459 S Nelson Avenue — Kankakee, IL 60901
Active Under Contract
Kankakee, IL 60901

459 S Nelson Avenue

$111,987
2 beds · 1 bath · 1,008 sqft
Listed at $111,987 96 days on market $318/yr taxes
01About this home

Yes you can OWN THIS HOME to live in for almost $112,000! Take a look inside this MOSTLY BRICK HOME. The LIVING ROOM is rather spacious with it being OPEN TO THE DINING ROOM. The hardwood floors blend the 2 rooms into 1 LARGER ROOM. The kitchen is almost LARGE ENOUGH for a table and is large enough to prepare the food for all residents. Down a short hallway are 2 BEDROOMS and a full bathroom. BOTH BEDROOMSs are RATHER LARGE with hardwood floors and good size closets. Behind the kitchen is the ENCLOSED PORCH for you to unwind on. Then there is the SPACIOUS BACK YARD which leads back to the 1 CAR GARAGE to keep your car off the street. The BASEMENT is unfinished waiting for you to add YOUR VISION of leaving it unfinished or ADDING A FAMILY ROOM for a second living area. A few blocks away is one of the few RIVERFRONT HISTORIC DISTRICTS, the Riverview Historic District and just a few short blocks away from the CROWN JEWEL PARK of Kankakee! Nearby are 2 RIVERFRONT PARKS with walking trails, 8 tennis courts, 3 PICKLEBALL COURTS, shuffleboard and more. 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, Madame St. Vintage, an indoor mall with Stefari Coffee House, the LUSH VINE wine bar plus Rebel Ice Cream and more! Plus the RIVERFRONT MASTER PLAN with the East Riverwalk! Kankakee School District offers MORE PROGRAM CHOICES than any other area school district. Close by is I-57 and POOR BOY RESTAURANT, McDonalds, CAPTAIN FRESH FISH & Chicken, Trendz Beauty Supply, Ricky Rockets Fuel Center, DAIRY QUEEN, Domino's Pizza, LOS PEREZ SUPERMARKET and more! EMPOLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES right off the highway like Hoekstra Trucking, CMC MILLIPORE, Heartland Harvest, Kankakee Tank Wash, CMC REBAR and more! Schools nearby with unique education choices like MAGNET & MONTESSORI, the Culinary Arts with the KAYS KITCHEN FOOD TRUCK to give students Culinary and BUSINESS EXPERIENCE and Kankakee Kays Battalion JROTC. Experience Kankakee and its MANY AMENITIES while traveling only about an hour to DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. I-57 is only about 3 minutes away. SOME EVENTS in Kankakee include the Merchant Street MusicFest, KANKAKEE RIVER VALLEY REGATTA, Cobb Park Criterium and more! Estate so being sold "As Is". Start Packin'!

02Inside the home
03By the numbers
$111,987
List price
1,008
Square feet
2
Bedrooms
1 full
Bathrooms
1948
Year built
0.17 ac
Lot size
1.5
Garage spaces
$318
Annual taxes
Bungalow
Style
96
Days on market
04Features
Heating
Natural GasForced Air
Cooling
Central Air
Appliances
RangeWasherDryer
Parking
ConcreteSide DrivewayGarage OwnedDetachedGarage
Construction
Vinyl SidingBrick
Equipment
TV-CableCO DetectorsWater Heater-Gas
Sewer
Public Sewer
05Neighborhood
This home HHigh school
H High school
Kankakee High School
Kankakee, IL
📍2.2 mi🚗6 min🚶54 min
06History

Every event we have for this address, straight from the MLS.

Feb 14, 2026
Listed for saleThis listing
Coldwell Banker Realty
$111,987
Sourced from MRED. Older events appear here as our history backfill completes.
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Listed by Coldwell Banker Realty · Berry McCracken · 815-954-7761
MLS data provided through MLS GRID · MRED MLS · MLS# MRD12564302
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