The great room's timber trusses over the arched window, pendant lights hung from the ridge

ResidentialMorris, PA

Morris Residence

Two timber frame additions flanking an existing 6,000-square-foot log lodge outside Morris, Pennsylvania, framed in Eastern white pine and tied together by heavy connecting purlins.

Two additions, framed to flank a log lodge.

Outside Morris, Pennsylvania, architect Christopher Todd, AIA, designed two additions flanking an existing 6,000-square-foot log lodge, one for a great room and one for a master suite, each carried by its own timber frame.

The master suite, wide: chaise, bed, and the bath beyond under one run of trusses

We manufactured and installed the frame: twelve modified king post bents in Eastern white pine, tied together across the ridge by 6x10 connecting purlins. The wood is finished in a custom dark stain, warm against the lighter pine decking overhead. In all, 287 pieces of timber and roughly 18,000 board feet.

The great room from the seating, toward the stone fireplace under the trusses

Looking down the ridge of the great room: trusses, skylights, and two drum chandeliers

An antique cook stove beneath the arched window in the log-walled room, flagstone floor

The log-walled room's arched window, the lower windows swung open to the trees

The master suite from its doorway: chandelier hung from the frame, herringbone floor

The bed under the master suite's trusses, chandelier overhead

The copper tub in the master bath, looking back through the doorway to the suite

Project partners

ClientPrivate client

ArchitectChristopher Todd, AIA

PhotographySettlement Post & Beam

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