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Historical house featured in PA Great Outdoors magazine

Founded in 1855, the George Dickinson home still remains. The home began construction in 1854 and later was completed in 1855. Dickinson built it because his original home flooded. Born in Goshen, Conn. in 1807, he moved to Ridgway in 1832 and built his first homestead where Holiday Financial is currently located. After numerous floods, Dickinson built the current home across the street in front of his barn. The home housed five generations of Dickinsons until current owners, Tim Leathers and Rob Robbins bought the property in 1997. Leathers and Robbins restored the property to its original luster while adding modern day necessities. Upon purchase, the outside of the home was painted butter yellow and the interior wasNEW YORK (CNN) -- Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said.

Heath Ledger was unresponsive when a housekeeper found him in a Manhattan apartment Tuesday. more photos »

The Academy Award-nominated actor was 28.

Ledger was found naked and unresponsive, facedown on the floor at the foot of his bed by a housekeeper trying to wake him for an appointment with a masseuse, said police spokesman Paul Browne.

"Pills were found in the vicinity of the bed," he told CNN.

"This is being looked at as a possible overdose, but that is not confirmed yet."

Browne later told reporters some prescription medications were found in the room, including sleeping pills.

But he stressed police have made no determination of