JOHN MADDOX DENN HOUSE 1725
The goal of this project was to take a house that had been remodeled and modernized and restore it to its original time period using the clues found within the house we took the house back to 1725. The restoration was done on a design/build basis through consultations with our client.

House History:
The house is listed on the Register of Historic Places in the Library of Congress. The house is rumored to have served as a field hospital for the wounded of the Hancock Bridge Massacre, March 21, 1778, which happened less than a mile down the road, during the Revolutionary War. Although the house had been remodeled several times throughout its two hundred and seventy years it has remained structurally very similar to the original design. This could be due to the fact that direct descendants of John Maddox Denn, the builder, owned the house until 1899.

Read excerpt from the Book, "2001 Restoration of a Colonial Home" by Lois Groshong
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Exterior Pictures:

Front Before
Front After
photo: Allan Holm
Hardware: Michael M. Coldren Company, Inc.
Lighting: American Period Lighting
Back Before
Back After - Flemish brick design on gable end shows the  date and builder's initials.
photo: Allan Holm
Hardware: Michael M. Coldren Company, Inc
Cellar Door Detail - Wooden Lock
photo: Allan Holm
Door Detail
photo: Allan Holm
Lighting: American Period Lighting
   

Interior:

Room 1 Before
Room 1 After
photo: Allan Holm
Hardware: Michael M. Coldren Company, Inc.
Room 2 Before
Room 2 After
photo: Allan Holm
Hardware: Michael M. Coldren Company, Inc.
Room 2 Detail
photo: Allan Holm
Hardware: Michael M. Coldren Company, Inc.
Breezeway - new construction built to look old used to connect the two houses
photo: Allan Holm
Lighting: Michael M. Coldren Company, Inc.
Room 3 Before
Room 3 After
photo: Allan Holm
 
Room 4 After
photo: Allan Holm
 

 

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