Hello everyone, I found this article in a local paper, "The Intelligencer" http://www.phillyburbs.com/intelligencerrecord/news/news_intell/607573.htm Board to identify at-risk historical buildings By Leo Shane III Staff Writer HORSHAM —Council's newest advisory committee will make identifying at-risk historical properties its primary focus for the next few months, board members announced Tuesday. The Horsham Historical Advisory Board also appointed its officers at its first meeting, naming Peter Walts chairman and Margaret Choate secretary. The five-member board will meet the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the township building. Last month, the council commissioned the advisory board to research and report on historic properties in the township, in part because of the near loss of the Culf house last spring. After plans for its demolition had been approved, the Norristown Road structure was found to have Underground Railroad tunnels in its basement. The historical advisory board members said they hope to focus on similar endangered structures, including three they have already identified. The buildings are rumored to be targets for development and include a Babylon Road building believed to be a colonial schoolhouse. Choate said she has already received permission to photograph the interior of one of the three threatened structures. "If we can't stop demolition, I want to get some record of all of them." Township manager Mike McGee said the board cannot set policy regarding historic matters, but will advise the council on the best ways to preserve the township's past. Choate is also president of the Horsham Preservation and Historical Association, an independent corporation that has done extensive research on the area's history. She said the group has already identified nearly 100 private residences in the municipality that were built before 1900. The preservation group is also acting as the caretaker for the Penrose/Strawbridge property, located on Governor Road and once used as a distillery for Pennsylvania's provincial governor in the early 1700s. The advisory board will also research that township-owned property and recommend possible uses. The board members said along with a list of council requests, they hope to establish some means of monitoring incoming construction proposals to make sure historic buildings are not being jeopardized.