{"id":1431,"date":"2017-04-06T14:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2017-04-25T15:44:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:44:21","slug":"history-shaffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/history-shaffer\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Shaffer"},"content":{"rendered":"

History<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Timeline<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Land Acquisitions<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Dog Park<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Future Plans<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Photo Gallery<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Open Space Preservation<\/a><\/p>\n

History of Shaffer<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Charles M. Shaffer Nature Center was first purchased in 1968 by the Borough of Carlisle for $67,500 from the Farmers Trust Company, the Executor of the late Charles M. Schaffer\u2019s will. The 30.78 acres were purchased with a United States Housing and Urban Development Open Space Grant. \u00a0This act, enacted in 1961, provides grants to states and local bodies to help finance acquisitions of open land in urban areas for recreational use. \u00a0((Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961)) \u00a0The land contained a cabin, barn, pond, and meadow, along with a wooded area. The meadow had been used for sledding, cross country skiing, and parking for the auto show. Also, plans for baseball fields were made, but aspects like sun placement, proximity to the highway, and the lack of an adequate amount of space caused the dream to not be lived out.<\/span><\/p>\n

As early as 1991, plans were proposed to sell part of Shaffer Park (the meadow) in order to raise funds to purchase 15 acres of 7 Gables, a historic natural area in Carlisle. This was under some debate, and the main issue was that the land to be sold was protected under the \u201cProject 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act,\u201d meaning that it couldn\u2019t be developed if sold, highly decreasing the value of the land. It wasn\u2019t until 1998 that Senate Bill 1161 was passed and signed to remove the restrictions on the sale of the land. As a result, the meadow area of Shaffer park, approximately 15.5 acres, was sold, and 15 acres of 7 Gables was purchased by Carlisle and is now a park. The cabin is \u201cused about 32 times each year by individuals and groups (parties, scout functions, church retreats, workshops, reunions, etc.)\u201d as of the 1990s, and still is used for similar purposes today. On Oct 7, 1997 plans were finalized to build handicap ramp to the main entrance of the cabin. In 1981, the cabin was renovated in order to comply with the the Fire and Panic Act. Exit signs were added, the doors were fixed to swing open, and the boiler room was properly enclosed with a steel door. ((Carlisle Parks and Recreation Department Shaffer File))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

History\u00a0–\u00a0Timeline\u00a0–\u00a0Land Acquisitions\u00a0–\u00a0Dog Park\u00a0–\u00a0Future Plans\u00a0–\u00a0Photo Gallery\u00a0–\u00a0Open Space Preservation History of Shaffer The Charles M. Shaffer Nature Center was first purchased in 1968 by the Borough of Carlisle for $67,500 from the Farmers Trust Company, the Executor of the late Charles M. Schaffer\u2019s will. The 30.78 acres were purchased with a United States Housing and Urban Development […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127009],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shaffer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}