Oh wow ... while the name Samuel Sellers jumped out at me because that's the name of my great-great-grandfather, of course it's not the same one. According to the Pennsylvania Historical sign, the house was built around 1684, and my direct line was still in Germany at that time (and going by the surname of Soller). I'm sure there's a hook-in somewhere along the line ... but here's another website I found: http://udhistory.org/index.html The sellershall.org Friends of Sellers Hall website is linked from this page too. Their donation page says "under construction", but their email is: sellershall@gmail.com . The National Trust for Historic Preservation's website has the story at the bottom of the column on this page: http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2009/september-october/transitions.html http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090329_A_17th-century_survivor_is_imperiled.html In the article's photo, you can see the apse of the church in the background. Oooh, I start to get personal about things like this. This house can't be allowed to continue to rot; it truly DOES need to be restored! It is my hope and prayer that something will to be worked out with the archdiocese, so that this can be preserved one way or another. Thanks for the heads-up on this, all! - Shari