Past is seamlessly woven into present with matchless craftsmanship, from the c.1780 one-room homestead to the four bedrooms and 3.5 baths. The home's great age can be read in the stone walls, hand-hewn beams and walk-in fireplace of the keeping room.

The prosperity of 19th century sheep farmer murmurs in the 1838 hall-and-parlor addition, with its graceful staircase, spacious living room, elegant mantel, and the hooks of a massive home loom still plastered in the ceiling.

As the home of a 1950s NYC art gallery owner, it was a retreat for artists and writers, proclaimed by an aerie-like studio-bedroom and a light-filled great room.

Today's needs express themselves in a custom-built gourmet kitchen and guest suite. The harmonious period character is preserved throughout, with random-width pine floorboards, authentic millwork, antique hardware and a discriminating use of architectural salvage.

Welcome to Stockton. Driving north along the river from Lambertville, you will pass one of the quarries that supplied building stone for colonial homes in Philadelphia; the road will take you to Stockton. The town was first called Reading's Ferry for Colonel Reading who operated the ferry about 1700.

Stockton remains today much as it was in the 18th century. For all its small size and rural nature, the town is presided over by a fine country inn: the Stockton Inn, established in 1710 and immortalized in Richard Rodgers' song "There's a Small Hotel with a Wishing Well".

Stock is just a stone's throw over the Delaware river to New Hope, PA.