After 20 years of living out her lifelong dream, Latrobe resident Carol Kornides is looking to sell her Victorian Lady of Academy Hill tea parlor along Greensburg’s North Main Street.

Kornides and her husband, Jeff Kornides, purchased the two-­story, 1884 house in 2003 while working full-time at West Penn Power — Jeff as an accounting manager and Carol as a supervisor in the real estate department.

Inspired by slow mornings drinking tea and eating homemade bread with honey at her grandparents’ house as a child, Carol had planned to open a tea room in retirement.

She organized a tea group of six people, which met four times a year for nearly 15 years to enjoy their beloved beverage at parlors throughout Western Pennsylvania. Over the years, she collected items for her future tea room, not knowing at the time when or where it would become a reality.

When the North Main Street house went up for sale, Jeff encouraged her not to wait any longer to pursue her dream.

The couple spent three years installing an addition and renovating the home to match their Victorian-era vision before opening the business in 2006. They wanted it to become a respite and gathering place for families and friends.

“We prayed that that’s what it would be,” Carol said, “and it was.”

For the first 13 years, Carol and Jeff operated the tea room while working full-time at West Penn Power. They hired a baker and garnered help from family. Carol’s mother made the tea sandwich fillings, and her niece pitched in as a server.

But after 20 years in business, the couple decided to take a step back from the tea room to spend more time with loved ones in retirement. They hosted their final tea, in celebration of Mother’s Day, on May 10.

The business is listed by Berkshire Hathaway for $289,900. It will remain open on select dates — which will be announced on the business’s website — for tea leaf and merchandise sales, Carol said.

The tea room’s answering machine has been full of farewell messages from customers since the closing was announced, Carol said.

“An outpouring of love and kindness and generosity from our customers has been just humbling and overwhelming,” she said. “My husband and I put our heart and soul into this, and we’d hate to see it go away as a tea room. We want it to continue, so we’re just hoping and praying that if it’s meant to be, someone will come along.”