Inside A Lancaster County “Modern Amish” Brick Home (25 Photos)

This Lancaster County Amish community home is going up for auction in about two weeks. It’s also listed in Zillow with a full array of beautiful photos, so let’s have a look.

On the outside at least, this is a more traditional-looking home than the previous Lancaster County Amish home we looked at here. It’s an old brick farmhouse with an addition or two. This property has the picture-perfect neatness characteristic of this community. And you can tell the owners put a lot into this inviting home.

The exterior represents a fairly typical traditional “look” of an older Amish home – which (on the inside in particular) has been updated to the current more progressive material “norms” seen in this Amish community. More on that in a minute.

This home is located quite south in the overall community. Generally the south side of the community is more conservative. However, the address is Nottingham which is technically in next-door Chester County.

When we talk about the “Lancaster County” community, that includes Amish living in neighboring counties like Chester, York, and Berks. The Lancaster County community has grown so large that it is not confined to its namesake county.

While I can’t give you the district-by-district breakdown, from my experience Amish in Chester County tend to be more progressive overall.

This is also quite close to the Maryland border where a lot of Amish from the Lancaster County group have settled in recent years as the community has spilled over into the Old Line State.

Home description

Here’s your bare-bones description from the listing:

AUCTION DATE SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2024 @ 11:00 AM. LISTED PRICE IS A SUGGESTED OPENING BID ONLY AND IS NOT INDICATIVE OF THE FINAL SALE PRICE. Good solid home w/spacious outbuildings and fenced-in pastures on 1 Acre Level Lot. Rural Country setting with Farmland surroundings.

Besides that, I can tell you this home has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and is 1,528 square feet in size.

There are a number of outbuildings, and it looks like a big remodel was done in 2020 (though there’s no original year of construction listed).

There are a lot of really nice photos here and I’ve pulled a selection to share with you and comment on. So let’s have a look inside the home.

Inside the Home – Kitchen

You can immediately see what I mean by the more progressive look when you look in the kitchen.

One thing that stands out is the light cover which is made to mimic the look of a regular electric light fixture, and has become “a thing” in Lancaster County. However I can’t say I’ve noticed that stove “skirt” before. That must be a summertime addition.

You’ve also got some quite modern-ish looking kitchen cabinetry. The gas stovetop is about the only bit here which sticks out, looking about 10-20 years behind the rest of this layout.

Many Amish homes in the Lancaster County settlement are going to have a plainer look than this one. We’ve probably got a youngish family here, going by the looks of things, and size of the home.

This below photo shows us maybe the plainest and most traditionally Amish-looking nook of the home. Contrast the style here with the above photo.

This was the pre-remodel look of the home. And it represents the more traditional plainer style in Lancaster County that I was talking about in the above paragraph.

Living Room

A couple views of the living room, showcasing what I’m calling the “Amish modern” contemporary style in these more progressive Amish homes.

The entryway sink area has the same style as the kitchen. This sink is a classic Amish home feature – and I’d guess really one that is more a functional farmhouse feature than a uniquely Amish one.

By way of comparison, here is a similar sink in a different Amish home, with a somewhat more traditional interior look:

Bedrooms & Bathrooms

Back to today’s home. You’ll see the bedrooms are in keeping with this “modern Amish” look.

We get a peek into an eye-catching color pattern in the bathroom.

I won’t say it exactly fits with the rest of the home, but it’s certainly a cheery color scheme.

The other bedrooms have a somewhat more traditional look to them, though still with their fair share of modern touches.

A look at the other bathroom.

Outside

Clothesline pulley wheel mounted on a pole, right next to the back door. Very handy and logical setup.

The long barn-like building has an array of cages inside. They raise something here, but I can’t say which type of animal.

At one time this was probably a much larger property. But as you can see it has been whittled down to a (for the Amish) small single-acre lot, with just enough space for the home, horse barn, and other buildings.

As far as other buildings on the property, just one more neat photo I’ll share – which gives a clue as to at least one of the occupations of the inhabitants.

This is some sort of a lighting business – those look like wall-mounted battery lights. Behind the little door is likely space for the battery unit. Hadn’t seen this before either. This might just be a “sideline” business for the man of the house.

So what’s the value of this home?

As this is an auction, there is no final set price on the home. But the “Estimate” on Zillow is set at $350,000.

That, as noted in the description, is only the opening price. So I won’t be surprised it it sells for a good bit more than that, given the overall demand and direction of prices in this community.