Project Style: Farmhouse

Front elevation of Honor Farm, a stone farmhouse in Kennett Square

Honor Farm

September 25, 2026

SITE PLACEMENT OF HONOR FARM, a traditional farmhouse located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, defies conventional wisdom suggesting that the best building settings are on high ground with access to views...Read More
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Fox Hill Farm

May 18, 2026

THE FOX HILL FARM RESIDENCE is a replacement of an earlier house that no longer met contemporary living needs, though the placement and surrounding arboretum were ideal.   By respecting the site,...Read More
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Canary Cottage

May 18, 2026

THE INSPIRATION OF R. BROGNARD OKIE permeates this new house, from wide-board details, salvaged cabinet doors, and bead board walls to the inglenook that invites one to light a fire...Read More
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Villanova Residence

May 18, 2026

AS A REFLECTION of childhood Chester County farm memories, this new residence was designed in the spirit of architect R. Brognard Okie’s (1875 – 1945) Arts and Crafts interpretation of...Read More
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Gladwyne Residence

May 18, 2026

THIS NEW 7,800 SF HOME was designed to meet the lifestyle and technological needs and desires of the owners while at the same time being sensitive to the history of...Read More
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Bryn Coed Farm

May 18, 2026

THE RESIDENCE OF U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts (1875-1955) was meticulously renovated and expanded by notable Philadelphia architect R. Brognard Okie in the 1930’s as his refuge from...Read More
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Mine Road Farm

May 18, 2026

IN THE 1930’s, when renowned local architect Walter K. Durham designed a major renovation and addition to this stone colonial in Chester County, the house was already more than two...Read More
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Charles Allen Residence

May 18, 2026

A THOROUGH UPDATE was made to this 1934 home designed by Philadelphia architect R. Brognard Okie, known for his intensive reinterpretation of classic Pennsylvania 18th century millwork. Okie’s houses reflect a...Read More
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Tunnel Farm

May 18, 2026

THE ORIGINAL 17TH CENTURY HOUSE had been altered and added to over the course of many generations. With the arrival of a new family, the decision was made to save what...Read More
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“Anderson Place” c. 1714 & 1804

May 18, 2026

THE OLDEST AND MOST historically significant house in Schuylkill Township, Anderson Place was home to Captain Isaac Anderson, who fought alongside General George Washington at Valley Forge. To prepare this elegant...Read More
Photography by Jim Graham

Starry Night Farm

May 18, 2026

OVERLOOKING THE DRAMATIC valleys and rolling pastures of Chester County, this new residence evokes in materials, detail and proportions the spirit of an 18th century farm with its farmhouse, two...Read More
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Clocktower Farm

May 18, 2026

THE CLOCKTOWER FARM project scope is simply defined as a restoration of the farmhouse, originally constructed in the 1830s, with a rear Addition of new program spaces. The elegant front...Read More
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Towerfield

May 18, 2026

TOWERFIELD SITS ON THE NORTHEASTERN EDGE of the 800-acre Ardrossan estate, among the last grand estates of Philadelphia’s “Main Line” and home to the Montgomery Scott family. Designed in the...Read More
Addition to Brognard Okie farmhouse in Willistown

Okie Farmhouse Addition

May 18, 2026

As new empty nesters, the owners of a lovely 1931 farmhouse designed by R Brognard Okie sought to make changes to better accommodate their current and future lifestyle. Set on...Read More
Cottage-style entry to Chestnut Fields, a Chester County farmhouse with stone and siding exterior walls and cedar shake roof.

Chestnut Fields

May 18, 2026

NESTLED IN THE ROLLING HILLSIDE of a bucolic 10-acre property in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chestnut Fields is the result of a highly successful collaborative design process that delivered the forever...Read More
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Bucks County Farmhouse

May 13, 2026

The Bucks County Farmhouse is both a family retreat and a home designed for everyday living. Built on a seven-acre site previously occupied by an older awkwardly positioned tract home,...Read More
New stone home with dark shutters and cedar shake roof at Evergreen Farm

Evergreen Farm

May 13, 2026

EVERGREEN FARM is the site of a new forever home built for a young, growing family on just over six acres in Southeastern Pennsylvania. When the existing c. 1845 abandoned...Read More