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Our directory of Business Members provides an opportunity to raise awareness of preservation services available across the state.
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Landmark Book
Need the perfect gift for armchair travelers and road trippers? Visit the state's top National Historic Landmarks in Historic Pennsylvania by Preservation Pennsylvania Executive Director Mindy Crawford.
Nominations OPEN for the 2025 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards!
Preservation Pennsylvania is happy to announce that nominations for the 2025 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards open Friday, April 4! The nominations period closes Monday, May 19. Each year since 1979, these awards have celebrated the very best of preservation work happening across the commonwealth – from sensitive home renovations and bold adaptive reuse projects, to powerful grassroots advocacy and extraordinary stewardship. If you know someone (maybe even yourself!) doing inspiring...
We Celebrated! 2024 PA Historic Preservation Award Wrap-Up
The PA Historic Preservation Awards celebrate outstanding people and projects from across the state.
“Groundbreaking” Preservation Success Story!
Added to Pennsylvania At Risk in 2017, a milestone was reached as Mifflin Farm held a Preservation Celebration and Groundbreaking ceremony. The event marked the culmination of the seven-year effort to protect this invaluable site from development and set the stage for its transformation into the Susquehanna Discovery Center & Heritage Park
Places we love: Lincoln Motor Court
This is a love letter – and an alert. The Lincoln Motor Court (Mann's Choice, Bedford County) is for sale - the last of its kind along the fabled Lincoln Highway.
The Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) proposed a comprehensive rehabilitation project for the historic Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge. Studies began in 2016. Work is anticipated to take place between the 2027 and 2031.
2024 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards
Preservation Pennsylvania presents the 2024 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards to 17 people and projects in recognition of outstanding historic preservation work.
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The RESOURCES section offers updates on grant and funding opportunities, and helpful publications. Our Link Library will be regularly updated to help you find authoritative guidance on a wide range of topics, from climate change and energy efficiency to historic cemeteries and the neighborhood toolkit from Penn Praxis.
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