We love Pennsylvania!

It’s time to share the love! In the past, we’ve urged people to wear their hearts on their sleeves for the places they love in…

Celebrate Barns!

We celebrated barn preservation and a new issue of USPS postcard stamps with a webinar. Here’s a link to the replay, the Pennsylvania breakout room and a round-up of barn preservation-related resources.

How Hallmark Christmas Movies May Help You Feel Better About Saving Historic Places

Hallmark Christmas movies save the landmark from demolition in just two hours, with cocoa. Five movie recommendations for preservationists.

Celebrating the 2020 PA Historic Preservation Awards

The 2020 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards look a little different this year as we take them virtual for the first time. We’re all learning how…

Get set! Conference BINGO

Download your BINGO card now and see how you do during the 2020 virtual Pennsylvania Statewide Conference on Heritage, Oct 13-16, 2020

Anticipation: PA Conference on Heritage

We’re counting down until the start of the virtual edition of the Pennsylvania Statewide Conference on Heritage, Tuesday, October 13 – Friday, October 16! Let’s…

PA AT RISK: Camp Archbald, SAVED

On July 29th, 2020 Supporters of Camp Archbald (Susquehanna County) rejoiced when Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA (GSHPA) announced that Camp Archbald reached its benchmarks and would no longer be sold or drilled for oil.

Abolition Hall Developer Withdraws!

Developer K. Hovnanian no longer has the historic Corson/Hovenden homestead in Plymouth Meeting (Montgomery County) under agreement of sale and has ended that agreement. The site includes Abolition Hall, built by George Corson to encourage conversation and understanding about anti-slavery efforts. The Corsons hosted Frederick Douglass, Letitia Mott and others in their efforts to gain support for the cause.

Mark your calendar: Virtual Conference Oct 13-16

Registration for the 2020 PA Statewide Conference on Heritage (10/13-16) opens August 17

York County’s Hanover Theater, once “At Risk,” now slated for redevelopment

The Hanover Theater (originally State Theater) at 37-41 Frederick Street in downtown Hanover will be sold to a redevelopment group. The historic theater was named to Preservation Pennsylvania’s list of threatened and endangered historic properties in 2011.