814-Lancaalar Farming, Saturday, Dacambar 2.1993
Marilyn Gahman, left, and Karen Reltnouer discuss plans for the Country Road Can*
delight Tour. The Reltnouers’ two-story sandstone home is featured. Exposed stone
walls, deep window sills, and primitive antiques add to Its old-time charm.
Candlelight Tour
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
TERRE HILL (Lancaster Co.)
Among die many holiday tours
held during the Christmas season
are farmhouses, summer houses,
and other buildings once used for
agriculture.
This year, the Terre Hill Country
Road Candelight Tour will feature
a former feed store that is a single
family dwelling.
Karen Reitnouer, who with her
husband Todd and two children,
live in the two-story sandstone
home, said that the exact date the
house was built is unknown.
“But it is known to be one of the
oldest standing homes in the town
and was built during the 1800 s,”
she said.
The Reitnouers have a picture of
the home as it appeared when it
was Edward’s Flour and Feed
Store.
Changes have been made
throughout the years. The full
length porch is no longer there, but
the sandstone has been pointed.
Inside the house, several stone
walls have also been exposed. The
woodwork trim has been painted in
Williamsburg colors that accent
This picture was taken In the . . when ths building was ussd as Edward's Flour
and Feed Store. Later, it was used as a duplex until several years ago when It was
turned Into a single dwelling home.
Former Feed
the plain off-white walls that Karen
has stenciled.
The wooden floors have been
exposed or replaced. Deep win
dowsills offer the perfect spot to
display many of the family’s
collectibles.
Many of the home’s furnishings
The former feed store as it appears today Is the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. Todd Reltnouer. Although the date the
house was built remains unknown, it is considered one of
the oldest homes In Terre Hill.
Features
Store
are antiques that the Reitnouers
have purchased at sales or have
been handed down through the
family, such as the straw cutter,
apple picker, and school desk.
Because the home has two stair
ways, tour participants will have
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