Section 6. Conveyance to Northumberland County Historical
Society.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Northumberland County Historical Society for one dollar approximately 0.82 acres of land and a building as described in an indenture dated November 27, 1931.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) consists of all that certain tract or lot of land at 1150 North Front Street, situate in the City of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at an iron pipe in the eastern line of Front Street in the dividing line between the property hereby conveyed and the property nor or late of Max L. Kronberg, thence in a southerly direction along the eastern line of Front Street a distance of eighty eight (88) feet, more or less to a stake being the northwestern corner of property in tenure of George W. Rockwell, thence in an easterly direction along the property now or late of the said Rockwell a distance of three hundred sixteen (316) feet, more or less, to a stake in the western line of Fort Augusta Avenue
thence in a northerly direction along the western line of Fort Augusta Avenue a distance of one hundred thirty nine (139) feet, more or less, to an iron pipe at the intersection of the property hereby conveyed and the property in tenure of Max L. Kronberg,
thence in a westerly direction along the property now or late of Max L. Kronberg, a distance of two hundred eight (208) feet more or less, to the place of beginning.
It being the same property conveyed to Ella G. Rossiter by Amelia Gross, by deed dated July 27, 1929, recorded in Deed Book No.238, Page 93.
Also part of the same property conveyed to Amelia Gross by John Noriconk, Sheriff of Northumberland County, by deed dated May 17, 1895, recorded in Deed Book No.115, Page 325.
The twelve (12) foot private driveway extending from Front Street eastward to Fort Augusta Avenue along the southern line of the property hereby conveyed, is to be used jointly by the grantee and George W. Rockwell, his heirs and assignees, owner of the property adjoining on the South.
CONTAINING approximately 35,723 square feet of land. It is comprised of two separate and noncontiguous parcels of land. The main site measures approximately 88 feet by 280 feet by 139 feet by 310 feet while the smaller parcel measures 30 feet by 175 feet.
WHEREON IS ERECTED a brick house dwelling, known as the "Hunter House."
(c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
(d) Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by special warranty deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(e) Covenants.--The conveyance shall be made under and subject to the condition that the buildings and lands conveyed herein shall be accessible to the public, owned by a nonprofit organization as defined by the Bureau of Charitable Organizations, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and be restricted to permanent, noncommercial use as a historic site or museum. Should the buyer allow the property to be used for any other purpose, ownership will revert to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Buyer shall maintain and preserve the premises to ensure that any improvements to the property are compatible with its original architectural design and landscape/site plan in terms of scale, massing, fenestration, materials and color and are consistent with the recommended approaches in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. No new construction, excavation, ground disturbance, demolition, alteration, remodeling or landscaping/site work shall be undertaken or permitted to be undertaken on the property without prior written approval of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and signed by a duly authorized representative hereof.
These covenants are binding to the buyer, its heirs, successors and assigns in perpetuity.
(f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.