Exterior Restorations to this mid 18th century lower Hudson Valley Homestead maintain its unique historic character.

This Barn was preserved from collapsing. The late 19th century structure was likely built to service horse drawn transportation, but interestingly much of the lumber was salvaged and cobbled from even older buildings. Holding onto the unique history required preserving as much of the siding, creek run foundation stones and handsawn framing as possible, while keeping necessary replacements and substitutions to a minimum and dash pointing the foundation with accurate lime Mortar from Lancaster Lime Works .

The garden picket fence was rebuilt completely using handcrafted replacement materials. Posts and rails were hand split from salvaged Black Locust and White Oak.

The Colonial Garden beds were rebuilt. Black Locust bed frames constructed from lumber milled at the Spaulding Sawmill made the project feasible.

The mid century patio was updated with a Ming inspired design on a 2 x 2 basket weave pattern. The salvaged road pavers came from the 19th century Purington Indiana brickyard and will last additional centuries.