 The result was a graceful building befitting the owner's successful miller/merchant status.The Riegel house does resemble several Riegel family stone farmhouses in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in size and form but appears to have been influenced more by the styles popular in such urban areas as Philadelphia and Burlington, New Jersey, where the use of brick proliferated.In keeping with the urban orientation of the house is the diminutive barn.