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.

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.

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

New Board Members Join Preservation Pennsylvania

Preservation Pennsylvania welcomes three new members to its Board of Directors. Their collective expertise will help shape the future of the organization and guide our efforts in planning a sustainable future for the organization, providing meaningful preservation services, building membership, and securing the organization’s financial foundation.

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!

Announcing Grant Recipients for the PA African American Cemetery Stewardship Program

Pennsylvania Hallowed Grounds and Preservation Pennsylvania are pleased to announce grant awards to thirteen African American cemeteries to assist in their ongoing preservation efforts as part of an African American Cemetery Stewardship Program funded by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF) through the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) with support from The 1772 Foundation.

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.