A Vermont couple rehabilitated their 1792 home with attention to historical accuracy as well as health and environmental concerns. Seventeen years ago, a married couple purchased this Federal-period house in rural Vermont. Once part of a large dairy farm, the 1792 farmhouse and 55-acre property represented the best of both worlds, since the wife wanted an old house and the husband wanted some land. As time passed, however, she realized that she was getting sick fairly regularly and that her…
