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Source: New York Post
Adam Miller knew he had a unique opportunity when the owner of the Chester House reached out to see if he could help save her historic farmhouse. The 1886-built Davidson, NC, property was in rough shape, but Miller knew he wanted to take on the project. “The whole house felt like a North Carolina piece of folk art,” he tells Realtor.com®. “It just felt sad to tear it down, because it was one of the oldest surviving farmhouses in Davidson.” Citing the original beadboard walls and boxy door frames, Miller could immediately picture the property’s origin story. “You hear about somebody building a house with their bare hands, and this is the type of house I think about, you know?” he says. “The old-school North Carolina farmer gets done for the day and he’s like, adding onto his house, or he’s just doing cool stuff because that’s what he needs to survive and live on the land.
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