08/30/2026
UPDATE!! All who chose greenhouse, you were correct—and you win a NEW CAR! 🎉 (Okay, not really. Our budget only allows for roller skates. 😂)
We are beyond thrilled to have found not one, but TWO families with relatives who have personal collections and, even better, STORIES about the home!
These photos were taken in 2013, when the home was unoccupied. We are narrowing down the build date somewhere in the late 1700’s to early 1800’s. The daughter of one of the families that called it home from 1940’s through the 1980’s confirmed that her mother used the greenhouse to grow geraniums, orchids, hanging baskets, and seedlings for the large garden out back. The greenhouse itself was added in the late 1940s, when the home was purchased and underwent renovations.
There are so many remarkable layers of history surrounding this property. Its proximity to Washington’s encampment at Valley Forge adds an entirely different level of intrigue to the stories we’re uncovering. This home and the families connected to it lived through extraordinary changes in our country—from the birth of our nation, to abolition, and into the industrial era and beyond.
Think about that for a moment. The people who lived here witnessed a country being formed, transformed, and reshaped around them. Their stories—and the stories of this house—are woven into that much larger American story.
We also have photographs from MUCH earlier that show the house looking remarkably close to what it likely looked like when it was built.
Every discovery seems to open another door, revealing another layer of history. We can’t wait to share what we’re finding!! 🏡 Thanks for following along ✨
