The Stone House

Near the campground we go to there is a trail that leads to a beautiful old house. I've been intrigued by this house from the moment I saw it. Recently a preservation society took over the property and has began cleaning it up. I was thrilled to go to their website and see the first two photos you see below. As you can see by my pictures that follow, changes have already been made. Unfortunately the website does not say what they plan to do with the site. I'll keep you posted!





Here's what the website says about it:



"Acquired in December of 2008, Fieldstone Farm is a 52-acre property. The land is a mix of woodlands and fallow fields, with Tank Creek flowing along the northern boundary of the property. The property also has two freshwater ponds and numerous hillside springs and wetland areas. The remains of a picturesque old stone house that burned down in the 1960's can be found in the northern part of the property.



Property records indicate that a Carl Tielenius owned the property in the late 1800's to the early 1900’s. We believe that Carl Tielenius built the house on the property for his daughter in the early 1900’s. The stone house and was built using slipform masonry construction. Slipforming is an old style of masonry, resulting in a random appearance, without the uniform joints or sharp, clean lines of most modem masonry."



You can read more about it here:



http://www.phlt.org/Preserves.html

These are my photos:

See the heart?

I can just imagine standing at this window, the breeze blowing in from the trees....

Such an amazing fireplace...

There are stone walls all around the property but it was difficult to get pictures since they are all overgrown....

A path behind the house...

I only hope the house is restored to its original beauty. It would be wonderful to see them do something special with it. She certainly deserves care after all these years.