415 Pershing Dr, New Kensington, PA 15068

The house sits on a corner in Mount Vernon, brick from the foundation to the eaves, with a slate roof laid down in 1938 and still good for another generation. A Japanese maple keeps watch out front. River stones edge the beds. The walk runs under an arched doorway and into rooms where the hardwood has just been refinished, every board on every floor, so new the light catches differently in the morning than it will by fall.nThe living room turns toward the fireplace. It's gas now, but the carved mantel is the one the house was built with, and the arched openings to either side are too. They lead into the dining room, where the chandelier hangs low over the table and crown molding traces the ceiling all the way around. A pass-through cut into the wall opens onto the kitchen: white cabinets, stainless appliances, French-door refrigerator, Maytag range, dishwasher, microwave, all of them staying with the house.nTwo bedrooms upstairs, tucked under the dormers, both proper rooms with proper closets, original hardwoods, ceiling fans, and the kind of built-in nooks with drawers that seamlessly tuck into the walls. The bath between them is white-tiled, bright, and ready to use the day you move in.nThe deck is the part that earns its keep in summer. It comes off the dining room and wraps the side and back of the house in a long L, covered the whole way, with a canvas awning and string lights running the length of it. Past the railing the land falls away into the river valley. The yard