Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage

Benjamin F. Jones Cottage

Front and side (west corner) in September 2014
Location Third St., Cresson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 40°27′27″N 78°35′30″W / 40.45750°N 78.59167°W / 40.45750; -78.59167Coordinates: 40°27′27″N 78°35′30″W / 40.45750°N 78.59167°W / 40.45750; -78.59167
Area less than one acre
Built 1888[1]
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 95000125[2]
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.[2][3][4]

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

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ Wertz, Marjorie (February 18, 2007). "Cambria's Cresson cottage may be saved". Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
  4. ↑ "Report of Braemar Cottage Preliminary Condition Assessment of Cresson Township, Pennsylvania" (PDF). McMullan & Associates. February 26, 2007.
  5. ↑ Mellot, Kathy (December 9, 2009). "Supervisors: Braemar events don't alter demolition date". The Tribune-Democrat. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.
  6. ↑ Pitz, Marylynne (December 5, 2009). "Preservationists want to save crumbling mansion that others see as an eyesore". Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
  7. ↑ Wills, Rick (June 27, 2011). "Historic cottage escapes razing to delight of preservationists". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.


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