Though he’s best known for transforming corporate giants like Tyco and serving as the longtime CEO of DuPont, Edward D. Breen also spent four years breathing new life into a sprawling 18th-century farm in the Pennsylvania countryside, about 40 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
In late 2012, Breen and his wife, Lynn, paid $4.2 million for a 147-acre property in Bucks County’s affluent and sought-after Upper Makefield Township. The couple then undertook a multimillion-dollar renovation of the existing pre-Revolutionary War structures in collaboration with architect Paul Kiss of OSK Design Partners and builder Tim Sager of Ferman Lex Custom Homes, reportedly monopolizing almost every specialized stonemason in the region during the project.
An original keeping room features a patterned tile fireplace surround and exposed ceiling beams.
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