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.

Peter Brubaker: For Love of Lancaster

Board member Peter Brubaker and his wife moved back to Lancaster after 50 years, finding joy and beauty in the countryside and farmland that has remained unchanged since their high school days in the 1960s.

Marco Federico: Christ Church Burial Ground

Christ Church Burial Ground is located at the SE corner of 5th and Arch Streets in the Old City Neighborhood of Philadelphia. It was once a bucolic, lush setting away from the hustle and bustle of what was the center of the colonial city of Philadelphia in 1719.

Kim Hogeman: The Yorktowne Hotel, a Labor of Love

A Love Letter to a Pennsylvania place: the Yorktowne Hotel in York County

Are you feeling the preservation love?

Each February, Preservation Pennsylvania embraces its February tradition of inviting some of our preservation family to share with us their valentine to a special Pennsylvania place.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Bellevue Park Neighborhood

During the month of February, we’re sharing valentines to places we love in Pennsylvania. This heart from Brenda Barrett goes to a landscape in Harrisburg.

Ode to a Barn with Nine (Four) Lives: Updated

“Of all the hundreds of barns I have been in, one is near and dear to my heart. My barn! While it is not the most dramatic barn I have studied, it still stands out because it is a survivor, even though it has become a barn in the ‘burbs.”