187 College Street

About this home

College Street splits with Churchill Crescent just south of Johnson. The pair remind me of a river navigating around immovable bedrock as it makes for the lake. It collects itself again by the time it reaches Hill Street, but that loop (like a knot in a rope, a ring on a finger) contains some of Kingston's finest properties. 187 College is a stately four-bedroom brick home on the north-east corner of that circle. On the market for the first time since 1974 (the house was built in 1948) there are four sprawling bedrooms on the second floor, two full bathrooms, a finished basement with rec room and laundry, two (yes two!) sunrooms at the back, a simple garage, and a collection of faded wall-to-wall carpets spread like the wings of mid-century butterflies. You'll remove those is my guess, as part of a general reworking of these gracious spaces. And they really should film that rejuvenation, the bringing of new life onto one of the street's bigger properties, on one of its most generous, pretty lots. There is a main-floor office (or bedroom) and family room too, and a pull-down ladder reveals a large attic space for your overflow and your development dreams. My first time in the house I recall being momentarily alone in the 25-foot-deep living room, with the old fireplace to my left and a mile of hardwood between me and the distant library shelves. A hot morning sun was working through the trees behind the house. It felt that anything and everything was possible. It felt I was peering through a clear lens into a brilliant future. I would pay good money to hold onto that sensation. And when you visit, when you pause in one room or another to register exactly where you are, and what you can do here, I am convinced you will feel the same way.

Details

Type

Detached

Style

2-Storey

Age

51-99 years

Size

2000-2500 sq ft

Lot

45 × 148.75 ft

Basement

Partially Finished

Garage

Attached

Kitchens

1

Property tax

$10,630 (2025)

Neighbourhood

14 - Central City East

Municipality

Kingston

Price per sq ft

$377 (37% below detached houses in 14 - Central City East, $602)

Interior

Bedrooms

5 above ground

Bathrooms

1 × 4-piece (ground), 1 × 4-piece (second)

Rooms

19 above ground

Family room or den

Yes

Fireplace

Living Room

Heating, cooling and services

Heating

Baseboard, Electric

Water and sewer

Sewer

Building and exterior

Style

2-Storey

Exterior

Brick

Roof

Asphalt Shingle

Foundation

Concrete Block

Age

51-99 years

Faces

East

Parking

Garage spaces

1

Total parking

4

Driveway and parking

Private

Lot

Size

45 × 148.75 ft (pie)

More

Possession

30 days

Cross street

Earl and College

Rooms

Location

Location is approximate. See nearby homes on the map