Bl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 23,1983
Twins make Herit
From the Herbert and Lucy Frey home it is possible to see
the river hills by the Susquehanna River. In the foreground
are the newly laid brick sidewalks which match the brick of
the house. This will be the first view tour participants will see
as they visit the Freys.
BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
MAYTOWN The homes of
twin brothers will be featured on
the Heritage Trail #7, sponsored by
the Women’s Committee of the
Lancaster County Farmers
Association on May 5, as part of
their annual Ladies Day Out.
Herbert and Harold Frey
operate a livestock farm near
Maytown, and their homes will be
open as part of the morning tour of
farm homes in the northwestern
sector of the county.
Herbert and Lucy Frey live in a
home which was built about 1930 as
the living quarters on the main
farm, after a portion of the Drew
Hiestand Estate was sold. The
original farm home remains
standing close by, but it is no
longer part of the farm. There is a
talents. She enjoys sewing all kinds of craft items, often
purchasing one to figure out how to make it or improve on it
himself. This hutch will be on display in the home on the
Ladies Day Out tour on May 5.
Never lacking for craft ideas, Barbara works here on a hat
which will grace the fireplace in her daughter’s room on the
Ladies Day Out tour on May 5. She is also completing a
blazing star which will beondisplay the-day of the tour.
smaller tenant house on the
property.
An interesting feature of the
Frey’s farm kitchen are the
original cupboards in the kitchen.
The woodwork in the area was
stripped of its many layers of white
paint and returned to the original
wood in 1973. Although Lucy says it
would be mce to have more
modern cupboards, she ap
preciates the original ones. One
disadvantage is that the counters
are low, but in the remodeling they
felt the height could not be changed
without ruining the appearance of
the cupboards.
They added a counter with stools
and matched the wood of the
below-counter cupboards to the
original wood.
The kitchen once had eight
doors, but the Freys removed two
Trail #7 twice as nice
Lucy enjoys making crafts,
which sits on the hutch which
made.
of the eight, and stripped the
original white paint from the
others, finishing the wood natural.
Because of the height of the kit
chen ceilings they added a mat
ching chair rail and paneling to
make the room seem cozier..
Upstairs, a quilt which Lucy
recently completed, will be on
display in the master bedroom.
The quilt was pieced by an aunt of
Lucy’s in the 19205.
Seven years ago the family
remodeled the basement, and now
have a family room which features
two stone walls, one paneled wall
and one wall with original wood.
There is a bricked area where their
Franklin stove sits and an original
beam which can be seen, despite
the fact that they lowered the
entire ceiling. A pool table and
ping pong table offer en
tertainment, and Lucy says the
ping pong table doubles as a dining
table when there are guests.
In addition to working in her
large garden and strawberry field,
Lucy enjoys crafts and there is
evidence of her handiwork
throughout the house. She makes
com husk and calico wreaths,
padded picture frames and enjoys
crotc'heting. She adds, “I’ve
always enjoyed sewing and I’d like
to get back to it.” Her loves of
plants shows in almost every
room, with many beautiful plants
thriving throughout the house.
In addition to liking to read,
Lucy is now learning calligraphy.
Harold and Barbara Frey live in this brick farmhouse. The
house is about 150 years old and features and fireplace in
each of its 11 rooms.
v.
including padded picture frames,
her son made. On the wail is a corn
The top of this quilt was pieced in the 1920 s by an aunt of
Lucy Frey. Lucy recently completed the quilt and now has it
on the bed in the master bedroom of their farm house.
She says, “I enjoy writing.” She
has written a mother’s tribute for
her church’s mother and daughter
banquet. Their son is married and
their 21-year-old daughter attends
college.
As tour visitors approach the
house they will walk across newly
laid brick walkways which match
the brick of the exterior of the
house. A unique feature of the
brick on the house is t®t every
seven rows there is a row of brick
turned on its end. When asked the
purpose of this imusual
arrangement, Lucy said, “We
would like to know.”
The Frey Brothers purchased
two farms in 1963 which totaled 265
Here, she adjusts one
husk wreath which she
acres. They presently have 250
head of steers, 60,000 layers and
farm 1000 acres of com, wheat,
tobacco, barley and soybeans.
Harold Frey and his wife Bar
bara live in a brick farmhouse
original to that farm. The house,
which is about 150 years old, has a
fireplace in each of its 11 rooms.
At one point in its history, the
center hallway was partitioned off
to contain a laundry and bath. It
has now been re-opened and makes
a gracious entrance into the home
with an open staircase going into
the second and third floors.
Two and a half years ago a fire
destroyed the breezeway and
garage and it was re-built at its
present location. The breezeway is
now closed in to make a com
fortable, light family room. "We
spend most of our time there,”
Barbara relates.
The basement also has been
redone with exposed stone walls
and barn siding on some walls.
This will house a craft shop which
Barb hopes to open in June. She
says, “1 am starting my shop as a
hobby. It is something 1 have
always wanted to do.” The shop
has been named "Morning
Meadows” to reflect Barbara's
feelings that nothing is prettier
than morning in a country
meadow.
Barb’s interest in crafts can be
found throughout the house. Most
of her crafts involve sewing, and
she creates all of them in the
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