Any 90-year-old house could use some work. This one at 419 Bryan Ave., Baden, Beaver County (MLS. No. 737944) probably needs more than most. But the payoff is a sturdy brick house with lots of space -- without paying too much.

The 1918 Foursquare, a bank foreclosure, is priced at $47,500 by Bernice Schoedel of Northwood Realty Services' Cranberry office (724-612-4899, www.northwood.com).

Foursquare refers not to the house's architectural style, which is basic Colonial, but to its floorplan -- a central hall with rooms at each corner. There are a few old-house amenities, including a window seat in the 13-by-11-foot dining room and a pair of French doors leading from the closed-in front porch to the 16-by-12-foot living room. The Realtor suggests a new owner might want to restore the front porch. Although the house was built with fireplaces, all have been closed in and the mantels removed.

There are four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths (a powder room on the first floor and full baths on the second and third floors). The nearly one-third-acre property is a fenced double lot, unusual for Baden, with mature trees. There is no garage but there are three off-street parking spaces.

The property's market value is $40,000 according to the Beaver County Assessment Office (www.co.beaver.pa.us/assessmentpublic). One house has sold twice on Bryan Avenue over the past three years, for $75,000 in July 2005 and $81,000 in May 2007 (www.realstats.net). Baden is in the Ambridge School District (www.ambridge.k12.pa.us).