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.[1][3][4]
Benjamin F. Jones Cottage | |
 Front and side (west corner) in September 2014 | |
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| Location | Third St., Cresson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°27′27″N 78°35′30″W / 40.45750°N 78.59167°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1888[2] |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000125[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1995 |
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.[5][6]
The structure was saved from demolition in 2011 when it was purchased by a Cresson, Pennsylvania couple who intended to restore it.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Barruco, Suzanna E. (June 13, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Benjamin F. Jones Cottage" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
- ^ Wertz, Marjorie (February 18, 2007). "Cambria's Cresson cottage may be saved". Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
- ^ "Report of Braemar Cottage Preliminary Condition Assessment of Cresson Township, Pennsylvania" (PDF). McMullan & Associates. February 26, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2011.
- ^ Mellot, Kathy (December 9, 2009). "Supervisors: Braemar events don't alter demolition date". The Tribune-Democrat. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17.
- ^ Pitz, Marylynne (December 5, 2009). "Preservationists want to save crumbling mansion that others see as an eyesore". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ Wills, Rick (June 27, 2011). "Historic cottage escapes razing to delight of preservationists". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.