With its porches and rows of windows, the still-legible schoolhouse 

is unwaveringly 19th century.  Photo 2 of 21 in A Spotlight on 10 Traditional Homes with Modern Interiors from An 1850 Schoolhouse in Milford, Pennsylvania

A Spotlight on 10 Traditional Homes with Modern Interiors

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Both saw the school as such a fine example of the white clapboard structure that prevails in Milford that they resisted the idea of installing an anonymous contemporary interior. Instead, they sought to embrace both periods of the building’s history when making all design decisions. "The relative simplicity of the historic exterior needed to be mirrored by a comparable feeling in the inside," says Duman.