Author: Elizabeth Rairigh

Check out these CLG Updates!

September 10, 2025 / Elizabeth Rairigh / 0 Comments

Long time blog readers may recall back in June of 2023, the PA SHPO announced the Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant recipients of our FY23 funding. These grants are intended to advance local historic preservation activities.

We want YOU for the PA Historic Preservation Board!

April 1, 2022 / Elizabeth Rairigh / 0 Comments

Are you a preservation-minded Pennsylvanian interested in sharing your time and talent? Do you know someone looking for an opportunity to be a leader and make a difference? Then we want to hear from you!

The Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) is seeking letters of interest and resumes from potential Board candidates.

Just Listed! August – December 2021

January 26, 2022 / Elizabeth Rairigh / 0 Comments

We have an interesting mix of National Register recent listings to bring you for this installment of “Just Listed”. We’ve got an African American YMCA, a few interesting industrial properties making everything from jute cordage to furniture to yarn, a farm, a house, farm, school, and more.

If you’re interested in learning more about any of these properties – or looking to up your trivia game with some Pennsylvania fun facts, you can find a copy of the full National Register Nominations on PA-SHARE.

Just Listed! February- July 2021

July 28, 2021 / Elizabeth Rairigh / 0 Comments

Since our last Just Listed! update at the end of January, thirteen more historic resources have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places!

Paved path through cemetery with grass, trees, and stone markers of various shapes and sizes. — Path through Harrisburg Cemetery, April 2021.

Exploring the Harrisburg Cemetery

April 14, 2021 / Elizabeth Rairigh / 10 Comments

Spring has sprung in Harrisburg! So when I was deciding what National Register resource to focus on for this week’s blog post, my office mate/dining room table neighbor/husband suggested we take a walk through Harrisburg Cemetery, listed in the National Register in 1985.