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.
Centers for Innovation: Westinghouse R&D Center and Bell Labs Holmdel

This is a two part webinar that will explore two major examples of midcentury corporate campus design, once home to innovative thinkers who helped forge technologies that shaped modern America. One is vacant and was nearly demolished for warehouse development. The other has been re-envisioned, revitalized and reopened as Bell Works, a thriving mixed use community hub.
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 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.

Apply for the Louis J. Appell, Jr., Preservation Fund for Central Pennsylvania

The Louis J. Appell, Jr., Preservation Fund for Central Pennsylvania, jointly administered by Preservation Pennsylvania and the National Trust for Historic Preservation is designed to encourage preservation at the local level and provides money for the maintenance and preservation of historic places in Central Pennsylvania.

The Relevancy Project: Keynote by Bonnie McDonald

Preservation Pennsylvania welcomed Bonnie McDonald, President & CEO of Landmarks Illinois, to give the keynote talk at our 2021 Honor Awards. The Relevancy Project is a forward-looking effort to catalogue the issues and challenges of the preservation field as it exists and to instigate change to help build a more relevant and just movement.

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.

Preservation Pennsylvania: 40th Anniversary

Celebrating our 40th anniversary with a celebration of the past and plans for the future

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.

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.

Mindy Crawford named Preservation Hero of the Quarter

Preservation Action has named Preservation Pennsylvania’s Executive Director Mindy Crawford as the Preservation Hero of the Quarter.

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).

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.

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.

Mill-Rae, now Cranaleith

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

Longwood Gardens

Treat yourself to some flowers and enjoy an armchair trip to Longwood Gardens (Chester County). Preservationist Laura Kise shares her valentine to a place that grew on her over time.

Hit the road for Preservation Month!

Announcing 11 Most Endangered Places from the National Trust

Happy Preservation Month!

Centers for Innovation: Westinghouse R&D Center and Bell Labs Holmdel

Valentines for Preservation in Pennsylvania