Since 1896, the 22-acre tract that is the final resting place for the victims of the Paoli Massacre has been cared for by the Paoli Memorial Association. That year, a small group of citizens petitioned the Court of Chester County to assume care for the burial site and received a charter as The Paoli Memorial Association, a perpetual corporation to hold, improve, and preserve the land. Although the grounds lie within the Borough of Malvern, the entire tract is privately maintained and protected by life memberships and contributions. Appropriations from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made possible the gatehouse in 1922, the grandstand in 1957 built upon old stones from the 1834 Columbia Railroad, and the reproduced wall around the 1817 Monument in 1964, while regular contributions from the Borough of Malvern assisted with maintenance of the property. The Malvern Park and Civic Association, organized in 1947 to create a recreation area at the Paoli Memorial Grounds, continues to provide stewardship for recreational activities on land leased from the Paoli Memorial Association, including picnic areas, tennis courts, playgrounds, and ball fields maintained by local baseball and softball organizations. A Boy Scout cabin on the grounds was constructed in 1957 under the auspices of the Park and Civic Association, and it includes a stepping-stone from an older cabin along Warren Avenue that had been the eighteenth century home of Ezekiel Bowen, whose family deeded the gravesites in 1832.