Six months ago Christopher and I found a house that we just could not walk away from. Well as Christopher puts it, “I knew you [me] would not consider any other house after seeing that one!” 🙂 He’s right about that!
It had been on the market for a while, but we were not looking for a new house… yet. The photos included with its listing were a little intimidating showing the house covered with vines and bushes and with pieces of its porches and windows leaning against its stone walls. BUT it is stone and it is historic (built in 1859) and it is simply beautiful resting on the top of a hill overlooking several scenic rolling fields.
It’s name is “Antique Stone Hope”. At least that is what is written on a set of architectural drawings from the 1930’s It was built by one of the original settlers in the area, Moses Willets. A cemetery by the same name is just around the corner.
So here we are looking forward to a grand new adventure. Can’t wait to breath some life back into this sleeping beauty!
