Category: Historic Preservation (Page 24 of 49)

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Access Policy

PA SHPO’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access

August 28, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

As part of PHMC’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA), PA SHPO identified ways in which underrepresented stories and places in Pennsylvania can be better identified, documented, and celebrated.

Call for Nominations: Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board

August 25, 2020 / Elizabeth Rairigh / 3 Comments

The nominating committee of the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board is seeking letters of interest and resumes from potential Board candidates.

Support Preservation in Pennsylvania by being counted in the 2020 Census

August 19, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

No doubt about it – there is a lot going on this year. I don’t need to elaborate here about the many ways each and every one of us have had our lives turned around, upside down, or inside out over the last six months. Even the idea of just one more thing to do can topple us over like losing game of Jenga.

But this one more thing matters. A lot. It’s making sure to complete your 2020 census form – and encouraging your family, friends, and neighbors to do the same.

Why? Pennsylvania’s share of federal historic preservation funding is based, in part, on how many people live in the Commonwealth. If that population count is low because all Pennsylvanians aren’t counted, then there is less federal money for the commonwealth to preserve the older and historic places that matter to you and your community.

Brick building with large machine in front. — Huntingdon County Courthouse, PHMC Photo.

Preserving Pennsylvania’s Historic County Courthouses

August 12, 2020 / Karen Arnold / 1 Comment

Most Pennsylvanian’s think of jury duty, county assessment records or where they went to apply for their marriage license when someone mentions a courthouse.

The Triumphant Note of Women’s Equality: the Justice Bell & Women’s Suffrage

August 5, 2020 / Pamela Reilly / 4 Comments

One hundred years ago, the clapper of the Justice Bell was unchained for the first time so that it could ring out in jubilation to celebrate the ratification of the 19^th Amendment granting women the right to vote.

PHMC’s Plan to Evaluate Historical Markers

July 17, 2020 / PHMC / 0 Comments

The Pennsylvania Historical Marker program has been in existence for more than 100 years. There are currently over 2,500 historical markers in the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s (PHMC) inventory. Over 125 of the markers in that inventory are bronze plaques installed by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission (PHC), PHMC’s predecessor, between 1913 and 1933.

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.

When a door closes, a window opens…

July 8, 2020 / Jenna Solomon / 2 Comments

One of the stereotypes that often accompanies historic preservationists is the battle over replacing historic windows.

FYI: PA SHPO’s Updated Project Review Form!

July 6, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

The PA SHPO has recently updated its project review form. Please updated any downloaded or bookmarked forms.

You can find the new form on PHMC’s website here: https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/About/Documents/SHPO%20Project%20Review%20Form_Digital%20Submission.pdf

Updates include:

The PA SHPO address was removed as we are longer accepting paper submissions
Additional guidance on the requirement to submit the Project Review Form as a fillable pdf was added.
The Attachments section was updated to reflect the requirement to submit an Abbreviated HRSF for those buildings directly affected by a project. The Abbreviated HRSF and accompanying instructions are available on the PHMC website at: https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/About/Documents/HRSF_Abbreviated_Fillable_Form.pdf and https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/About/Documents/HRSF-Abbreviated-Form-Guidance.pdf.

Reminders!

All initial project submissions must be submitted via email to the PA SHPO’s Project Review resource account. Please continue to follow the process for emailing submissions outlined here:
https://pahistoricpreservation.com/shpo-environmental-review-continuity-operations/.
Initial project submissions must include two separate PDFs: one for the Project Review Form and one for the attachments.
Applicants should only contact reviewers directly for existing projects after consultation has been initiated and a PA SHPO Environmental Review number assigned.

PA SHPO will return Project Review Forms that are submitted incorrectly or incomplete.

Please note:

This form and the email submission process will remain in place until PA-SHARE comes online early next year.

Hollidaysburg’s Canal Era Houses

July 1, 2020 / smassey / 10 Comments

With the help of the federal and state historic tax credits, a local team gives the 1847 Canal Houses 1 & 2 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County a third lease on life as retail and commercial space in the borough’s historic downtown.