Pa. Judge Asked To Spare Steel Tycoon’s Cottage

A western Pennsylvania judge has been asked to save a 121-year-old cottage believed to be the summer home of steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie.

The Cresson Area Historical Association owns the Braemar-Jones cottage which Cresson Township officials want to demolish because it is in disrepair. The cottage is located about 75 miles east of Pittsburgh.

The historical group wants to preserve the cottage, though they've been unable to raise the funds. The group says it's waiting on a $150,000 grant from a private, nonprofit group to start that work.

The historical group wants a Cambria County judge to stop this week's scheduled demolition. Township officials, meanwhile, say they don't want to miss out on a contractor's offer to tear down the cottage for free.