Be a Part of Planning for Preservation in Pennsylvania!

The Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) needs YOUR help to shape its work plan! Please click the link below and spend a few…

2023 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards

Celebrate the 2023 recipients of our historic preservation awards!

Hit the road for Preservation Month!

If you’re looking for some fresh ideas for a road trip, check out our webinar with Mod Betty of Retro Roadmap. Mod Betty is an expert on “cool vintage places, good eats, and retro fun.” She offers up a whirlwind tour of the top stops across Pennsylvania, from Adams County to York County.

Announcing 11 Most Endangered Places from the National Trust

On May 9, as part of Preservation Month, the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the 2023 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Two of the eleven are located in the city of Philadelphia. It’s time to rally round and support these preservation efforts!

Happy Preservation Month!

May is Preservation Month! Join us in celebrating the preservation of special Pennsylvania places all this month! Preservation Pennsylvania has put together a few ideas to help get you inspired.

Valentines for Preservation in Pennsylvania

Send valentines to historic places. In February, these hearts of appreciation demonstrate our love for the special old places and legacy businesses around us. What favorite building or business would you pick?

Pittsburgh’s Immaculate Conception Church

Pittsburgh’s Immaculate Conception Church was added to Preservation Pennsylvania’s Pennsylvania At Risk in 2022, after the church was closed by the Archdiocese of Pittsburgh. The building faces several challenges, including intense development pressure, pressing maintenance issues, and the challenges of finding an appropriate reuse. While Pittsburgh has a number of outstanding houses of worship in various styles, the Immaculate Conception Church is unlike any other religious building in the region.

East Broad Top Railroad: A New Beginning

The East Broad Top Railroad (Rockhill Furnace, Huntingdon County) appeared on our very first Pennsylvania At Risk in 1992, so it gives us great pleasure to host this webinar featuring Linn Moedinger and Jane Sheffield to share the exciting revival of the railroad. Once called “the dormant gem of railway preservation,” the EBT RR is a rare narrow-gauge railway and time capsule of industrial technology. The trains are running again, the remarkable archives are being catalogued for digitization, and a dedicated staff, volunteers and friends are working toward a bright future. Enjoy the recording of the webinar presentation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On the meaning of the season…

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

Church Adaptive Reuse Opportunity in Centre County, Pennsylvania

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

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.