Merestone, also known as the John S. Reese, IV, House, is an American historic estate that is located in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware. Spanning the border of the two states, the estate encompasses the Merestone House, the guest house/garage, a milk house, and a stone shed. It was added to the

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in 1995.

History and architectural features

Renovated and added to by architect

R. Brognard Okie Richardson Brognard Okie Jr. (1875-1945) was an American architect. He is noted for his Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial-Revival houses and his sensitive restorations of historic buildings. Biography Okie was born in Camden, New Jersey, ...

, this historic structure features elements of the Colonial Revival style. The original log section of Merestone House dates to roughly between 1720 and 1734. It is a two-story, three-bay structure, measuring twenty feet by twenty-four feet. A two-story, two-bay, frame addition was built between 1725 and 1750 and measures nineteen feet by eighteen feet. A two-story, one-bay, wing was added roughly between 1802 and 1806. The house was renovated in the Colonial Revival style between 1941 and 1942. At the same time, Okie built the -story, three-bay, frame, guest house/garage on the stone foundation of a barn that dated to 1806. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 1995.

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