Covered Dish Supper 2013
HPHA will be celebrating the holidays with our 11th Annual Covered Dish Supper, tentative date is 12/7/2013. Location TBD.
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Holiday Covered Dish Supper 2012
HPHA celebrated the 2012 holidays with our annual Covered Dish Supper at the lovely home of Steve and Kathy Schneider in Ambler.
Steve and Kathy live in a fine old home on Cedar Hill Road that was originally constructed around 1809. The house is a stone structure, and a stone addition was added around 1840, and a Victorian wood frame addition was added around 1870.
The home has two walk in fire places: one in the living room and another in the basement.
The property also has two spring houses. In the 1970's the large bank barn was destroyed by fire.
The house did not have electricity, running water, or central heating and still utilized a outhouse till the early 1950's.
The Smith family previously owned the property and operated a dairy farm into the 1960's. Mrs Smith, mother of 13, was the last member of that family to live here. She stayed in the house only in the summer and wintered in nearby family homes
Steve and Kathy have been busy restoring their home. They've replaced an improper large picture window, restored & returned window opening back into original door opening with stone landing, steps and roof hood over door opening.
They've also restored the original spring house and a structure over the brick lined hand dug well. All four chimneys and three fireplace's. Restored all trim and wood siding on exterior of buildings. Restored and returned lime based plaster to outside of stone structure. All internal basement walls restored with lime based puddy mortar mix and plastered with lime plaster. Replaced porch roof with standing seam metal roof. All internal infrastructure has been restored and updated. Original house has been returned to 1809 conditions. Shutters shall be applied in spring of 2013.
The Holiday Supper is an HPHA members and guests event. Attendees should bring an entree or a dessert. Guests are welcome but a donation is expected.
Holiday Covered Dish Supper 2011
We'd like to thank Rich Dougherty for inviting us back in 2011 to the beautiful and historic Kenderdine Mill, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Mr Dougherty has owned the Kenderdine property for only a short time and this was the 2nd event he hosted for HPHA. The property is for sale, so this my be our last chance to visit the mill as group. (Note: The Kenderdine Mill was purchased from Mr. Dougherty by another couple shortly after our Christmas visit)
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Kenderdine Mill Circle
circle in front of the mill and barn at the Kenderdine Mill Complex. Restored Barn/Living Area to the left and Mill itself straight ahead
Photograph by: Kevin Winters May 28 2011