Known by legions of her fans as “Mod Betty,” Beth Lennon is a prolific Phoenixville-based travel writer who has been documenting and celebrating roadside architecture, mom-and-pop businesses, and other Americana landmarks for over a decade.
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Laurel Hill State Park and HistoriCorps: Partnership for Preservation
In preservation, it is often observed that one of the most promising tactics for the achievement of a “preservation win” is the engagement of as diverse a collection of partners as possible to participate in the project at hand.
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Mapping the Wallace Paths (aka those new red lines on CRGIS)
Recently, you may have noticed a new data set was added to CRGIS and you may be wondering what it is. This new data set appears to be several crisscrossing and winding paths – and they are!
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Just Listed! New National Register Listings in PA
Since our last Just Listed! post, nine resources have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. You can explore these and other historic properties in Pennsylvania via CRGIS, our online map and database.
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Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month with Pennsylvania History
June is LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) Pride Month, a time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, how far we’ve come in the advancement of equal rights, and to recognize the work that’s yet to be done.
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Artifacts in the Attic
The Peter Wentz Farmstead is a fascinating Montgomery County landmark.
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Updated Electronic Data Submission Guidelines
We have revised the guidelines to make them easier to use!
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Titusville, Drafting Community-Focused Design Guidelines to Promote Preservation
Design guidelines have long been considered the “level” in the preservation toolbox.
Preservationists are flocking to Chambersburg in June
Each year we meet to share and learn at the Statewide Conference on Heritage and to be inspired at the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards. This year, those two inspiring events combine offering preservation festivities from June 19-21 in Chambersburg. For the first time, we’ll host an all-day Pennsylvania Barn & Farm Symposium.
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2019 Updates to PA’s Agricultural History Project
This post contains updates to the statewide agricultural context, also known as the Pennsylvania Agricultural History Project, through May 2019. The updates include the following components which are provided in the document 2019 Updates to PA Agricultural History Project – Additional Guidance for Using Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Context:
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