Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage

Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage
Location: Third St., Cresson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1888[2]
Architectural style: Queen Anne
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 95000125[1]
Added to NRHP: February 24, 1995

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]

In 1990 the mansion was purchased by a group that desired to restore it. In November 2009, a county judge declared the decling 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]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Barruco, Suzanna E. (June 13, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Benjamin F. Jones Cottage" (PDF). National Park Service. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H042016_01H.pdf. Retrieved December 10, 2009. 
  3. ^ Wertz, Marjorie (February 18, 2007). "Cambria's Cresson cottage may be saved". Pittsburgh Tribune Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_493718.html. 
  4. ^ "Report of Braemar Cottage Preliminary Condition Assessment of Cresson Township, Pennsylvania". McMullan & Associates. February 26, 2007. http://extras.altoonamirror.com/ForTheRecord/Documents/cottage378.pdf. 
  5. ^ Mellot, Kathy (December 09, 2009). "Supervisors: Braemar events don’t alter demolition date". The Tribune-Democrat. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09. http://www.webcitation.org/5luSiSgPl. 
  6. ^ Pitz, Marylynne (December 5, 2009). "Preservationists want to save crumbling mansion that others see as an eyesore". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09339/1018521-30.stm. 
  7. ^ Wills, Rick (June 27, 2011). "Historic cottage escapes razing to delight of preservationists". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_744041.html. 
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