Local Teen Cleans Up Historic Property for Eagle Scout Project

A Saucon Valley High School senior has done his part to help beautify a historic Lower Saucon Township park property. Justin Morgandale, with help from friends and family, recently completed a cleanup of the barnyard area at the Heller Homestead on Friedensville Road as part of an approved Eagle Scout Project.

Justin Morgandale and friends work on his Eagle Scout reclamation project at the Heller Homestead barnyard in Lower Saucon Township. — Justin Morgandale (right) and friends work on his Eagle Scout reclamation project at the Heller Homestead barnyard in Lower Saucon Township.

A Saucon Valley High School senior has done his part to help beautify a historic Lower Saucon Township park property.

Saucon Valley High School senior Justin Morgandale after receiving his Eagle Scout ranking

Justin Morgandale, with help from friends and family, recently completed a cleanup of the barnyard area at the Heller Homestead on Friedensville Road as part of an approved Eagle Scout Project.

The barnyard–which is located adjacent to the fenced-off ruins of the homestead’s 18th centur barn–had become overgrown with vegetation and largely inaccessible.

Now it is a wide open space between the barn and the Society Hill housing development to the west.

Justin’s reclamation project was given the green light earlier this year by Lower Saucon Township Council and has made a huge difference, as before and after photos (below) illustrate.

“His mother Cindy and I are very proud of his accomplishment,” said Justin’s father, Jim Morgandale. “He started in the scouting program when he was in third grade.”

Justin plans to attend college and major in mechanical engineering, Jim said.