Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage

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Benjamin F. Jones Cottage
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Front and side (west corner) in September 2014
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LocationThird St., Cresson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 40°27′27″N78°35′30″W / 40.45750°N 78.59167°W / 40.45750; -78.59167 Coordinates: 40°27′27″N78°35′30″W / 40.45750°N 78.59167°W / 40.45750; -78.59167
Arealess than one acre
Built1888 [1]
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No. 95000125 [2]
Added to NRHPFebruary 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]

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References

  1. Barruco, Suzanna E. (June 13, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places InventoryNomination Form: Benjamin F. Jones Cottage" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.
  5. Mellot, Kathy (December 9, 2009). "Supervisors: Braemar events don't alter demolition date". The Tribune-Democrat . Archived from the original on 2012-09-17.
  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 . Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.