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Category: Pennsylvania places

The facade of the Hanover Theater on a gloomy day

Progress: Hanover Theater

The 2011 Pennsylvania At Risk Hanover Theater (also known as the State Theater) will be purchased by Hanover Borough (York County).  The Hanover Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) (formed in 2021), worked closely with the York County Economic Alliance to put together a successful deal and the work now begins to find an investor and/or developer with the vision to successfully reinvigorate the building and block.

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drone high view of a farm and fields sloping down to the river in the distance

The Reveal: Mifflin House Saved!

The Mifflin House (York County) will be purchased by the environmental nonprofit The Conservation Fund, in collaboration with Preservation Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna National Heritage Area (SNHA). Preservation Pennsylvania added the property to the 2017 Pennsylvania At Risk.

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a black steam engine puffs smoke as it pulls away from the red station building in the background

WEBINAR: East Broad Top Railroad: Revival of a National Historic Landmark

Join us to ride the rails (via webinar) and learn about the East Broad Top Railroad (Rockhill Furnace, Huntingdon County). Once called “the dormant gem of railway preservation,” the EBT RR is a rare narrow-gauge railway and time capsule of industrial technology.

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a collage of photographs show Fallingwater, a bird head, a glazed tile of a building, and a compound of buildings at the Wharton Esherick House

Webinar: Landmarks We Love

This online tour by Preservation Pennsylvania Executive Director (and author of Historic Pennsylvania: A Tour of the State’s Top 100 National Historic Landmarks) is sure to add some new places to your “must visit” travel itinerary.

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Amore for the Armory: the Uptown!Knauer Performing Arts Center

Roy Smith shares a love letter to the former National Guard Armory Building in West Chester (Chester County). The transformation offers a case study of creative financing used to develop what might have been a white elephant building into a lively community arts hub.

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a collage of photographs highlight some of the decorative details of the buildings that are in the Garden Court neighborhood from the post

Paul Steinke: My Love Letter to Philadelphia’s Garden Court Neighborhood

Preservation Pennsylvania shares insights from Paul Steinke, Executive Director of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, on one of his favorite places in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia’s Garden Court neighborhood.

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A memory, a feeling, a view… pondering the love of a place

I wanted to write a love letter about a place that is meaningful to me for a myriad of reasons; the Cameron-Masland Mansion at Kings Gap State Park. This Italianate summer home was originally built in 1908 and now serves as a venue and bed and breakfast.

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A Victorian mansion sits on a stage with hearts all around it

Pittsburgh Treasure: National Negro Opera Company House

In Pittsburgh, the former National Negro Opera Company mansion is located on Apple Street in the city’s Homewood neighborhood. The house has many stories to tell and owner Jonnet Solomon is pursuing restoration of the building and arts and music programming.

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2021 Preservation Pennsylvania Honor Awards

Pennsylvania’s preservation community gathered [virtually] to present the 2021 Preservation Pennsylvania Honor Awards and celebrate the extraordinary efforts of two individuals: Sydelle Zove and Jeff Marshall.

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Preservation Pennsylvania's Executive Director Mindy Crawford and her husband in front of Hanover's Santa Cabin

On the meaning of the season…

Executive Director Mindy Crawford finds the joy in preservation and its supporters!

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A red stone church in the foreground and a grey stone church behind

Church Adaptive Reuse Opportunity in Centre County, Pennsylvania

First Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte in Centre County, PA, seeks adaptive reuse

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Mod Betty, wearing a red sweater over a black and white polka dot dress, stands with two pink flamingos

Mod Betty’s Whirlwind Tour of Pennsylvania

Preservation Pennsylvania recently hosted Mod Betty of Retro Roadmap for a whirlwind tour of Pennsylvania. For the full-capacity free webinar, she divulged the niftiest spots to visit in each of the Commonwealth’s 67 counties. The event was sponsored by Lincoln Highway Legacy.

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Tour PA’s retro best in just one hour with Mod Betty!

Join us for a whirlwind tour via Zoom on Thursday, June 8, when Mod Betty of Retro Roadmap will reveal her #1 retro pick for each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.

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2021 Pennsylvania At Risk

The 2021 Pennsylvania At Risk are Fort Halifax Park (Dauphin County), Satterthwaite House and the Patterson Farm (Bucks County), and the former St. Agnes Church in the Oakland Neighborhood of Pittsburgh (Allegheny County).

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Puffy clouds float over a mountain ride in the distance. Nestled on the valley floor is a farmstead with open fields dotted with trees.

Idyllic Farm Community, Once Thought “Saved,” Under Threat Again

Historic Dutch Corner is once again under threat. The Competitive Power Ventures’ (CPV) Kettle Wind Project proposes to build wind turbines on the ridge of Evitt’s Mountain. Construction and operation of these turbines would permanently impact the landscape, one of Bedford County’s most significant economic assets.

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Wagner Free Institute of Science

Our Executive Director Mindy Crawford was reluctant to single out one place that captured her heart, but admits that the historic heating system at this National Historic Landmark makes her heart go pitapat.

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Mill-Rae, now Cranaleith

Cranaleith was designed by Minerva Parker Nichols, the first woman in the country to open her own architecture practice.

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The same building, restored with a fresh-coat of white paint.

McClintock-Steele-Waitz House

The McClintock-Steele-Waitz House tells the story of rascal Coal Oil Johnny and the worldwide impact of Pennsylvania’s oil region.

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Exterior angled view of the vintage Wellsboro Diner, its yellow and green panels contrasting with the restaurant signage in red.

Mod Betty’s Sweet Valentine – The Wellsboro Diner

This Valentine’s season Mod Betty has declared the object of her affection to be the Wellsboro Diner (A Legacy Business in Tioga County). Add it to your road trip list!

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a group of people, and a pony, gather to show support for preservation of a bridge that is behind them

Follow Your Heart: Save Our Bridge

Janice wears her heart on her sleeve, building an advocacy community to preserve a rare surviving bridge from the Phoenixville Bridge Co.

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