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Sold on 10/22/2025
Berry McCracken of Coldwell Banker Realty
  • Exterior
  • Other
  • Dining
  • Kitchen
  • Bedroom
  • Bath

1256 S Lincoln Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901

  • $183,000

    Last sold 10/22/2025 after 101 Days

  • 3

    bed

  • 3

    bath

  • 1,862

    Sqft ($98/Sqft)

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About 1256 S Lincoln Ave

Property type House
Neighborhood
Year built 1941
HOA fee $0/month
Lot size 6,970 Sqft
Parking 1 garage spaces
Property description
Walk into this 3 BEDROOM BRICK & STONE HOME and you'll be greeted by this open and COZY LIVING/DINING ROOM combination with hardwood floors and woodburning FIREPLACE. The dining room area steps into an updated & carpeted SCREENED-IN PORCH that looks out onto the LARGE BACK YARD. The dining room area also leads to the EAT IN KITCHEN area with appliances that is one of the LARGER KITCHENS in Riverview with an eat in area that looks out over a LARGE BUILT-IN BENCH with storage and through a large PICTURE WINDOW onto the large back yard. Step up from the living room into a hallway leading to both 1ST FLOOR BEDROOMS and the full bathroom. Both bedrooms have HARDWOOD FLOORS. The living room has an unassuming door that leads to the LARGE 3RD BEDROOM with HARDWOOD FLOORS on the 2nd floor, perfect for a grown child returning home or a GUEST ROOM with its own HALF BATH, a closet and WALK-IN ATTIC space. The FULL BASEMENT has another living space plus plenty of STORAGE. A few blocks away is one of the few RIVERFRONT HISTORIC DISTRICTS, the Riverview Historic District and just blocks away from the CROWN JEWEL PARK of Kankakee! Nearby are 2 RIVERFRONT PARKS with walking trails, 8 tennis courts, 3 PICKLEBALL COURTS & shuffleboard. Plus the BOAT CLUB with boat launches, the COUNTRY CLUB, Frank Lloyd Wright's first PRAIRIE DESIGNED B. Harley Bradley house, the KANKAKEE RIVER and the Kankakee Riverfront Trail BIKE TRAIL. The nearby Kankakee River is part of the National Water Trail great for KAYAKING, canoeing, boating, WATER SKIING, jet skis, etc. Also, close to the highly rated Kankakee FARMERS MARKET in downtown Kankakee and Downtown Historic District along with great businesses like art galleries, a wine & craft beer boutique, HISTORIC PARAMOUNT THEATER, Rubber Rose Books & Print, Madame St. Vintage, an indoor mall with and the LUSH VINE wine bar plus Stefari Coffee House and more! Plus the RIVERFRONT MASTER PLAN with the East Riverwalk! Kankakee School District offers MORE PROGRAM CHOICES than any other area school district. Unique choices like MAGNET & MONTESSORI, the Culinary Arts with the KAYS KITCHEN FOOD TRUCK to give students Culinary or BUSINESS EXPERIENCE and Kankakee Kays Battalion JROTC. Experience Kankakee and its MANY AMENITIES while traveling only about an hour to downtown Chicago. SOME EVENTS in Kankakee include the Merchant Street MusicFest, KANKAKEE RIVER VALLEY REGATTA, Cobb Park Criterium and more! Find out why so many people find the unique & POPULAR RIVERVIEW AREA so attractive! ASK FOR the 1 year AHS brand HOME WARRANTY!
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Listing Agent - Berry McCracken
Listing Office - Coldwell Banker Realty
Source: MRED mls logo
MLS#12411959 • last updated 5 months ago
Movoto checked MRED for data 7 minutes ago
Overview
Cooling/AC Central Air
Levels/Style Bungalow
MLS # 12411959
Virtual Tour N/A
Status Closed
SubType 1.5 Story
Living Area 1862
Type Detached Single
Lot Size (Acres) 0.16
Property Tax $ 2211
Year Built 1941
HOA Fee $ 0, Not Applicable
Interior
# Full Baths 1
# Half Baths 2
Attic Finished
Add'l Room(s) Screened Porch
Dining Room Combined W/ LivRm
Total # of Rooms 7
Flooring Hardwood
Accessibility Features No
# Fireplaces 1
Fireplace Living Room
Windows Window Treatments
Exterior
Foundation Concrete Perimeter
Roof Asphalt
# Garage Spaces 1
Patio and Porch Screened
Lot Desc Less Than 0.25 Acre, Mature Trees
Amenities / Utilities
Electricity Circuit Breakers
Sewer/ Septic Desc Public Sewer
Water Source Public
HOA Fee Includes None
Location
Area Kankakee
County Kankakee
Elementary School District 111
High School Kankakee High School
Middle School District 111
High School District 111
APN 16170910200400
Zoning SINGL
Directions Cobb Blvd To S. Lincoln Ave. 1/2 Block North On Right.
We are not permitted to show value estimates for this property.
  • Dec 2025
    mls logo MLS # 12411959
  • Dec 4, 2025 Sold
    $183,000 (-3.7%)
  • Nov 26, 2025 Pending
  • Jul 20, 2025 Pending
  • Jul 20, 2025 Active
  • Jul 18, 2025 Listed
    $189,987 (-5.0%)
  • Jul 13, 2025 Listed
    $200,000
  • Jul 13, 2025 Listed
    $200,000
  • 1256 S Lincoln Ave
    $183K
  • Kankakee
  • 60901
    $185K +2% y/y
  • Kankakee
    $185K +2% y/y
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