Screened-In Porch in Germantown

Owners and avid gardeners living in the Aubury Arboretum in Germantown wanted a comfortable outdoor space, where they could enjoy their lovely surroundings free of insects and rain showers. Their historic house had been built in several stages, with the most recent addition dating from the 1970s. They wanted to blend the new porch with the mixed bag of interior and exterior styles present in this historic house. Aubury Arboretum is a local historic district, listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, and needed Historical Commission approval as part of the building permit process.