Volume 72 · 706
Public Law 85–709
To preserve Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church national historic site by authorizing the acquisition of abutting properties, and for other purposes.
Approved August 21, 1958
Statutory text
AN ACT
To preserve Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church national historic site by authorizing the acquisition of abutting properties, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That to assure the preservation of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church, designated a national historic site pursuant to the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, or with donated funds, lands, improvements thereon, and interests in lands within the city block of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bounded by Washington Avenue, Christian, Swanson, and Water Streets, exclusive of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church national historic site located within said block; and the Secretary is further authorized to develop, as a part of the national historic site, federally owned lands within said block by landscaping in such manner as to provide a dignified open setting for Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church.
Sec. 2.
Nothing herein shall affect the continuing ownership, administration, and maintenance of the church property by The Corporation of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church.
Approved August 21, 1958.