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mtrtrr litmrsiOwnlt;xi ord Pubhihed by Tb# Bristol Printing Company Wo ;t« 13, lev mown Penniyivomo 19058 215 943 1000SW ColVimSr P'abbsK*. 1954 9/ iMONDAY, JUNE 23, 1975S W Calkmt, President Marvin ( Ellit Vice President Chart** P Smith Vice PrtS'den* Edward J Birth TreasurerHaro d A Psttler irCirculationP t ftcnenbergerPrododion ;Al*s 2 dlt;x fc Jr.PromotionGerald C ForestAdvertisingJoseph H BnghtDoto Processing8ob#?t E Bonham0*Kfc \ LOonty Pfi eng HousrSandy Oppenbotmet, fcditorStory Brwcjgs Asst c i Joe Hoiberstem Avolt; f dMdt K ruqman, Asvor f-d. Phil Week, f i t Porj r-JM« ryonn H,ffj , ? Ron Boyd n / ■ ,t, «Dilt;k Dovgherty t t fd Deborah drawer I «v I d* vr J»I he Bolton Mansion in Li'vittowiiPersistence seems to have paid offThe preservationists were suc-for the folks who have been fighting cessful in staying the wrecking crewfor so long to save the Bolton Man- and last week it was announced thatsion in Levittown the Bolton Mansion will be awardedThe sprawling stone structure in $100,000 in privately sponsored fundsBristol Township, which is in worse designed to save national historicneed of a face-lift than an aging movie actress* has been the center of controversy for quite some time.On one side there are people whosites.And that's good news. The money will be used to restore the exterior of the structure before interior renova-find the building on 3.3 acres of tionbegins.ground to be an eyesore and aLet’s hope this will be an end todangerous one at that. More than the problems at Bolton Mansion. Itonce area fire chiefs have vowedis important this renovation work bethey would not send their men into protected and that vandals be dis-the old building because of its deteri- couraged from violating the propertyin the future.Perhaps it would be wise to initiorated condition. Vandals have done their share of the damage at the oldsite and many think the land can be ate some sort of citizen patrols tou-ed for recreational purposes once police the property as was done atthe stone monster is torn down.On the other side there are some folks who believe Bolton Mansion is the oldest stone house in the state and that it would make an excellent site for a historic museum or someone time in the past when fires and damage were caused by youngsters who seem to have nothing better to do than break into the old house.Now, if the renovations go according to schedule, Bucks County willthing similar They argue the value have a lovely site in Bristol Town-of the past and that this mansion must be preserved.ship for our bicentennial visitors and we should all be pleased about that.
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Bucks County Courier Times
Levittown, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Jun 23, 1975
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