 The Boswell Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.Drainage from the Boswell mine was a primary source of pollution into Quemahoning Creek, which flows just north of Boswell.A remediation project was completed in 2005, spearheaded by SCRIP (Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project), a non-governmental organization, in collaboration with OSM, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Southern Alleghenies Conservancy, Somerset County Conservation District and Reliant Energy.