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.

2024 Pennsylvania At Risk

Preservation Pennsylvania has announced the 2024 Pennsylvania At Risk in an effort to bring statewide attention to threatened historic properties, serve as a tool for local action toward a positive outcome, and encourage funding and legislation in support of preservation activities.

Case Study: African American Cemetery Stewardship Program

The African American Cemetery Stewardship Program is a collaboration by Pennsylvania Hallowed Grounds (PAHG) and Preservation Pennsylvania to ensure the protection and preservation of African American cemeteries and burial grounds across Pennsylvania. This grant-funded program was created to directly address and reduce the structural barriers faced by the cemetery group volunteers. Read about what was accomplished.

Gina M. Douty: Love Letter to the PA State Museum & Archives Tower

Historic preservation consultant Gina M. Douty shares her love for the Pennsylvania State Museum and Archives Tower in Harrisburg.

Mike Cuddy: Peevy Road Bridge

Michael J. Cuddy, P.E. takes us to his favorite truss bridge, an important historic survivor and example of the evolution of bridge technology

Brittany Reilly: Westinghouse Tele-Computer Center

Brittany Reilly, founder and chair of the Pittsburgh Modern Committee, has a cutting edge valentine in Pittsburgh’s Westinghouse Tele-Computer Center.