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    April 4, 2019
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Every house has a story Here is the story of 7248 Groveland Road oes your home have a unique history behind it? we weren't chas-ng fireflics with our daughters or roasting marshmallows in the enormous walk in fire-place. we held intermittent art and civic events in the 17,000-square-foot Dutch ba on the property, which also served as a roller rink. private tango venue and basketball court Our 24-acre property at 7248 Grove land Road was first recorded in 1747 long before Washington crossed the Dclaware. John Boyle purchased 200 acres of origin land-grant from tl sons of William Penn. There are two date-stones clearly visible on the el- cgant stone building, one dated 1798 commemorating the construction of the original two-story structure now the kitchen, and another marked 1828 indi cating the year that Chris-tian and Sa- rah Myers assumed ownership. Over its roughly 275-year history, the property was added to and subdivided and host ed twenty different owners, including a brief stint as a commune with an ob- ligatory magic school bus in the 1970s In the 80s the Philadel-phia Electric Company purchased the property and at tempted to obtain approval for a nuclear Describe a bit about your own time liv moved our family from Brooklyn. We her at andrea mergentimepropertics.com power plant, but community opposition ing at this magnificent property saved the farm Any special memories from your time liv- ing in the home you would like to share? We have had so many wonderful times enjoying this property. Weddings were held here, pumpkins carved, swimming in the pool, with pool house and sccret gar den with hot tub added, and long luxuri ous rope swings hung from high branches so that swinging in its long arc made time stand still. It has been a truly magical place to call home For additional information about this estate property. please contact Rcaltor An- drea Mcrgentime at917-379-2553 or cmail raised our three children here while build In 1994. we purchased the home and n our business, Applegate Farms. When Submited by River Valley Realty LLC