Annual house tour will spotlight properties in Tredyffrin, Easttown
The Duportail House will be the starting point of the Ninth Annual Historic House Tour in Tredyffrin and Eastttown Townships. Photo courtesy of Carla Zambelli
The Ninth Annual Historic House Tour will take guests behind the scenes of nine historic, premier properties in Tredyffrin and Easttown Townships on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. House tour visitors have the opportunity to discover the rich architectural heritage of the area as they explore private residences, barns, a historic church and more.
Hosted by the Tredyffrin Historic Preservation Trust, the day of self-guided tours allows individuals to witness three centuries of architecture and is the primary fundraiser for the trust, an organization dedicated to preserving historic and cultural resources for the benefit of present and future generations. Proceeds will support the Capital Campaign Phase II to complete the rebuilding of the historic Jones Log Barn as the “Living History Center at Duportail.”
The Duportail House, a circa 1740 farmhouse in Chesterbrook, will be the featured ticket pick-up point for the 2013 House Tour. General Louis Lebeque Duportail, chief engineer of the Continental Army, used Duportail House as his quarters during the Valley Forge encampment of the Revolutionary War.
The private homes on the house tour are as diverse as their owners and will include Avonwood Farm, an early 18th century stone farmhouse with sweeping grounds; Hidden Hollow Farm, the original dairy farm of the A. J .Drexel Paul Estate; and the summer home of Philadelphia attorney J. Lewis Twaddell, designed by influential Philadelphia architect William Price in 1892.
Knowledgeable guides will staff each home on the tour, and house tour admission includes individual house history booklets with map and parking details. Tickets are $35 and are available online at www.tredyffrinhistory.org using your credit card.
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