The current owners, Bill and Cheryl Gramling, are quick to call themselves “caretakers” of the home, which is in the style of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the creator of “organic architecture.”

Everything about the Gramlings’ home speaks to that style, from the natural materials used to construct it to the panoramic views of nature surrounding it.

Hoffman wasn’t just an architect, he was a craftsman. There are the stained glass pieces that Hoffman designed. There are natural elements everywhere in the house, from redwood to brick. At times it’s hard to see where the house ends and nature begins.

“We’re still in awe of this,” Cheryl said. “This isn’t about us, this is about John Hoffman.”

“We were just lucky enough to be able to buy this,” Bill added.

In addition to being an architect, Hoffman was a craftsman.

The property consists of the main house, a workshop and another building, which has become Cheryl’s “she shed” located in the wooded area above their home.

The house is filled with examples of Hoffman’s ingenuity and creativity in addition to his workmanship illustrating how the home was designed with an eye to beauty and functionality such as something as simple as a buffet-style serving area hidden behind doors in the kitchen

“I have a whole buffet right here because everything can sit right on here. We’ve had so many dinner parties where all the food is just, you know, right on here,” Cheryl said.

“What’s really ironic is when we were living out there, there was very little wildlife,” Cheryl said.

“Here, we get everything. We have deer and bear and bobcat and foxes and raccoons. I just couldn’t even tell you everything we’ve seen on the cameras in the morning.In the spring, I was working in the garden, I turned around and right there was a tiny newborn fawn,” she said.

“About every morning she gets out of bed, looks out the window to scare the deer away,” Bill said.

The home they had moved from was in a modern farmhouse style, so very different from the mid-century modern style of their current home.

Hoffman literally took off the whole top floor of the original home and constructed various levels and vistas, so that practically everywhere you look, you see nature.

Bill, a craftsman in his own right, has added to the aesthetics of the home with stained glass pieces he created. One piece is a tribute to his family.

“The stars are my brother, sister and me at the bottom. I’m the only one left. Right underneath it says when my parents were married,” he explained.

Hoffman, who was 92 when he died in July, was born in White Deer Township. He had owned an architecture firm in Williamsport.

His obituary, which appeared in the Sun-Gazette, stated that he was “an avid outdoor enthusiast,” which is evident in the home, which seems to be designed to give its owners a front row seat to nature’s offerings.

Originally, according to the Gramlings, Hoffman had hired people to work on the house, but he didn’t like what they were doing, so he finished it himself.

Although they have not changed the layout of the house all that much, they did move the dining room to the front of the house to take advantage of the view.

“When someone comes here to eat, I’d rather sit out there where you can see the view than in here,” Cheryl said.

There are several bedrooms and a secret room where Cheryl stores shoes.

In an homage to the 1970s, emphasizing the mid-century vibe, is a huge bathtub in the one bathroom.

“I’ve been in that one time in the 17 years we’ve been here,” Cheryl admitted.

When they first saw the home, Cheryl admitted that she was not sure about buying such a large home. The house has 6,360 square feet.

“When we first came to look at the house, we walked all through it, and we came out here on the deck, and we were looking at the view. And he said, I think I’m going to buy this house. And I said, ‘Oh, Bill, it’s so big, so big. And he said, ‘You know what, I wouldn’t care if it was a trailer sitting up here.’ He said, ‘I want this location. I want this view,'” Cheryl said.

One of the attractions for Bill was the location of the airport.

He’s actually built planes and flew the planes that he built,” Cheryl said.

“The airport being down there, he could watch planes coming down and so that was the main reason that we bought the home because we loved this spot. The farmhouse was down in a valley and he said “I want to be up on a mountain overlooking it, so we got it,” she said.

The Hoffmans have registered the home with the Pennsylvania Film Commission and have tried to source furnishings that fit in the house’s style. Bill has also built some items for the home.

Much like Hoffman, Bill has led an interesting life. For years he worked as an engineer for NBC in Washington and when he retired from there, he went to Hollywood for awhile, working as an extra on televisions shows and movies.

He was there for two years because, as he said, “I just did it for something different.”

Taking advantage of the setting, the Gramlings were actually married on the deck overlooking the valley.

Their family, so far, has expressed no interest in becoming the next “caretakers” of the home, according to the Gramlings.

“I hope that another family comes here, and will enjoy it as much as we have. I hope it stays here for a long, long time,” Cheryl said.