The Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage (also known as Braemar Cottage) is a cottage on the

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in Cresson Township, Cambria County,

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. 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

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, 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. The structure was saved from demolition in 2011 when it was purchased by a

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couple who intended to restore it.

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