Although I am a young adult home for sale, I have features unlike any other of my age. My owners have a passion for history, and added some features making my property unique and historical.
Chester County PA was once filled with small farms and local businesses. Most of the area is abundant with beautiful fieldstone that was once used to define the property lines in Upper Uwchlan Township where I am located. My owners have watched the area change in the years since I was built. They wanted to preserve some of the history without changing anything in my structure.
They started out by hand selecting large fieldstone. Many of them were already on the property. This was time consuming and took several years. They they started building stone walls around the property with them- just like the early settlers did! Frequently people would stop and ask who made the wall and if they could get one too. Unfortunately, this was a labor of love, and my owners only did it here for me.
Before the days of Wawa and other local grocery stores, there was only one place to shop in Eagle- the Simpson's General Store. You could find anything there from milk to drill bits, and at one time even pick up your mail! This was a time when everyone in the township knew each other and would often stop and chat around the pot belly stove that heated the store in the winter.
When the current Village of Eagle was being created, the Simpson store was one of the first to be torn down. (there is a Blockbuster video in that location now.) My owners were fascinated with all of the old stone and brick that they intended to just remove and discard. Once given permission to take some, it was a race to get as much as they could before the demolition crew took it all away!
Even though I have a large deck with a hot tub, along with a lower deck outside the finished basement, my owners thought that a brick patio made with these "old bricks" would give the property more of a historical look. So they created it under the maple tree and then used stone to enclose it for privacy. You will find nothing else like it in the area! If you look closely at some of the bricks you can see early markings and even dates!
Soon after this my owners started collecting perennials that were native to this region, focusing on constant color from spring to fall. This allows them to have fresh cut flowers inside without having to go any farther than the back yard to get them!
They found themselves spending more and more time outdoors as the children became more independent and went off to college. Then another feature was created- a beautiful pond with a waterfall! This is right next to the patio, so you can sit on the bench or the swing while you are waiting for your food to cook on the BBQ grill. It looks like a spring coming right out of the rocks falling down into the pond that is filled with water lilies, fish,and even some frogs! It's peaceful and relaxing year round. Last year the water lilies continued to bloom into December!
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