| As a native Midwesterner, the first thing
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| | surviving structures in
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| I noticed when moving to the Delaware
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| | Sergeantsville.Then, on to the stone
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| Valley was the enormous number of
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| | walls. It is commonly thought that the
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| fieldstone houses. Frankly, I'd never
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| | raw stone exteriors were exposed, but in
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| seen such a thing. What people in the
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| | reality, unless the builder was using
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| East take for granted is a matter of
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| | "dressed stone" these walls were
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| wonder for the rest of us who grew up in
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| | considered unsightly rubble, and only the
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| much younger cities.This house is
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| | poorest homeowner would refrain from
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| currently offered for sale, and it's a
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| | covering them with plaster. Charles
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| delight to visit a residence that has
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| | decided to at least stucco the front wall
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| been restored with every attention to
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| | to make the house look more appropriate
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| detail. But the transformation didn't
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| | to the period. But in order to please
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| come easy! The depth of knowledge (and
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| | the modern eye, he left the sides of the
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| pockets) to pull off such a project can
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| | house exposed.As one might expect from a
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| be daunting. However, this magnificent
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| | 200 year-old roof, the rafters needed to
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| stone house in the small town of
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| | be shored up. Indeed, they were actually
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| Sergeantsville, NJ proves that such a
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| | splayed from the weight, and Charles
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| renovation can have tremendous rewards,
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| | decided to remove the roof altogether.
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| and it is waiting for a new owner who
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| | Once the old roof was off, the carpenters
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| will carry on the tradition.The current
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| | actually winched the rafters back into
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| owner, Charles Frischmann, was just the
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| | place, then added additional rafters that
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| man to take on the project. Organist,
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| | cannot be seen when coming up the steps.
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| music professor, historian, antique
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| | He also decided to add a new pent roof to
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| collector, Charles had already restored
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| | replace the small porch that formerly
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| two stone houses and was ready to take on
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| | shaded the two front doors; all that was
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| the third. He had learned much from the
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| | left of this porch was an oddly-placed
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| previous undertaking, and this one didn't
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| | cornice above the doors. Both the pent
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| even give him pause.The previous owner
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| | roof and house roof were shingled with
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| had already begun some of the
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| | cedar shakes, cut thicker than is usually
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| restoration. The 10-foot wide stone
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| | done with today's materials. A molded
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| fireplace had been turned into a closet;
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| | cornice has been added to the eaves,
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| the panels needed to be removed, and the
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| | matching the details of the doorways.As
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| wood stove was installed. An expansive
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| | with many houses from the 19th century,
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| kitchen/dining area was added on to the
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| | this house has two front doors. There's
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| rear of the house, using antique barnwood
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| | a very logical reason for this. One door
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| beams in the ceiling and exposing the
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| | leads into the "keeping room", where the
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| stone on the interior wall. Because the
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| | family keeps house. The keeping room
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| only entrance to the basement was
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| | contains the large fireplace for cooking,
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| originally an exterior entrance, it has
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| | and of course a table and chairs for the
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| now become a trap door in the kitchen
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| | family to relax. This is not the room
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| floor.But that was only a first step.
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| | you want to introduce your guests into!
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| All the old doorways and window frames
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| | So a second door would lead into the
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| needed replacement. "The new windows are
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| | living room, which was probably only used
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| all hand-built in the 18th-century style,
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| | for special occasions.Jersey Winder - or
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| and have early glass in them," Charles
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| | pie-shaped - stairs lead up to the two
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| explained. He found period hardware for
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| | second-story bedrooms. These stairs are
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| the doors and windows, and added working
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| | stenciled, as are the floors in the
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| shutters that are so tight they
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| | master bedroom and bath. The upstairs
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| practically create a vacuum seal when
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| | hallway still shows the exposed stone
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| closed. He also fitted removable custom
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| | wall. The upstairs closet and bathroom
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| storm windows to the inside of the
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| | doors are finished with faux graining,
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| frames, to make this period house more
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| | and you have to touch them to know the
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| energy-efficient.Although probably
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| | difference.Sergeantsville is located just
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| original, the front doors had been cut
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| | down the road from Green Sergeant's
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| and fitted with windows, which didn't
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| | Bridge, the last surviving covered bridge
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| really work for the house. To improve
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| | in New Jersey. The bridge was built
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| this look, Charles commissioned new doors
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| | around 1750, and it is thought the town
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| and period-style paneled doorways to take
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| | was established around 1830. Route 523,
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| the place of the weathered jambs.When
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| | which passes through Sergeantsville, was
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| removing the old door frames, they
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| | the original Old York Road which linked
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| discovered that early on - probably in
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| | Trenton to Flemington, then on to New
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| the 1830's - someone had done a
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| | York. This village is located in
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| significant renovation to the house. The
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| | Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, not
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| floor had been raised about nine inches,
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| | far from New Hope PA and just a few
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| apparently to make more headroom in the
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| | miles east of the river.Mercedes Hayes is
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| cellar. Although the owner has not been
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| | a Realtor licensed in New Jersey and
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| able to trace the house sales back
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| | Pennsylvania. I specialize in Log Homes
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| farther than 1857, this renovation dates
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| | and Specialty Homes. This house is
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| the house closer to the turn of the
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| | offered by Weidel Realtors.
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| century, making it one of the oldest
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