Develop the David Walker Farmstead

Proposed Action: Valley Forge National Historical Park will lease the David Walker Farmstead for proposed rehabilitation as a pre-school facility by the Montessori Children's House of Valley Forge. The park's general management plan targets the property for adaptive reuse. Using the authority granted by 36CFR Part 18, Section 18.1, the property was made available for leasing to a tenant that could rehabilitate it according to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation and that could maintain it. The NPS has prepared this Environmental Assessment and Assessment of Effect (EA/AOE) to assess alternatives and impacts for the proposed rehabilitation of both historic and non-historic structures for this purpose. The EA/AOE was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, the NPS Management Policies (2001), the NPS Director's Order 12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-Making, the NPS Director's Order 28: Cultural Resource Management, and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. This assessment evaluates the potential environmental impacts on natural resources, cultural resources, visitor use and experience, and socio-economic resources. Mitigation measures are identified to avoid or reduce any adverse impacts from this project.

Contact Information

Deirdre Gibson
(610) 783-1047
Valley Forge NHP
1400 North Outer Line Dr.
King of Prussia, PA 19406
deirdre_gibson@nps.gov