We Celebrated! 2024 PA Historic Preservation Award Wrap-Up

The PA Historic Preservation Awards celebrate outstanding people and projects from across the state.

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 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.

Love, Easton is full of heart

A partnership between Mercantile, a downtown shop and local hub of creativity, and the Easton Main Street Initiative, imagined an ambitious community art project that would create and install 28,127 hearts throughout the city of Easton; one heart for each resident.

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.

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.