Historic Preservation Funds Awarded to Upper Moreland Township Nonprofit
Local friends group receives state grant for assessment project of an historic site.
Willow Grove, PA, July 09, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Friends of Boileau has received a $9,750 matching grant award from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to improve the historic farmstead located in Boileau Park situated in Upper Moreland Township just outside of Hatboro, Pa. The state funds will support a $20,000 project that will give the friends group and its public partner, Upper Moreland Township, a plan towards the stabilization, preservation, restoration, and eventual adaptive reuse, of the historic site.
This project is supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The project will consist of a review period, site surveys, and a conditions assessment report - all of which will guide the Friends of Boileau in their comprehensive preservation efforts. The project is expected to start this fall and be completed by summer of 2016.
“We are enthusiastic about this grant award and implementing this project, as it will provide a crucial roadmap for us. We have quite the task of improving not one, but four, unique historic structures,” said Nick Scull, President of the Friends of Boileau. The four stone structures include the Farmhouse, Barn, Carriage House, and Springhouse.
Patrick Stasio, Director of Parks & Recreation for Upper Moreland Township said “we have been working closely with Friends of Boileau for years, and we are happy that they are making significant strides toward the site’s improvements.” The Township purchased the farm in 2002 as part of its open space and recreation plans. The farmstead stands at the center of the ten-acre park, and is flanked by lush lowlands to the south and a recreational field to the north.
The farmstead exhibits early architectural features associated with the mid to late 1700s. The Farmstead, even in its current condition, stands as an excellent example of English and German architectural influences, and is eligible for the National Register for Historic Places for its architecture. Many updates were made through the farm’s long history, and Friends of Boileau will be working toward interpreting these various periods of architecture, using the conditions assessment report as a tool.
Friends of Boileau, a non-profit corporation, was formed in 2004, when it signed a 25-year management agreement with the township to preserve, rehabilitate, and maintain the Colonial Farmstead in Boileau Park located at 2668 Byberry Rd, in Upper Moreland Township, just outside Hatboro, Pa. The park and organization were named in honor of Upper Moreland Township native Nathaniel Boileau, the distinguished 19th century Pennsylvania statesman.
This project is supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The project will consist of a review period, site surveys, and a conditions assessment report - all of which will guide the Friends of Boileau in their comprehensive preservation efforts. The project is expected to start this fall and be completed by summer of 2016.
“We are enthusiastic about this grant award and implementing this project, as it will provide a crucial roadmap for us. We have quite the task of improving not one, but four, unique historic structures,” said Nick Scull, President of the Friends of Boileau. The four stone structures include the Farmhouse, Barn, Carriage House, and Springhouse.
Patrick Stasio, Director of Parks & Recreation for Upper Moreland Township said “we have been working closely with Friends of Boileau for years, and we are happy that they are making significant strides toward the site’s improvements.” The Township purchased the farm in 2002 as part of its open space and recreation plans. The farmstead stands at the center of the ten-acre park, and is flanked by lush lowlands to the south and a recreational field to the north.
The farmstead exhibits early architectural features associated with the mid to late 1700s. The Farmstead, even in its current condition, stands as an excellent example of English and German architectural influences, and is eligible for the National Register for Historic Places for its architecture. Many updates were made through the farm’s long history, and Friends of Boileau will be working toward interpreting these various periods of architecture, using the conditions assessment report as a tool.
Friends of Boileau, a non-profit corporation, was formed in 2004, when it signed a 25-year management agreement with the township to preserve, rehabilitate, and maintain the Colonial Farmstead in Boileau Park located at 2668 Byberry Rd, in Upper Moreland Township, just outside Hatboro, Pa. The park and organization were named in honor of Upper Moreland Township native Nathaniel Boileau, the distinguished 19th century Pennsylvania statesman.
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