Merestone
Merestone, also known as the John S. Reese, IV, House, is an American historic estate that is located in New [Garden Township, Pennsylvania|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 National Register of [Historic Places] in 1995.
Renovated and added to by architect R. Brognard Okie, this historic structure features elements of the Colonial [Revival architecture|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.