In January, the sale of a colonial-style house in Mount Wolf made history.
The house was the homestead of former Gov. Tom Wolf’s family since it was built in the mid-1800s on Front Street, just by the railroad tracks and adjacent to buildings that housed the Wolf family’s lumber yard and building supply business that earned the family its fortune.
Wolf sold the house last December – the closing was listed in deed transfers in January – to move to an apartment in Philadelphia with his wife, Frances. Wolf, a former two-term governor, had lived his entire life in the small town that bears the name of his ancestor, Adam Wolf.
Wolf said at the time that selling the home and moving was a tough decision, but that he and his wife felt the need to downsize – the 4,800-square-foot home and its .85-acre grounds required a lot of upkeep – and wished to live closer to their daughters, one living in Philadelphia and another living in New York. They also wished to be closer to their three grandchildren, who ranged in age from 2 to 5.