Nestled at the end of Johnstown’s Main Street sits a smaller two and half story brick residence, slightly out of character from the nearby taller commercial buildings of the city’s main downtown core. The Ludwig House has a layered history, but it was very instrumental with one of Johnstown’s most significant events. I never would have guessed that when I first visited five years ago.
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On a bright, crisp day in Harrisburg last October, several SHPO staff members toured Lincoln Cemetery. Several years before, Rachael Keri Williams, a descendent of ancestors buried at Lincoln Cemetery, started Saving Our Ancestors Legacy (SOAL)—an organization of descendants working to restore Lincoln Cemetery’s grounds, and reconnect the community with the cemetery’s story and the lives of those laid to rest on its grounds. This February, Lincoln Cemetery was presented to the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board who approved the nomination. It will hopefully be listed in the National Register later this year.
This week’s 2025 Community Initiative Award winner spotlight is on the First Cambria African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church congregation in the City of Johnstown, Cambria County.
May is Historic Preservation Month! Since 2018, PA SHPO has celebrated by announcing the newest Community Initiative Award winners.
We are officially into 2026 and the beginning celebrations of America250! The Historical Marker Program continues Marking the Journey with our second trail: Power of Place. These trails highlight both familiar and lesser-known stories, encouraging visitors to build a deeper and more meaningful connection to the past.
There are lots of things I look forward to in March as spring nears, like melting snow, daffodils, warmer sunny days, and… the PA SHPO Annual Report!
In this edition of Just Listed! we are celebrating Black History Month by highlighting Lincoln Cemetery (PA-SHARE RE #1999RE00677) which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in September 2025.
I’ll start by offering an apology to anyone who now has this holiday classic from the Sound of Music running on a loop in their head. I was looking for a new twist on our traditional end-of-year blog highlights and the “My Favorite Things” song kept popping up in my mind.
This edition of Just Listed! includes a variety of Pennsylvania places from across the Commonwealth listed in the National Register of Historic Places in the first half of 2025. These twenty-two properties include places associated with transportation, architecture, industry, commerce, healthcare, neighborhoods, and religion.
Preservation Pennsylvania’s statewide conference is back – in mini-form! – with Preservation Forward: A Statewide Heritage Gathering in Johnstown on June 1 & 2, 2025.
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