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Our office prepared the project narratives and cost estimates for a
1995 Keystone Historic Preservation Grant application on behalf of
Roaring Spring Borough. Through this money and a matching federal
grant from the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) grant money
administered by PennDOT, the passenger platform canopy of this historic
1905 passenger station will be reconstructed from historic photographs. The one story
brick train station, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad about 1905,
is the last surviving historic passenger station in Blair County and will house
the Roaring Spring Historical Society. The new passenger platform
is a timber frame construction to match the original and in accordance
with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Restoration. The drawings and specifications
were reviewed and approved by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
and PennDOT for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act, achievement of original project objectives, and adherence to original
budget estimates as described in the grant application. |