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I find myself circling the same trail. Searching for the springhouse.
It is all that remains from the old farm. Springwater emerges to cool the ancient bricks.
From where I stand I can hear the water bubbling up from the soil. Regurgitating. Refrigerating.
The sound of it annoys Henry. He holds his ears closed, and turns towards the trailhead.
Until the mid 1960s, the majority of the land that constitutes the Schuylkill Center was farmed. While I could not identify the particular kind of farm that might have occupied these grounds, I did research a Pennsylvania German farmstead in Waynesboro called Renfrew Park. This land was farmed for livestock, and included pastures, croplands, sheds, barns, and of course, the springhouse. In this small stone structure "perishables"¦. are placed in pans directly in the water which maintains a cool, non-fluctuating refrigerative temperature." The springhouse at the Schuylkill Center is the only visible remnant from the farm, and although it is not one of the Debtors' locations, you should step inside. It is wonderfully cool, and produces a constant bubbly sound.
Arthur, Dan and Ron Keiper. Renfrew Park: A Pennsylvania German Farmstead. Waynesboro: Daniel W. Arthur, 1987.