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The Kuerner Farm in Chadds Ford Township. "Brandywine River Museum and the Kuerner Farm, Chadds Ford PA - June 2012" by UGArdener is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Chadds Ford is Pennsylvania’s Newest CLG

September 9, 2020 / Cory Kegerise / 0 Comments

The PA SHPO is excited to announce that Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County is the newest participating community to join the Certified Local Government (CLG) program. The National Park Service issued the final certification in July 2020, making the township the 45^th CLG in Pennsylvania and the 3^rd in Delaware County. Chadds Ford is also the first community to join the CLG program under the recently revamped program guidelines, hopefully setting an example for other communities who want to be recognized for their local preservation programs.

Undated file photo of the pool at Bendigo State Park in Elk County.

Dip into History: Five Historic Pools and Swimming Holes in Pennsylvania

June 10, 2020 / Elizabeth Shultz / 4 Comments

Summer is definitely here in Pennsylvania! And when the weather turns hot and humid, my mind turns to swimming and lazy days by the water.

Vietnamese History in Pennsylvania

May 27, 2020 / Guest Contributor / 4 Comments

In addition to being National Historic Preservation Month, May is also Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the perfect time to share this story by PA SHPO’s 2019 Keystone Intern, Yen Ho. Yen is a Vietnamese American from southeast Pennsylvania who, in addition to her summer project, helped the PA SHPO learn more about the places important to the Vietnamese-American community and that reflect this underrepresented part of our history.

March Marker Mania 2020

March 25, 2020 / Karen Galle / 2 Comments

Soon there will be some new markers out there for you to brake for!

Earlier this month, PHMC approved twenty-four new historical markers for an amazing range of subjects that highlight even more interesting Pennsylvania facts and figures.

Chestnut Street in Lancaster embodies the city's preservation ethic.

Making #PreservationHappensHere with CLG Grants

January 15, 2020 / Cory Kegerise / 0 Comments

The PA SHPO has awarded six communities grants to improve their municipality’s historic preservation program through the Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant Program. These grant funds will allow each of the communities to undertake projects that will advance preservation goals and achieve preservation outcomes in ways that are important to the community. A total of $120,324 will be distributed to municipalities in Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, and Montgomery Counties for diverse and important preservation projects.

And the 2019 Community Initiative Winners are….

November 20, 2019 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

Each year, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) recognizes the hard work and dedication of outstanding organizations, municipalities, agencies, and individuals whose work embodies the theme of Pennsylvania’s statewide historic preservation plan, #PreservAtionHappensHere, with a PA SHPO Community Initiative Award.

Spring = New Historical Markers!

March 27, 2019 / Karen Galle / 1 Comment

Earlier this month, PHMC approved 18 new historical markers to the collection of over 2,500 for subjects that run the gamut from notable athletes to a late 19th century African American archaeological site in Mercer County. Continue reading

Map — Higher numbers of new sites were concentrated in Warren and Forest Counties, although Greene, Allegheny, McKean, Center, Delaware and Philadelphia were close behind. 17 counties recorded no new sites in 2018.

The Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey (PASS), A Look Forward and Back

February 20, 2019 / Hannah Harvey / 6 Comments

Did you know that Pennsylvania contains over 25,300 recorded archaeological sites? Continue reading

landscape — View of Camp Archbald from the lake. Photo by Dave Teachout.

2019 Pennsylvania At Risk Announced

January 30, 2019 / Guest Contributor / 0 Comments

This week, Preservation Pennsylvania, the nonprofit dedicated to advocacy for and preservation of historic places across the commonwealth, announced the 2019 Pennsylvania At Risk. Continue reading

Carved pumpkins — Mansour de Toth, “Jack o'lantern : Ange et demon”, Oct 20, 2007

Hobgoblins in the Humanities

October 31, 2018 / Guest Contributor / 0 Comments

Can I tell you about something that gives me chills and sends me running? October is Arts & Humanities Month. It’s also time for Halloween, so when I was invited to submit a post, our friends at SHPO asked if I could kill two birds with one stone and do justice to both October happenings. I decided to oblige by writing about some bad spirits that bedevil me at work: the humanities hobgoblins! Continue reading

Category: Delaware (Page 2 of 4)

Chadds Ford is Pennsylvania’s Newest CLG

Dip into History: Five Historic Pools and Swimming Holes in Pennsylvania

Vietnamese History in Pennsylvania

March Marker Mania 2020

Making #PreservationHappensHere with CLG Grants

And the 2019 Community Initiative Winners are….

Spring = New Historical Markers!

The Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey (PASS), A Look Forward and Back

2019 Pennsylvania At Risk Announced

Hobgoblins in the Humanities

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