814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1989
Tour Historical Homes In New Wi
BY SHARON SCHUSTER
Md. Correspondent
NEW WINDSOR, MD.
With the flip of a calendar page
comes the colorful, brisk month of
October when mother nature
begins her fling with an autumnal
paintbrush. And on the Erst day of
October, the new Windsor Herit
age Committee will make the
unpredictable month even more
enticing with its second Tour of
Historic Homes.
‘This year’s tour is a study in
contrasts,” explained the commit
tee. headed by president, Steve
Manning. Visitors will see fine
Victorians, an early farmhouse,
churches, a cabin and a castle.
Yes, a castle.
Standing at the outskirts of
town, is the Windsor Castle Hotel,
circa 1913. And who better to take
charge of a regal property such as
this than Bruce and Claudia Jenk
ins, longtime residents of the
English countryside. The wrap
around porch of the three-story
frame structure invites visitors to
follow the paths through the
grounds shaded by monsterous
oak trees. Once inside, enjoy 3
floors of the fine period furnish
ings, beautiful wood floors and
oriental wallpapers.
A short drive to nearby Lin
wood takes tourists back into
another century with a visit to
Rcsurgum, a log house built in
1795. The small early log and
brick structure was rebuilt and the
environs neatly landscaped in
1981. Resurgum is a fine example
of preservation to meet the
demands of today’s lifestyle.
Also in Linwood is Hedgeleigh.
The beautiful cream colored brick
home is an elegant well-preserved
specimen which dates to 1876.
The oversized green front door
opens to a magnificent entry hall
and red carpeted staircase. Home
of Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, it
is beautifully furnished. Its magni
ficence spills into the back yard,
shaded by huge old trees.
As contrast to Victorian ele
gance, the tour features the beauti
fully restored farm home of Chuck
and Sharon Schuster. Resurvey on
the Deeps is an operating grain
and beef farm which has been in
the Burleson family for four gen
erations. The huge red bank bam
is dated 1886. The old farmhouse
was built in two sections, the ear
liest dating to about 1840. The
front portion of the home was built
in 1902.
The typical white frame two
story structure stood vacant for
almost a decade and succumbed to
rtesurvey on the Deeps. The farm
house on the grain and beef farm has now been restored
and Is open for the historical tour on October 1.
Raymond Lippy spruces up the Sl jster’s barn with a
fresh coat of paint. The bam was built by N.A. Brown In
1886.
the ravages of time and renters.
“Everyone told us to put a match
to it,” explained Schuster. “So it
was saved from the bulldozer.”
The construction hasn’t
stopped. Over the summer. Chuck
Schuster removed the small front
porch and built a thirty-feet by
twelve feet wide veranda which
stretches from end to end. The
white columns supporting the flat
roof over the newly lain flagstone
porch make it look “like an old
plantation home.” Weather per
mitting, visitors to the 150-acre
site can enjoy the breathtaking
views from hill top perches or take
a stroll around the pond.
The jewel in the crown is the
Englar-Metcalfe house, circa
1886. Perched atop a hillside just
over the railroad tracks outside
New Windsor is the large brick
home of David and Barbara
Duree. Ivy covered walls and a
winding walk lead to the front
door of this magnificently restored
home. Inside, it is a feast for the
eyes. Richly colored geometric
and floral designed papers true to
the period are framed by deep
mahogany wood trim. Oriental
rugs and Victorian furnishings fill
every room. This home is back on
the tour for the second year, “by
popular demand. It was clearly the
most talked about home last year,”
explained Manning.
Rounding out the tour is Ducks’
Retreat, the Wakefield valley
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Rogers
Hall; the Carriage House Studio,
where Sharon and Rusty Rowland
will give stained glass demonstra
tions; and the Strawbridge Shrine,
circa 1760.
Tickets will be available at St.
Paul’s Methodist Church, 200
Main Street, New Windsor, Mary
land on the day of the tour only.
The sanctuary of this circa 1896
church is the first stop on the tour.
