Ross Leffler Training School Complex, Main Building, (Synder Township), Brockway, Jefferson County, PA

Written data includes floor plans.
Significance: Building was constructed in 1909-10 by Meredith A. Marshall, a Pittsburgh attorney, and used as a hunting lodge and summer residence. In 1929 the building and 925 acres of surrounding land were purchased by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to be used as a conservation officer training school, the first of its kind in the US. Improvements were made to the buildings and in 1932 it was dedicated and served as a part-time in-service training facility. In 1936 the school building became a full-time training facility with the induction of 36 conservation officer candidates in 1936. The building served as a full-time training facility until 1986.
Survey number: HABS PA-5361-A
Building/structure dates: 1909-1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: before 1932 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work