Partnership is often a key ingredient for a preservation outcome. The value of partnership and collaboration, the importance of preservation networks, and leveraging resources are all central ideas of Pennsylvania’s statewide historic preservation plan, Historic Preservation: The Keystone of Community. Continue reading
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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.
This latest installment of “Historic Tax Credits @ Work” features the rehabilitation of a Tudor Style mansion into local office space.
Is it even the end of a year if you don’t see at least a dozen “year in review” lists?
Join us in celebrating the Pennsylvania’s latest additions to the National Register of Historic Places! The PA-SHPO extends our congratulations and heartfelt thanks to all those who worked so hard on these nominations.
Many of the PA-SHPO’s partners shared my enthusiasm for the 30th anniversary of the Keystone Grant program and submitted a proposal to the grant program in March.
This year’s awardees include 44 projects that showcase the breadth of preservation happening across the Commonwealth. From historic barns and park pavilions to historic theaters and county courthouses, the selected projects highlight the varied historic resources to preserve for future generations.
With a new season of baseball upon us and what I regard as the real start of spring, it’s an opportune time to look back at Pennsylvania’s rich baseball history.
The Battery Philadelphia is another example of a successful historic tax credit project. This latest installment of “Historic Tax Credits @ Work” shows how a classic “white elephant” was re-energized into a unique lifestyle campus that offers space for people to live, work, stay, and gather under one roof.
Advancing Black Preservation to Sustain Black Neighborhoods with The Friends of the Tanner House
As part of Black History Month, we invited Friends of the Tanner House – which we first introduced to our readers in this post – to talk about strategies for advancing Black heritage site preservation with attention to rich community and cultural engagement. In this blog post, guest contributor Chris Rogers discuss the principles behind their in-progress community visioning and preservation planning process.
Included in this Just Listed! update are properties representing over three centuries of Pennsylvania history.
Properties range from Muhammad Ali’s mountain boxing retreat to a masterpiece of modern architecture to a historic district rich in the building traditions of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Read below to learn more about the Commonwealth’s newest additions to the National Register of Historic Places.
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