$700,000 Homes in Kentucky, New Hampshire and Minnesota

Lexington, Ky. | $695,000

A 1926 brick house with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, on a 0.2-acre lot

This house is in Ashland Park, less than a mile from the University of Kentucky and within a 15-minute walk of several university athletic fields. Woodland Park, which has an indoor aquatic center and a skate park, and a shopping center with a florist, an ice-cream parlor and a number of restaurants are also within walking distance.

A museum in the childhood home of Mary Ann Todd Lincoln and other downtown attractions are 10 minutes away by car. Driving to Louisville or Cincinnati takes about 90 minutes. Nashville is three and a half hours away.

Size: 2,770 square feet

Price per square foot: $251

Indoors: A paved path runs from the sidewalk to the front door, which is crowned by a fanlight and framed by a columned pediment.

Past the threshold is a foyer with hardwood floors, a staircase with its original wood banister and a built-in niche for holding a telephone. The hardwood floors continue to the left, into a living room with a fireplace and access to a sunroom with large windows and built-in shelving.

Through a set of doors on the opposite side of the living room is a dining room with glass doors that open to a deck. A short corridor off the dining room leads to a kitchen with white cabinetry, granite counters, a white subway-tile backsplash and stainless steel appliances. A sunny breakfast room with access to the deck and a powder room are off the kitchen.

All three bedrooms are on the second floor. The two guest rooms are at one end of the upstairs hall. Each is large enough to hold a queen-size bed and a desk; they share a full bathroom with a combined tub and shower.