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Villisca has it's own Water Dept., & Power Plant (Emergency), Swimming Pool & Football Field, Great 4th of July activities & fireworks. Town Square Veterans Memorial & Armory, playground, community center, friendly restaurant, Banquet Building, antique Stores, Vol. Fire dept. & EMT, car repair & body shop, Farmers Mutual telephone Company with fiber-optic cable, Drug store, Villisca Medical Clinic, Good Samaritan Society nursing home, Casey's General store, Dollar General, Sat. Farmer's Market, 5 Churches, Funeral Home, VFW & American Legion. Villisca is 60 miles from Offutt AFB.

Home Description

Each floor x3 are 31'x31'= 2883 sq. ft. Basement is T wall construction cinder block, finished Basement (full bath & laundry room, craft room with plenty of storage, 3 car garage 36'x36' with 96" doors with 11'x36' workshop in back of garage. 25# 35 addition between original home & garage with Handicap bath=875sq, ft., 10'x12' shed for lawnmowers & garden tools, The Home, addition, garage, workshop and shed have all new electrical, plumbing, Gerard Steel Roofing, 4 doorbells-each with chime. The home & workshop have intercom & radio system. Many of the outside walls replaced on inside of home with new insulation. LR, DR, 3BRs have 1 1/2 inch wide Oak flooring. Kitchen, 3 1/2 bath, & ground level side entry with large walk-in closet have linoleum. New Maple Kit. cabinets, Artist Edition Kohler Farm Sink, 4'x5' island; Aga Heartland stove, refrigerator and dishwasher.

Recent Improvements

Old Kitchen cabinets repurposed to basement "craft room with 2nd fridge & a "Youngstown sink by Mullens"1930's era metal double sink & drainboards with drawers and cabinet. 2 year old GE washer & dryer, 2 year old Sears upright Freezer (convertible to refrigerator by switch inside). 1913 date embedded w/decorative stones on stoop tops, front porch is 31'x9'8", 11'x15' screened in patio w/ceiling fan & light. 9' ceilings on 1st floor, 8' on 2nd floor, 7' in basement.