Category: Keystone Historic Preservation Grants (Page 1 of 9)

HPIP Spotlight: Christ Episcopal Church of Reading

June 3, 2026 / Alex O'Gorman / 0 Comments

Looking up while shading our eyes, we stood in awe under the 180-foot-tall ornate spired bell tower designed in the nineteenth century by renowned architect, Edward T. Potter, and the rusticated brownstone exterior with Gothic ornamentation, pinnacles, and tracery executed by master mason, George Maltzberger.

On February 13, 2025, PA SHPO’s Historic Property Inspection Program (HPIP) staff ventured to Reading, Pennsylvania for a property inspection of the Christ Episcopal Church of Reading (PA-SHARE Resource # 2018RE00954), a contributing resource within Reading’s Callowhill Historic District (PA-SHARE Resource # 1979RE00447).

Celebrating First Cambria AME Church National Register Recognition

May 20, 2026 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

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.

Celebrating the Lansdowne Theater Rehabilitation Project

May 13, 2026 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

This week’s 2025 Community Initiative Award winner spotlight is on the rehabilitation of the Lansdowne Theater in the Borough of Lansdowne, Delaware County.

Collage of ten different photographs around the text your favorite posts of 2025.

These are a few of YOUR favorite things…

December 31, 2025 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

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.

Large group of people stand outside theater building.

A Delaware County Landmark Reopens!

December 3, 2025 / Karen Arnold / 2 Comments

I fondly remember my evening outings to my downtown movie theater as a child, especially waiting in a long queue at the Eric Pacific to secure coveted tickets to see the Empire Strikes Back in 1980. While the theaters opened in Lancaster City in the 1980s were modern replacements of the landmark movie houses of the early twentieth century, the excitement of a day out at the movies was always a special memory.

Large three-story wood and stone barn with two story wood building at a right angle to the back corner.

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Keystone Grantees!

June 18, 2025 / Karen Arnold / 0 Comments

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is pleased to announce the selected projects for the 2024-2025 Keystone Grant program. The grant program again saw a 6% increase in the number of applications over last year with requests over $6,510,000. It is gratifying to know that the program serves our partners well and can react to serve their needs. The grant program is just one of the PA-SHPO’s tool to support both planning initiatives and capital projects at historic sites throughout Pennsylvania.

Two-story red brick farm house with a group of people standing on the front steps waiting to enter.

Preservation Success at Gilfillan Farm

April 2, 2025 / Bill Callahan / 1 Comment

One of the more rewarding parts of my job as the PA SHPO’s Community Preservation Coordinator for the Western Region is assisting non-profits, developers and municipalities understand and think through how historic buildings fit into economic development strategies and projects.

Two-story stone house with stone addition surrounded by grass.

America250 and the Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Program

January 15, 2025 / Karen Arnold / 0 Comments

On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate the 250^th anniversary of the Second Continental Congress’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

PA SHPO’s 12 Popular Posts of 2024

December 25, 2024 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

Is it even the end of a year if you don’t see at least a dozen “year in review” lists?

Group of masonry panels, steps, and statute between a paved path and water.

Preserving Pittsburgh’s Park Infrastructure with the Keystone Grant Program

December 4, 2024 / Karen Arnold / 1 Comment

Since its inception thirty years ago, PHMC’s Keystone Historic Preservation Grant program has supported a variety of historic places, from barns to bridges to buildings. I recently had the opportunity to tour some grant projects in Pittsburgh’s local park system.

Category: Keystone Historic Preservation Grants (Page 1 of 9)

HPIP Spotlight: Christ Episcopal Church of Reading

Celebrating First Cambria AME Church National Register Recognition

Celebrating the Lansdowne Theater Rehabilitation Project

A Delaware County Landmark Reopens!

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Keystone Grantees!

Preservation Success at Gilfillan Farm

America250 and the Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Program

PA SHPO’s 12 Popular Posts of 2024

Preserving Pittsburgh’s Park Infrastructure with the Keystone Grant Program

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