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Barns, Barns, and More Barns

September 6, 2023 / Multiple Authors / 0 Comments

We are excited to share about past and future barn tours and barn grant opportunities!

Have a Barn in Need of Repair? HBFF has a Grant Opportunity for You!

October 12, 2022 / Emma Diehl / 3 Comments

Do you have a barn or agricultural outbuilding that is 50 years or older in need of repairs? Does it retain a significant degree of historic character and materials? Then the Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania (HBFF) has a grant opportunity for you! This year marks the inauguration of HBFF’s matching grant program […]

Success in All Shapes and Sizes

June 9, 2021 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

Last month, we asked Pennsylvanians to send us their #PreservationHappensHere Preservation Success Stories using PA-SHARE to celebrate National Historic Preservation Month. We enticed them with prizes! And we received many great submissions, making our campaign its own success story!

We LOVE Barns!

June 27, 2018 / April Frantz / 9 Comments

The PA SHPO’s staff has been thinking a lot about barns. But then again, who doesn’t?!

Photo from the 2nd Annual Charitable Land Trust symposium on October 8, 2014. Image courtesy of Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust.

Three Centuries of the Dennis Farm: Looking Forward, Part 2

February 22, 2017 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 3 Comments

This week’s post is Part 2 of the Dennis Farm SHPO Shout Out. If you missed Part 1 last week, go back and read it before enjoying this one!

Find Your Story at the 2017 PA Farm Show!

January 4, 2017 / Andrea L. MacDonald / 0 Comments

2016 flew like a flash! I can’t believe its time for the 101st Pennsylvania Farm Show already. Although my head remains full of visions of dancing sugar-plums, staff at the State Historic Preservation Office have been busy getting ready for our booth at the PA Farm Show.

2015: The Year of the Pennsylvania Barn

June 10, 2015 / Guest Contributor / 6 Comments

by Curt Musselman Ten years ago, Historic Gettysburg Adams County (HGAC) received a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) to help establish a barn preservation program within Adams County. One of our first steps was to begin a survey of the historic barns in the county so that we would know more […]

Emma during a recent visit to Building 543, the former Pipe and Copppersmith Shop, of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

New Faces and Places in Environmental Review

December 24, 2014 / Barbara Frederick / 1 Comment

As we are poised to ring in a new year, we wanted to make you aware of new developments in the review of state and federal projects that have occurred within our office over the past several months. In August, we said a fond farewell to Ann Safley who retired after 23 years of service. […]

Peppercorn Market, Bedford Borough, Bedford County.

More Cool PA Places Found in Year 2 of Baseline Survey

December 21, 2022 / Guest Contributor / 5 Comments

The Pennsylvania Baseline Survey Team is excited to share another year of findings! Between January 2022 to October 2022, our five Year 2 Baseline Survey teams surveyed in 18 counties and recorded 6,663 new resources in 396 municipalities. Quite an impressive number!

Mitigation Spotlight: Section 106 Agreements, December 2021-June 2022

July 13, 2022 / Emma Diehl / 0 Comments

In a given year, PA SHPO consults with federal agencies, applicants, and preservation stakeholders on thousands of federal undertakings in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. For some context, PA SHPO staff reviewed over 5,100 federal and state projects in 2021.