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Will Wayne's Unique Fence Style Come Back?

One family has recreated a fence that was popular in the late 19th Century.

When North and South Wayne was developed in the late 1800s by Herman Wendell and Walter Bassett Smith, a lot of trees had to be cleared from the land.

One of the uses for those trees was building fences on the properties. They were made up of segments of carved branches in unique designs. The rustic look matched the natural wood roof shingles of the "country" homes.

Until last week the fences were only found in old photographs, but a North Wayne family has brought them back. It had been a dream for quite some time for the 1889 Wendell and Smith home of Greg Prichard, his brother Scott, his mom Joyce and late father Jeff.

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They designed their fence using old photographs and red cedar wood.

The reason it took them so long to get the fence made after their original inspiration is because they wanted to find just the right person to do the work. As soon as they met Stephen Zook of Rocky Ridge Cedar Work in Christiana, Pa. and saw his work they knew he was who we had been looking for, Prichard said.

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The Prichards are hoping that other Wayne property owners will follow the trend and bring back Wayne's unique fences.


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