The funding will enhance local support of the relocation, restoration and interpretation of the home. Oil Heritage Region Inc. will disassemble the house into sections and move it across the Oil Creek and U. S. Route 8. It will be reassembled at Rynd Farm in Oil Creek State Park. The house has been vacant since 1980 and has undergone severe deterioration and natural damages.
Future plans call for enhancements to increase the visitor attraction components of the property.
His flamboyant lifestyle attracted widespread attention in the mid-nineteenth century. The meeting was part of a series of statewide public forums to identify historically, architecturally and archaeologically significant sites, buildings, structures, neighborhoods and objects. Historic preservation contributes to the state's economy through rehabilitation investments and by preserving historic landmarks, neighborhoods, main streets and central business districts.