Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage Explained
The Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage (also known as Braemar Cottage) is a cottage on the National Register of Historic Places in Cresson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.[2] [3]
In 1990, the mansion was purchased by a group that desired to restore it. In November 2009, a county judge declared the declining property a nuisance and ordered that it be demolished. When the historical group appealed to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the town supervisors agreed to postpone the demolition until May 2010. A request for a $150,000 grant that the group hoped could fund renovations was rejected.[4] [5]
The structure was saved from demolition in 2011 when it was purchased by a Cresson, Pennsylvania couple who intended to restore it.[6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H042016_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Benjamin F. Jones Cottage ]. Barruco, Suzanna E. . National Park Service . June 13, 1994 . PDF . December 10, 2009.
- News: Wertz. Marjorie. Cambria's Cresson cottage may be saved. Pittsburgh Tribune Review. February 18, 2007. December 10, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20070220190224/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_493718.html. February 20, 2007. dead.
- Web site: Report of Braemar Cottage Preliminary Condition Assessment of Cresson Township, Pennsylvania. McMullan & Associates. February 26, 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707121541/http://extras.altoonamirror.com/ForTheRecord/Documents/cottage378.pdf. July 7, 2011.
- News: Mellot . Kathy . Supervisors: Braemar events don’t alter demolition date . . December 9, 2009 . 2012-09-17 . https://archive.today/20120917171007/http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_343225916.html . dead .
- News: Pitz. Marylynne . Preservationists want to save crumbling mansion that others see as an eyesore. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 5, 2009.
- News: Wills. Rick. Historic cottage escapes razing to delight of preservationists. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. June 27, 2011. https://archive.today/20130131143613/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_744041.html. January 31, 2013. dead.
