Listers: It is a great pleasure to read this discussion of Pennsylvania's old stone homes. In 1948, we purchased one of the tenant houses on the Buckwalter Farm west of Phoenixville, and we lived in it for 22 years. As our family expanded, we expanded the house, but we took care not to disturb the structure of the original small stone home. It was a most satisfying experience and one we remember with deep feelings. We used to say the old house was loaded with charm and inconvenience, but as our family grew and we needed more room, we chose to stay in that house and extend it to fit our needs. It has sold several times since we left there in 1972. Our family grew up and went off to homes of their own and we no longer needed the expanded home. Each of the children admits to a great feeling of history and nostalgia when they think of their first home. As a birthday gift for my husband last year, I bought a copy of Stone Houses, the book you have all been studying and commenting about. I found the copy of the book on display in a Florida gift shop, the only copy they had. The ID for the book is that it was first published and copyrighted in 2005 by Rizzolli International Publications. ISBN-0-8478-2687-2, LCCN: 2005900673. The individual essayists are identified for each house. Photographs and one essay (p. 162) are by Geoffrey Cross. It is, indeed, a "coffee table book" to the eye, but has much greater significance to those of us who have lived in and loved SE Pennsylvania. If anyone needs any specific information from the book, just ask me off list. You will enjoy this as much as we do. Marj, formerly a Delaware/Chester Countian, now living in historic New Bern, NC. -----Original Message----- From: padelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CGarr34@aol.com Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:54 PM To: padelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PADELAWA] Bethel/Stone Houses "Stone Houses" table of contents: Thompson-Neely house at Washington Crossing Morgan Colt house & Studio at Phillips Mill Peaceable Farm (Buck's Co) Tuckamony Farm (Isaac Pickering) The Armitage House (Wm Penn to Frances White to Henry Paxson to Samuel Armitage in 1748) Kockert's Tavern (Jacob Kockert in 1764) Buckingham Friends Meeting House (1768) 'Old Conress' of Byecroft Farm (Thomas Bye - Thomas Woolston Bye) The Eight-Square schoolhouse (Buck's Co. 1773) The Prickett House Graeme Park-Sir William Keith House The Highlands Mansion & Garden (Anthony Morris to Daniel Hitner to George Sheaff to Caroline Sinkler) Pennsbury Manor (Wm Penn) Caleb Pusey House House designed by Architect G. Edwin Brumbaugh (newer) " " " " John D. Milner " The Shilling Residence, "Florin" Peter Wentz Farmstead (1744) Muhlenberg House (John Jacob Schrack 1750 to Rev Henry Muhlenberg 1776 Old Trappe Church (1717-1743) St. David's Church (Patron of Wales) 1715 Samuel Levis House (From Harby Eng., Land from Owen Foulke in 1692) Thomas Massey House (Delaware Co. 1730) Chichester Meeting House (1769 Richard Dutton initials on stone.) Spring House at Poole Farm Garrett-Booth-Cheyney Farm (on Bethel Road in Bethel Twn., Delaware Co.) Newlin Grist Mill (Nathaniel & Mary Newlin 1704) John Chad House William Brinton House Gilpin House (land to Hannah Glover, d of Alice Glover who m: John Brunsden. Hannah m:Joseph Gilpin)Barns-Brinton House (Wm Barns 1722 to James Brinton) Keepsake (1820) in Chadds Ford Adiah Taylor House & Barn (1724) William Peters House (1750 - moved & reconstructed) Primitive Hall ( Mary Collett m Christopher Pennock to Joseph Pennock ............not in Table of Contents, but in book: Southerly House (log house reconstructed from original log house) William Miller house (1730) John Moland House (1755) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message