Its semi-circular shape and beauti
ful stained glass windows are a
sight to behold.
Visitors will be welcomed from
12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. For those
who wish to make a full day of it,
a fine country breakfast will be
served at a nominal price at the
New Windsor Fire Hall from 7:00
a.m. until noon.
Visitors are always welcome at
the church, service at 10:00 a.m.
and at the nearby New Windsor
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church, services at 9:00 a.m.
There will also be a short video
introduction about the town, from
its beginnings in the 1700’s as a
tavern stop along the Monocacy
Trail through its evolution to a
farming community that also
became a favorite medicinal
springs retreat for city folk. For
further information, call (301)
875-2054 or (301) 775-7371.
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NEW HOLLAND
Dealer for Dependable
Equipment and
Dependable Service:
PENNSYLVANIA
Annvllte, PA
BHM Farm
Equipment, Inc.
RDI, Rte. 934
717-867-2211
Baavertown, PA
B&R Farm
Equipment, Inc.
RD 1, Box 217 A .
717-658-7024
Belleville, PA
Ivan J. Zook
Farm Equipment
Belleville, Pa.
717-935-2948
Canton, PA
Hess Farm Equipment
717-673-5143
Carlisle, PA
R&W Equipment Co.
35 East Willow Street
717-243-2686
Chambereburg, PA
Clugston
Implement, Inc.
R.D. 1
717-263-4103
Davldsburg, PA
George N. Gross, Inc.
R.D. 2, Dover, PA
717-292-1673
Elizabethtown, PA
Messick Farm
Equipment, Inc.
Rt. 283 - Rheem's Exit
717-367-1319
Gettysburg, PA
Yingling Implements,
Inc.
3291 Taneytown Rd.
717-359-4848
Graencastle, PA
Meyers
Implement's Inc.
400 N. Antrim Way
P.O. Box 97
717-597-2176
Halifax, PA
Sweigard Bros.
R.D. 3. Box 13
717-896-3414
Hamburg, PA
ShaiHesville
Farm Service
R.D. 1, Box 1392
215-488-1025
Honey Brook, PA
Dependable Motor Co.
East Main Street
215-273-3131
215-273-3737 ‘
Honey Grove, PA
Norman D. Clark
& Son, Inc.
Honey Grove, PA
717-734-3682
Hugheevllle, PA
Farnsworth Farm
Supplies, Inc.
103 Cemetery Street
717-584-2106
Loyavllle, PA
Paul Shovers, Inc.
Loysville, PA
717-789-3117
New Holland, PA
A.B.C. Groff, Inc.
110 South Railroad
717-354-4191
Oley, PA
C.J. Wonsidler Bros.
R.D. 2
215-967-6257
Pitman, PA
Schreffler Equipment
Pitman. PA
717-648-1120
Quakertown, PA
C.J. Wonsidler Bros.
R.D. 1
215-536-1935
Quarryvllle, PA
C.E. Wiley & Son, Inc.
101 South Lime Street
717-786-2895
Rlngtown, PA
Ringtown Farm
Equipment
Ringtown, PA
717-889-3184
Tamaqua, PA
Charles S. Snyder, Inc.
R.D. 3
717-386-5945
West Grove, PA
S.G Lewis & Son, Inc.
R.D. 2, Box 66
215-869-2214
MARYLAND
Churchvllle, MD
Walter G. Coale, Inc.
2849-53
Churchvllle Rd.
301-838-6470
Frederick, MD
Ceresville
Ford New Holland, Inc.
Rt. 26 East
301-662-4197
Outside MD,
800-331-9122
Hagerstown, MD
Antietam Ford Tractor
301-791-1200
NEW JERSEY
Bridgeton, N.J.
Leslie O. Fogg, Inc.
Canton & Stow Creek
Landing Rd.
609-451-2727
609-935-5145
Washington, NJ
Frank Rymon & Sons
20J1-689-1464
Woodstown, NJ
Owen Supply Co.
Broad Street &
East Avenue
609-769-0308