[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 793 Introduced in House (IH)]
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 793
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and
feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House located in
Elsinboro Township, Salem County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National
Park System, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 28, 2001
Mr. LoBiondo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and
feasibility of designating the Abel and Mary Nicholson House located in
Elsinboro Township, Salem County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National
Park System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Abel and Mary Nicholson House
National Historic Site Study Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING ABEL AND MARY NICHOLSON
HOUSE, ELSINBORO TOWNSHIP, SALEM COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Abel and Mary Nicholson House, located in Elsinboro
Township, Salem County, New Jersey, was built in 1722.
(2) The original section of the House is the only pristine,
surviving portion of a Delaware Valley brick patterned-end
house featuring a diaper or diamond pattern in glazed bricks in
the gable wall of the building, and less elaborate decorations
of checkered string courses on the other 3 walls.
(3) The original section of the House--
(A) contains early paint, original hinges, locks,
shelving, floorboards, roof framing, and chimneypieces;
(B) has received only routine maintenance and no
major remodeling; and
(C) is without the intrusion of either electricity
or a central heating system.
(4) The 1859 addition to the House enhances the
significance of the property with a similar level of
architectural integrity.
(5) The House has well-documented associations with the
earliest Quaker settlement in North America.
(6) The House and surrounding property may be available for
acquisition by the United States from a willing donor.
(7) The House is one of the most significant ``first
period'' houses surviving in the Delaware Valley and represents
an architectural Rosetta stone regarding the domestic life of
the first two generations of settlers in the Delaware Valley.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) House.--The term ``House'' means the Abel and Mary
Nicholson House located in Elsinboro Township, Salem County,
New Jersey.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National
Park Service.
(c) Study.--The Secretary shall, in consultation with the State of
New Jersey--
(1) carry out a study regarding the suitability and
feasibility of designating the House as a unit of the National
Park System; and
(2) consider management alternatives for the House to
create an administrative association with the New Jersey
Coastal Heritage Trail Route.
(d) Study Process and Completion.--Section 8(c) of Public Law 91-
383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(c)) shall apply to the conduct and completion of
the study required by this section.
(e) Submission of Study Results.--The Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report
describing the results of the study.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
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