Category: Dauphin (Page 3 of 5)

Centre Avenue YMCA, c. 2021, photo credit Angelique Bamberg.

Julius Rosenwald and the African American YMCAs of Pennsylvania

January 19, 2022 / Jenna Solomon / 3 Comments

American philanthropist Julius Rosenwald is best known for his work in the rural South in the early 20^th 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.

Juniata College Archaeology Crew, Summer 2021.

Finding the Fort: The Juniata College Field School at Fort Halifax Park – Part 2

October 20, 2021 / Guest Contributor / 0 Comments

In last week’s post, we introduced you to this past summer’s Juniata College Field School at Fort Halifax Park in Halifax, Dauphin County. This week, we’ll tell you about the “major discovery” we hinted at last week!

Beginning the investigations on Day 1 of the field school, June 2021.

Finding the Fort: The Juniata College Field School at Fort Halifax Park – Part 1

October 13, 2021 / Guest Contributor / 4 Comments

On our first day at our field school in archaeology, we searched through the soil for mountain peaks: or rather, mountain peak-shaped rocks. That’s the tip we were given for finding flakes -fragments of stone produced by Native American flintknapping.

Resource Round-up: Resources for LGBTQ+ Pride Month in Pennsylvania

June 23, 2021 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 2 Comments

June is Pride Month and an opportunity to recognize, celebrate, and support LGBTQ+ communities. This week’s post is another in our “Resource Round-Up” series, which we occassionally publish during important months as a guide to learning more about the older and historic places and spaces in Pennsylvania that reflect that month’s theme. This one highlights just some sources related to LGBTQ+ Pride Month.

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 / 9 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.

Approved Markers for 2021

March 31, 2021 / Karen Galle / 2 Comments

Soon fans of Pennsylvania’s historical markers will be braking for 23 new ones. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) recently approved the next batch of new historical markers at their March 2021 meeting.

2020 Blog in Review

December 30, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

In this crazy year, the PA SHPO’s blog is the one thing you could count on every week to bring you all sorts of current, relevant, fun and interesting information. I have actually won a trivia contest or two because of something I read in one of our weekly posts!

Here is a short recap of the year at pahistoricpreservation.com…

Resource Round-up: PHMC’s Resources for Native American History in Pennsylvania

November 25, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 3 Comments

Since 1990, November has been recognized across the United States as Native American Heritage Month.

In Pennsylvania, the story of the Native American peoples who lived in what is now the commonwealth is largely told through archaeology and the sites and artifacts that are uncovered across the landscape.

This story, which is still unfolding, is complex, rich, and varied and I can’t begin to do it justice in just one blog post. What I can do, however, is provide you with a snapshot of what archaeology tells us about Native American history in Pennsylvania and hopefully inspire you to learn more.

Documenting Historic Flood-Prone Communities in Central Pennsylvania

July 15, 2020 / John Gardosik / 2 Comments

Over the last year, architectural historians and survey engineers with Commonwealth Heritage Group and ASC Group have been documenting historic properties and communities in Dauphin, Cumberland, and Perry Counties.

Walking the Harrisburg Historic District

February 5, 2020 / Karen Arnold / 5 Comments

Did you know that the first American Heart Month took place in February of 1964, over two years before the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966?