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Northshore October 2025
When it came time to build a multi-use barn on their Byfield property, Mindi Poston Gay, owner of Newburyport's MPG Home Design, and her husband, Phineas, set out to find a builder who could bring their dream space to fruition. What they found in an Amish family of craftsmen from Lancaster, PA, were priceless lessons about quality and craftsmanship-and family values. by G. Jeffrey MacDonald. photographs by Brad MintzCuriosity drove onlookers to crane their necks one evening in late May in the woodsy enclave of Byfield overlooking the Parker River. They wondered-How could a 2,000-square-foot barn have possibly been fram
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