After sitting abandoned for more than three decades, the historic village of Frick's Lock in East Coventry Township, Pa., soon will show signs of life. Last month, Exelon Nuclear, the current owners of the empty village, signed an agreement with the township to stabilize, rehabilitate, and protect several of Chester County's oldest buildings.

Founded more than 250 years ago, Frick's Lock was a key stop along the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Schuylkill Canal. Most of the village's 10 existing buildings were built c. 1825, and one—built c.1757—predates the canal. Frick's Lock was a functioning village until the early 1980s, when Limerick Nuclear Power Plant moved in just across the river.

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