American Farmhouse Style – June 2019

52 • AMERICAN FARMHOUSE STYLE

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This turn-of-the-century New

York home has been renovated

multiple times over the years, but

has now returned to its original

historic country style.

BY AMELIA CARROLL

PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANCIS DZIKOWSKI

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ometimes the best way to move forward is

actually to backtrack. This 2,200-square-foot

home in Park Hill, New York, was built in 1906,

and has gone through many different stylistic

changes. The current owner, Gary Brewer, is

an architect at Robert A. M. Stern Architects, so he had the

skills and experience to see the home’s historic potential

when he bought it. He wanted to bring the home back to

its historic roots, and he was able to emphasize the historic

architecture in this new renovation.

opposite: Everything in Gary's home looks as if it could have come

from the early 1900s, from the architecture and paint colors to

the kitchen table and chairs.