rd floor. Roofs all new in 2016. And then there are the gardens: perennials in front, a private courtyard surrounded by color and natural drama on the side, a lawn bedecked with flowering shrubs and established trees in the rear. Off-street parking for at least 2 cars. Walking distance to Germantown Avenue, to commuter train, to variety of shops, fine food emporiums and restaurants of Chestnut Hill. Walk score: 84. Interior photos will be available by Sunday 5/7 if not before. Showings may begin on Tuesday, May 9, after 1pm.