PART V. BUILDINGS, RUINS, AND VISTAS Page 140
Kaolin Road DiMedio s barn Wilson Springhouse Wilson Field Heyburn Road Octagonal House Talley Farm Ben Loper s House Route 1 Harvey Mill Ruins Fisher s House Route 100 Sanderson House and Museum John Chad House and Springhouse Wyeth Mill Smithbridge Road Keen-Edge Knife Factory Ruins and Field Smith s Bridge Castle Road Spring Valley Road Schoolhouse ruins Ring Road Mother Archie s Church and Cemetery Field of Wildflowers Two Barns Page 141
DiMedio barn, photographed from Wilson s kitchen window to look like a Wyeth painting May 20, 1959, on Kaolin Road at the corner of Heyburn Road Page 142
The Springhouse [date not recorded] On Wilson property, facing house and Kaolin Road (Heyburn Road is to the left) Page 143
Wilson s field on the hill [date not recorded] Looking over Danielson s farm and cows toward Ridge Road and Route 202 (Leflar s house on the left) Page 144
The Octagonal House April 18, 1959, corner of Heyburn and Ridge Road Page 145
The Octagonal House, side April 18, 1959. This is the way the house looked between tenants, before the Powell family bought it and renovated it. Page 146
The Octagonal House, pump April 18, 1959 Page 147
Sam Talley s Farm May 14, 1959, taken from the corner of Heyburn and Ridge Road with the octagonal house behind us. Page 148
Ben Loper s House June 14, 1959, on Heyburn Road between railroad bridge and Ridge Road Page 149
Ben Loper s House, interior with roses June 14, 1959, on Heyburn Rd. between railroad bridge and Ridge Road; never inhabited, as we remember; daffodils bloomed in yard every spring; wild roses climbed in through the windows. Page 150
Harvey Mill Ruins, formerly Ring Farm, then Turner Mill, then studio of Howard Pyle April 18, 1959, Route 1 (Purchased by the township in 1976.) Page 151
Harvey Mill Ruins, close April 18, 1959, Route 1 Page 152
Nail & Ring, detail of Harvey Mill Ruins April 18, 1959, Route 1 Page 153
Fisher s House, formerly Howard Pyle s (the Painters ) house May 14, 1959, Route 1 Page 154
Chris Sanderson House and Museum May 17, 1959, Route 100 Page 155
John Chad House, side, with leaning pine April 18, 1959, Route 100 Page 156
John Chad House, front, with forsythia and upright pine April 18, 1959, Route 100 Page 157
Springhouse, back, across from John Chad House April 18, 1959, Route 100 (Now the home of the Chadds Ford Historical Society) Page 158
View of Brandywine (with high tension towers) from John Chad House April 18, 1959, Route 100 Page 159
At Andy Wyeth s Mill, house of rubble stone with cut stone May 14, 1959, Route 100 Page 160
Andy Wyeth s Mill May 14, 1959, Route 100 Page 161
Keen Edge Factory Ruins May 26, 1959, Smithbridge Road, Evans s Farm, west of pond on path to back entrance of Second Quarry Page 162
Keen Edge Factory Ruins May 26, 1959, Smithbridge Road, Evans s Farm, west of pond on path to back entrance of Second Quarry Page 163
Field at upper end of Keen-Edge Road May 20, 1959 [specific place not recorded] Page 164
Smith s Bridge May 17, 1959, Smithbridge Road near Route 1 (Burned in 1961) Page 165
Smith s Bridge, interior, Smith Bridge May 17, 1959, Smithbridge Road near Route 1 Page 166
View of Brandywine from Smith s Bridge May 17, 1959 Page 167
View of dupont estate (Granogue) May 17, 1959, on Smithbridge Road, which we often called Castle Road Page 168
Ruins of school house May 25, 1959, Spring Valley Road Page 169
Ruins of school house, close May 25, 1959, Spring Valley Road Page 170
View near school house ruins May 25, 1959, Spring Valley Road Page 171
Ruins of Octagonal House, Mother Archie s Church and Cemetery May 14, 1959, at the corner of Bullock and Ring Road (Ruins were stabilized by the township in 2003.) Page 172
Field of Wildflowers May 14, 1959, W. of Ridge Road near Ring Road Page 173
Two Barns September 12, 1959, on Ridge Road at Ring Road Page 174