Conservation & Restoration
 
Train Depot Restoration
Bowman's Creek Watershed Association
The old Noxen Schoolhouse
 

The Lehigh Valley Railroad Depot in its prime.
 
The North Branch Land Trust has undertaken a massive restoration effort - rescuing the Noxen railroad depot from ruin to create a structure that is both useful and historic. The North Branch Land Trust has undertaken a massive restoration effort - rescuing the Noxen railroad depot from ruin to create a structure that is both useful and historic. 

The Lehigh Valley Railroad Depot in Noxen was built in 1893, during the heyday of the lumbering and tanning industries.  The structure is one of only three of its type still standing.  Until very recently, the building stood in a state of disrepair, but the North Branch Land Trust is working to restore the historic structure for use as a conservation and education center. 

In 2003, the NBLT and the Noxen Historical Association pooled their resources to work on restoring the depot and in 2012, the structure was listed among other statewide endangered resources by the non-profit group, Preservation Pennsylvania.

 
 


The depot before restoration began


The depot in January, 2004


Bowman's Creek Watershed Association
 

A watershed is an area of land from which all rain or snowmelt runs off to a common stream or body of water. Bowman's Creek is the common stream in the area that "collects" all of the small tributary streams, whose origins on top of the surrounding mountains and hilltops marks the boundaries of the watershed. In this way, the creek ultimately drains an entire area of land. The Bowman's Creek Watershed Association existed to provide a conservation plan based on community input, working to monitor, restore and conserve the watershed's resources.


Preserving the old Noxen School

Volunteers have been working to maintain the old Noxen school, which was built in 1897 and was named to the Federal Registry of Historic places in 2006. The builidng is now utilized as a community space and hosts the Noxen Library.

 

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