Pennwyck Farm

Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 20 April 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

This is an old farm just up the road from my home that is home to a beautiful old barn and a 300-year old stone farmhouse. It likely housed one of the earliest settlers in New Hanover, but it hasn't been used for farming in many years. My kids explored the fields of this farm and I even launched model rockets with my sons in the wide open fields so that we wouldn't loose the rockets when they parachuted back to the ground. Friends and I have photographed the outside of this old farm extensively, capturing its character and its charm. Sadly, this old farm will be spoiled by TH Properties, Inc. who will eventually degrade it by building rows and rows of townhomes on it. And just to show how neighborly they intend to be after coming into the community, TH Properties promptly erected plenty of "No Tresspassing" signs on this beautiful land not long after they bought it, even though they won't be building on it for a little while due to the slumping housing market. Nice, huh? I thought so, too. I wonder if they post No Trespassing signs outside their sales offices, too.

Thanks for stopping by.

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