[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42063-42064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21015]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places; Request for Comments;
Eastern Greene Township Rural Historic District; Determination of
Eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places
On February 24, 1995, the Eastern Greene Township Rural Historic
District, Franklin County, Pennsylvania was determined eligible for the
National Register of Historic Places for its historic and architectural
importance, following a request from the Federal Highway
Administration. The district consists of a landscape farmed
continuously since the eighteenth century and reflects the agricultural
patterns of the rich Cumberland Valley. Important features found in the
district include intact farmsteads, with their significant collection
of barns, farmhouses and outbuildings, the field patterns, fencerows,
family cemeteries, and the network of the historic farm roads. The
finding of eligibility was based upon review of documentation submitted
by the Federal Highway Administration, the Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission, and Greene Township. All agreed that the historic
district is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Since the determination of eligibility was issued, the National
Park Service has received a request that the boundary
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of the district be redrawn to exclude lands located within the Borough
of Chambersburg, based upon a claimed loss of historic integrity of the
area. Documentation relative to the historic integrity of this portion
of the district was submitted to the National Register. Copies of this
documentation are available from the National Register at the address
below. In order to accommodate those who wish to provide new
information concerning the boundary of the Eastern Greene Township
Rural Historic District, the National Park Service is providing a 60
day comment period. A written statement on the determination of
eligibility will be issued by the National Park Service within 30 days
of the close of the comment period.
The determination of eligibility remains in effect pending review
of responses submitted during the comment period. In order to revise
the boundary the National Park Service must receive authoritative
information, which evaluated in conjunction with documentation already
on file, results in a finding that the determined eligible boundary
does not accurately delineate the historic district in accordance with
established National Register standards.
Comments should be addressed to the National Register of Historic
Places, National Park Service, 1849 C St., N.W., Room NC400,
Washington, D.C. 200240.
Carol D. Shull,
Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places, National Register,
History and Education.
[FR Doc. 98-21015 Filed 8-5-98; 8:45 am]
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