36 Rabbit Run Road
Description
McElroy built more than 200 contemporary homes along the Main Line and on Valley Forge Mountain from the late 1950s through the 1970s, but his own home is where he created his most personal and ambitious work. It was designed for a life surrounded by art, with walls made...The McElroy House. Newly priced and set on five private acres in Willistown Township, with a stream running through its wooded grounds, this is the home legendary builder Robert McElroy designed and built for his own family in 1975.
McElroy built more than 200 contemporary homes along the Main Line and on Valley Forge Mountain from the late 1950s through the 1970s, but his own home is where he created his most personal and ambitious work. It was designed for a life surrounded by art, with walls made for paintings and sculpture, a sprawling first-floor art studio, and soaring, light-filled spaces that turn the entire house into a gallery. The primary suite includes a lofted library overlooking the living space below, while a detached four-car garage includes McElroy’s own purpose-built woodworking shop.
The soul of the house is its woodwork by Horace Hartshaw, who worked alongside the iconic woodworker Wharton Esherick in the 1960s. Its centerpiece is the spiral staircase in the library, where massive hand-carved treads seem to float around a single central column as they rise to a book-lined loft. It is as much sculpture as staircase. The kitchen is a work of art in its own right, with Hartshaw’s warm wood cabinetry, a gently curving island, and a live-edge beam framing a picture window onto the woods. That same craftsmanship carries into the bathrooms, which feature Hartshaw’s custom wood cabinetry. Throughout the house, he created additional staircases, solid doors with hand-carved pulls, flowing stair rails, desks, shelving, and ladders. Each piece was made by hand for its place in this house.
McElroy described his work as finding an interesting site and interfering with it as little as possible. To achieve this, he clad the house in bald cypress, the wood Frank Lloyd Wright favored for many of his Usonian houses for its natural durability. Known as “the wood eternal,” the cypress was reclaimed from local mushroom farms and has weathered to blend into the surrounding woods, so the house lives as one with its site.
For all its seclusion, the house sits in the coveted Radnor Hunt area of Malvern, just minutes from Route 202, the Paoli train station with SEPTA and Amtrak service, and the shops and restaurants of downtown Malvern.
The McElroy House is offered as-is and awaits its next steward: a buyer who values original, irreplaceable craftsmanship and has the vision to restore and care for this remarkable home. For those drawn to pedigreed architecture and a truly private natural setting, it is a rare opportunity to own a piece of the region’s modern history and shape its next chapter.
Location
$10,023 per month
30 year fixed, 7.03% Interest
$8,809
$1,214
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1Property Information for 36 Rabbit Run Road
Property Details
- Taxes: $14,569 / year
- MLS Type: Residential / Fee Simple
- County: Chester County
- Buyer's Agent Compensation: 2.5%
- Tax ID Number: 54-04 -0044
- Ownership: Fee Simple
- Condo Coop Association: No
- HOA: No
- Structure Type: Detached
- Style: Contemporary
- Levels/Stories: 2.5
- Waterfront: No
- Garage: Yes
- Expected On Market Date: 10-16-2025
- Subdivision: RADNOR HUNT
- Subdivision: RADNOR HUNT (CHESTER PA)
- Municipality: WILLISTOWN TWP
- Total Parking Spaces: 4
- Central Air: No
- Basement: No
- Above Grade Finished SQFT: 4,348.00
- Above Grade Fin SQFT Source: Assessor
- Below Grade Finished SQFT: .00
- Below Grade Fin SQFT Source: Assessor
- Below Grade Unfinished SQFT: .00
- Below Grade Unfin SQFT Source: Assessor
- Total Below Grade SQFT: .00
- Total Below Grade SQFT Source: Assessor
- New Construction: No
Building Information
- Year Built: 1975
- Lot Size: 5.00 AC / 217,800 SF
Location
- School District Name: GREAT VALLEY
- School District County ID: 300200397337
- SchoolDistrictSource: Listing Agent
- County: CHESTER
- MLS Area: Willistown Twp (10354)
Waterfront / Water Access
- Water View: No
- Water Access: No
- Water Oriented: No
- Navigable Water: No
- Tidal Water: No
- Riparian Rights Y/N: No
Association / Community Info
- Senior Community: No
- Type of Condo
Taxes and Assessment
- Tax Year: 2025
- Tax Assessed Value: $475,130
- Year Assessed: 2025
