Tony Devaney Morinelli
Nov 09, 2020
Historic Sites
Reaching out for help to restore the oldest wing of the house so that it can be open to the public as an example of a Welsh Quaker home under William Penn. The restoration of this 1698 wing must be done by a professional. I'm not living in this section, it belongs to everyone.
In 2018 I used most of my retirement fund to buy a historic but abandoned and derelict house from the bank. The house, which I call Harford Hall after the original Welsh name, was built in three stages. The oldest wing of the house dates from 1689 during the governorship of William Penn. The second addition dates from c. 1730 and the third from about 1740. The builder of the house was one of Penn's Welsh Quaker settlers who hoped to create a Welsh barony in their new township named for their home in Wales, "Haverford." In the past two years I have used such funds as remained from my retirement to replace the roof, add heating and plumbing and to make the structure livable.
Go Fund Me at
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/restore-historic-home-for-the-community
You can read about the house and see images at:
https://iliveinharford.com/harford-hall.html
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