300-Year-Old Log Home Reportedly Uncovered In Bryn Mawr

BRYN MAWR, PA — It's not often that relics from the 18th century are uncovered, especially in an area as heavily populated as the Philadelphia suburbs. Yet that's exactly what's happened twice in the past several weeks.

Bryn Mawr resident Jude Plum grew up just next an old house on 901 County Line Road, and had nurtured a lifelong curiosity about it. After buying the property four years ago he began peeling away the exterior - five layers of it, according to media reports - and discovered a log home from 1704 underneath it all.

The finish of the home was covered in stucco and was fully removed in 2013, according to the Lower Merion Historical Society.

For anyone who is counting, it is the second discovery from the 1700s in the area in recent weeks: bayonets from the Continental Army's famous winter encampment in 1777-78 were unearthed in Valley Forge in May.

The home includes two stone fireplaces and is built of oak logs. It was reportedly owned by a Welsh Quaker named Rees Thomas, who bought the land from William Penn in 1682, a Philly.com report states.

“This is the beginning of our country," Plum told Philly.com.

According to the report, Plum has begun to restore the home and is seeking to have it become a museum that will one day be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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