- County Tax: $2,454
- Improvement Assessed Value: $305,940
- City Town Tax: $133
- Land Assessed Value: $169,190
- Clean Green Assessed: No
- Land Use Code: R10
- Zoning: R10 RES: 1 FAM
- Tax Lot: 0044
- School Tax: $11,983
- Automatically Update Tax Values Y/N: Yes
Rooms
- # Bedrooms Count Main Level: 0
- # Bathrooms Count Main Level: 2
- # Bathrooms Full Main Level: 1
- # Bathrooms Half Main Level: 1
- # Bedrooms Count All Upper Levels: 3
- # Bathrooms Count All Upper Levels: 2
- # Bathrooms Full All Upper Levels: 2
- # Bedrooms Count Upper Level: 3
- # Bathrooms Count Upper Level: 2
- # Bathrooms Full Upper Level: 2
- Stories: Main, Upper 1
Building Info
- Builder Name: Robert McElroy
- Total Finished SQFT: 4,348.00
- Total Finished SQFT Source: Assessor
- Tax Total Finished SQFT: 4,348.00
- Total SQFT: 4,348.00
- Total SQFT Source: Assessor
- Construction Materials: Frame
- Foundation Details: Slab
- Room and Floor: Bathrooms Full-Main Level-1, Bathrooms Half-Main Level-1, Bedrooms-Upper Level 1-1, Bedrooms-Upper Level 1-2, Bedrooms-Upper Level 1-3, Bathrooms Full-Upper Level 1-1, Bathrooms Full-Upper Level 1-2
- # Bathrooms Full: 3
- # Bathrooms Half: 1
- Other Structure: Above Grade, Below Grade
Lot / Land Information
- Lot Size Source: Assessor
- Lot Size Dimensions: 0.00 x 0.00
- Lot Dimensions Source: Assessor
- Parcel ID: 354021
Parking
- Type Of Parking: Detached Garage, Driveway
- Num of Detached Garage Spaces: 4
- Total Garage Spaces: 4
- Garage Features: Oversized
Interior Features
- Fireplace: Yes
- Fireplaces Count: 1
- Accessibility Features: None
Exterior Features
- Pool: No Pool
Utilities
- Heating: Yes
- Cooling Type: Ductless/Mini-Split
- Cooling Fuel: Electric
- Heating Type: Heat Pump(s)
- Heating Fuel: Oil, Electric
- Hot Water: Electric
- Water Source: Well
- Sewer Septic: On Site Septic
Property History for 36 Rabbit Run Road
| Date | Event & Source | Price | Appreciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | Price Change BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | $1,650,000 | — |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Listed (Active) BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | — | — |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Active Under Contract BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | — | — |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Listed (Active) BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | — | — |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Active Under Contract BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Listed (Active) BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | $1,990,000 | — |
| Date | Event & Source | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 10/16/2026 | Price Change BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | $1,650,000 |
| 08/11/2026 | Listed (Active) BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | — |
| 08/06/2026 | Active Under Contract BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | — |
| 03/02/2026 | Listed (Active) BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | — |
| 02/20/2026 | Active Under Contract BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | — |
| 10/16/2025 | Listed (Active) BRIGHT #PACT2110482 | $1,990,000 |
For completeness, we often displays two records for one sale: the MLS record and the public record.
Public Records for 36 Rabbit Run Road
Taxable Value
Land
$169,190Additions
$305,940Tax Record
2026
$1,457 ($121 / month)Home Facts
Beds
3Baths
3Total Finished SqFt
4,348 SqFtAbove Grade Finished SqFt
4,348 SqFtStories
2Lot Size
217,800 SqFtStyle
Single Family ResidenceYear Built
1975Year Renovated
1975Zoning
RUCounty
CHESTERAPN
5404 00440000Schools near 36 Rabbit Run Road
Rating | School | Type | Grades | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public - | K to 4 | |||
| Public - | 5 to 6 | |||
| Public - | 7 to 8 | |||
| Public - | 9 to 12 |
Rating | School | Distance |
|---|---|---|
General Wayne El School PublicK to 4 | ||
Great Valley 5/6 Center Public5 to 6 | ||
Great Valley Middle School Public7 to 8 | ||
Great Valley High School Public9 to 12 |
School ratings and boundaries are provided by GreatSchools.org and Pitney Bowes. This information should only be used as a reference. Proximity or boundaries shown here are not a guarantee of enrollment. Please reach out to schools directly to verify all information and enrollment eligibility.
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