Category: Industry (Page 2 of 3)

Just Listed! August – December 2021

January 26, 2022 / Elizabeth Rairigh / 0 Comments

We have an interesting mix of National Register recent listings to bring you for this installment of “Just Listed”. We’ve got an African American YMCA, a few interesting industrial properties making everything from jute cordage to furniture to yarn, a farm, a house, farm, school, and more.

If you’re interested in learning more about any of these properties – or looking to up your trivia game with some Pennsylvania fun facts, you can find a copy of the full National Register Nominations on PA-SHARE.

Just Listed! February- July 2021

July 28, 2021 / Elizabeth Rairigh / 0 Comments

Since our last Just Listed! update at the end of January, thirteen more historic resources have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places!

Large blue and gold metal marker surrounded by people. — Me with the newly dedicated Sylvania Electric Products historical marker.

Preservation Backstory: Emporium’s Sylvania Corporation Marker

July 14, 2021 / Andrea L. MacDonald / 27 Comments

The Historical Marker Program is one of the PHMC’s most popular public history programs, and the recently approved nominations prove these aluminum markers dotting our roads and city sidewalks are more than just “history on a stick.” The words cast into markers and the marker topics have deep meaning to many Pennsylvanians.

Artists rendering of rehabilitated Ohringer Building — Rendering of the Ohringer Arts building by Rothschild Doyno Collaborative.

Historic Tax Credits + Artists + Braddock = Preservation Success

July 7, 2021 / smassey / 1 Comment

There are great examples throughout Pennsylvania – and the country – of historic buildings being repurposed to support, house, and celebrate local and regional arts communities. Two specifically come to mind in Pennsylvania, the GoggleWorks in Reading, Berks County and the Walk In Art Center in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County. The Ohringer Artist Residences in the former Ohringer Home Furniture store 640 Braddock Avenue in Braddock, Allegheny County can now be added to that list.

Just Listed! January 2021

January 27, 2021 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

It’s time for our six-month update to bring you the latest and greatest in new National Register of Historic Places listings!

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…

One-story metal building with sign that reads "Scotty's Diner" — Scotty's Diner in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, 1989. Image from the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive at the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017702223/)

Buildings on the move: Diners in Pennsylvania

September 16, 2020 / Jenna Solomon / 3 Comments

If historic preservationists could choose a superpower, it just might be the ability to move buildings to a new location when they are threatened with a proposed demolition.

#FavoritePAPlaces: PAC’s Ira Beckerman

May 11, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

Pennsylvania’s communities are filled with special and meaningful historic places and spaces that add value to our lives and offer comfort and stability during these challenging times. Now more than ever, it is important to stay connected to our communities.

Today’s Spotlight: Ira Beckerman

100 Years After Prohibition, the Legacy of Pennsylvania’s Historic Breweries Survives

March 11, 2020 / Pamela Reilly / 4 Comments

As we mark the 100^th anniversary of the implementation of Prohibition, it is good to reflect on the fact that many buildings related to Pennsylvania’s historic brewing industry remain.

Of Paper and Parks: A Varied History of Mount Holly Springs

February 19, 2020 / Guest Contributor / 4 Comments

This week’s post about Mount Holly Springs in Cumberland County is the third in our series about the Tri-County Survey for PA SHPO’s Disaster Planning for Historic Properties Initiative. In previous posts, we wrote about Lykens, Dauphin County and Blain, Perry County.

Category: Industry (Page 2 of 3)

Just Listed! August – December 2021

Preservation Backstory: Emporium’s Sylvania Corporation Marker

Historic Tax Credits + Artists + Braddock = Preservation Success

Just Listed! January 2021

Buildings on the move: Diners in Pennsylvania

#FavoritePAPlaces: PAC’s Ira Beckerman

Today’s Spotlight: Ira Beckerman

100 Years After Prohibition, the Legacy of Pennsylvania’s Historic Breweries Survives

Of Paper and Parks: A Varied History of Mount Holly Springs

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