Blog of the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office
Jenna Solomon is one of the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office's National Register staff in the Preservation Services Division. She splits her time between reviewing historic properties for their eligibility or for their listing in the National Register of Historic Places and reviewing HUD funded projects for the Environmental Review Division. She is a native of Philadelphia and holds a Bachelor of Architectural History from the University of Virginia and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania.
American philanthropist Julius Rosenwald is best known for his work in the rural South in the early 20th century building schools for African American children. Before his 1917 fund changed the face of education and race in the country, he helped African American communities from coast-to-coast build YMCAs. Of the two dozen facilities Rosenwald funded in fourteen states, three were in Pennsylvania.
Continue readingI think it is safe to say that the dedication of the new Pennsylvania Historical Marker for Holbert Racing had the most impressive (and expensive) parking lot that has ever existed at a historical marker dedication.
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Each person has one event in their lifetime that is so significant that they will say for the remainder of their lives “I remember exactly where I was standing when I heard the news.” An event so significant that it seemed as if time stood still.
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If historic preservationists could choose a superpower, it just might be the ability to move buildings to a new location when they are threatened with a proposed demolition.
Continue readingOne of the stereotypes that often accompanies historic preservationists is the battle over replacing historic windows.
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