Mullens Folly Restoration

Mullens Folly Restoration Come along with me as I restore Mullens Folly, a pre 1745 log house located in Cecil County, MD

We are set up today at the Cecil County Farm Museum’s “Heritage Day” with a display of artifacts telling the history of ...
10/17/2026

We are set up today at the Cecil County Farm Museum’s “Heritage Day” with a display of artifacts telling the history of Mullen’s Folly! We will be here until 4:00 today! Located at 820 Appleton Road, Elkton, Maryland!

My great friend Rob Hunter has recently published his lecture “Introduction to British Shell-Edged Earthenware” on his w...
10/03/2026

My great friend Rob Hunter has recently published his lecture “Introduction to British Shell-Edged Earthenware” on his website and YouTube page. It is very informative on the subject of dish ware often known as “Leeds” “feather edge” and several other names, but its official title is “Shell Edge”. He includes the archaeological record from Mullen’s Folly that shows this dish ware in use from the late 18th century through the mid 19th century with many different households in between. I have been collecting shell edge since I was 9 when I dug up my first pieces at my parents house next door to Mullen’s Folly!

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Getting all ready for my lecture tomorrow at the 325th anniversary of the Nottingham Lots! A display of local things an...
09/25/2026

Getting all ready for my lecture tomorrow at the 325th anniversary of the Nottingham Lots! A display of local things and artifacts from Mullen’s Folly! My lecture is at 10:30 tomorrow morning “The Antiques and Architecture of Brick Meeting House, Maryland: 1700-1870”. I hope see you all there!

Just a couple more days until the 325th anniversary of the Nottingham Lots at the Brick Meeting House! I will be set up...
09/24/2026

Just a couple more days until the 325th anniversary of the Nottingham Lots at the Brick Meeting House! I will be set up with a display with pieces from Mullen’s Folly and the surrounding community! Mullen’s Folly was constructed on parts of Nottingham Lot 31 and the “Common Lot”. At 10:30 this Saturday, September 26th I will be giving my lecture “The Antiques and Architecture of Brick Meeting House, Maryland: 1700-1870”. I hope to see many of you there!

A recent acquisition for the collection that I’m super excited about is this rare pattern molded redware coffee pot! It...
09/24/2026

A recent acquisition for the collection that I’m super excited about is this rare pattern molded redware coffee pot! It closely matches fragments of a creamer excavated from the site here at Mullen’s Folly! It dates to probably about 1815 and was made in Philadelphia.

Another recent find is this circa 1900 real photo postcard of the Brick Meeting House next door to Mullen’s Folly
09/06/2026

Another recent find is this circa 1900 real photo postcard of the Brick Meeting House next door to Mullen’s Folly

Yesterday morning on my way to my shop I saw a sign for an estate sale and decided to stop in and see what I could find....
09/04/2026

Yesterday morning on my way to my shop I saw a sign for an estate sale and decided to stop in and see what I could find. First I found two small children’s books that originally belonged to Helen Elizabeth England Mearns who lived less than half a mile from Mullen’s Folly in the 19th century. I thought it was neat because I already have a large quantity of things belonging to Helen and her family from when I cleaned out their family home several years ago. As I was leaving the sale, a bright red velvet covered photo album sitting in the garage caught my attention, I decided to check it out in the slim event it was full of identified local images, and indeed it WAS!!!!!! Roughly 40 identified images from the mid-late 19th century of all people from the area surrounding Mullen’s Folly! Many of the faces are in some way related to Helen E England Mearns, and I know a handful of my followers are related to this England family as well, so I’m thrilled to add these things to my collection! Don’t worry, most images have been uploaded to find a grave as well already!

I have discussed Helen England’s father in law on here before, Maryland Senator, Levi Ross Mearns, and several other distant relatives and their ties to this house!

It’s bittersweet, today I began disassembling my exhibit “Picking up the Pieces” at the Historical Society of Cecil Coun...
09/01/2026

It’s bittersweet, today I began disassembling my exhibit “Picking up the Pieces” at the Historical Society of Cecil County. I’m happy to have all of my “treasures” home again, and I am so thankful for the opportunity to have been able to share this story with so many people through this exhibit! If you didn’t get a chance to see it in person, some of these might come with me to a display at the 325th anniversary celebration of the Nottingham Lots at the Brick Meeting House in September of this year!

A few more pictures to show just how big that 1850s cast iron is!
07/25/2026

A few more pictures to show just how big that 1850s cast iron is!

You have not heard from me lately on this account and I do apologize for that. 5 weeks ago today our daughter Ann was b...
07/24/2026

You have not heard from me lately on this account and I do apologize for that. 5 weeks ago today our daughter Ann was born and has completely changed our lives for the better! Have no fear, I have not lost my drive to finish this house, or to keep preserving our local history! In fact I have gotten myself into a couple more projects today!

You may recall from my post last July discussing the tie between Maryland senator Levi Ross Mearns (1821-1896) and Mullen’s Folly. In the 1870s he helped advocate for Hester Berriker (1824-1896) who lived here to be able to receive her son’s pension from the civil war. Levi lived a short distance from Mullen’s Folly, only about .6 miles (according to Google Maps). His house was built sometime I believe about 1855-1857. Recently the property has switched hands and in making the home their own they made the decision to update the porch and have the cast iron one removed. Thankfully they were very kind in letting me acquire the porch pieces! I think they will make a really awesome gazebo one day once put back together! Even though it’s not attached to the house anymore it will still be local and preserved, so that should keep everyone happy! Behind the house stands a brick “privy” or “outhouse” that is pretty rough now. They have gifted me the structure, I just have to find a way to move it here to Mullen’s Folly! If you know how to move a brick privy please message me any tips you might have!

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