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Timeline
1942 and 1946 – Dates on which Shaffer received 2 tracts of land and their respective deeds
1964 – Date of Shaffer’s death
1964 – Farmers Trust Company becomes Executor of Schaffer’s will
1968 – First survey conducted of Shaffer park
1970 – Original plans for park rennovation
1981 – Rennovation of Shaffer Cabin
1998 – 12 acres of Shaffer park sold to generate enough funds to purchase Seven Gables
2004 – Friends Automotive Group buys a portion of Shaffer park along Spring Road
2011 – Dog Park is established
2015 – Pennsylvania Turnpike commission purchases part of Schaffer land for right-of-way, put up noise barriers