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Benjamin F. Jones Cottage
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Front and side (west corner) in September 2014
Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage is located in Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage
Location in Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage is located in the United States
Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage
Location in the United States
Location Third St., Cresson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
Area less than one acre
Built 1888
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 95000125
Added to NRHP February 24, 1995

The Benjamin Franklin Jones Cottage (also known as Braemar Cottage) is a cottage on the National Register of Historic Places in Cresson Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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 Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, 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 Cresson, Pennsylvania couple who intended to restore it.

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