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ut, along with farmland and soil limitations for septic systems, wetlands may be the
most significant impediments to development in the area. This is due to state and federal
legal constraints on development of wetland areas.
The attached map series details some of the aforementioned environmental factors and
their extent in the COG area.
Historic Resources
Historic resources are more generally scattered, but there are historic resources
everywhere. Underneath many places in the COG region, there are archeological
resources dating back perhaps ten thousand years. Many homes built or lived in by the
first generation of settlers remain occupied, some by their direct descendants. Many early
industrial, agricultural, and institutional buildings remain. Unfortunately, a complete
inventory of all historically significant structures has never been undertaken within the
region. Some material about existing resources is available from several sources. These
include the National Register of Historic Places, local historical society information, and
some informal municipal inventories.
National Register Properties
The National Register of Historic Places was created by the Federal Historic Preservation
Act of 1966. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s State Historic
Preservation Office maintains the Register in Pennsylvania. Listing (or eligibility for
listing) confers some level of protection from adverse impacts to the resource by
government activities (highway projects, etc.). Listing or eligibility also allows
implementation by the owner of a tax credit under certain circumstances.
At present, the following properties in the region are known to be eligible or formally
listed:
Wendell August Forge, Grove City Borough, Listed 1996
U.S. Post Office, Grove City Borough, Eligible
Chestnut Street Bridge, Grove City Borough, Eligible
Johnston’s Tavern, Springfield Township, Listed 1972
Smith and Swetnam’s Guidebook to Historic Western Pennsylvania also lists
The Cooper Bessemer plant
Filer Homestead (Kinder Avenue)
Cunningham Memorial Park
Grove City College
The Fleming House (Liberty Street)
George Junior Republic
The Village of North Liberty
One Room School (Springfield Township)
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