Category: National Register of Historic Places (Page 1 of 22)

PA SHPO is Hiring a National Register Reviewer!

September 11, 2024 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

Are you a highly skilled historic preservationist with National Register knowledge and experience? The Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) is seeking a Historic Preservation Specialist to work as a National Register reviewer. This position is focused on assisting the public with determinations of eligibility and National Register nominations. Bring your dedication and experience to our department and take pride in safeguarding Pennsylvania’s cherished history with our team!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity! PA SHPO can now work from home except for days when you’ll be out visiting Pennsylvania’s historic places and one day a month in the office with your colleagues in Harrisburg.

Apply today through 10/1/2024 to become an essential part of our team where you will play a vital role in our mission to discover, protect, and share Pennsylvania’s past, inspiring others to value and use our history in meaningful ways.

Group of people standing in a large doorway.

Intern Introspect: 2024 PennDOT Resource Internship

September 4, 2024 / Guest Contributor / 0 Comments

The practice of historic preservation is like a family heirloom, passed down from one generation to the next so that when you get tasked with the role of heirloom keeper, it reminds us to not forget about the past and look to how it has shaped the present.

Just Listed! January through June 2024

July 10, 2024 / jthornton / 0 Comments

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.

Wooded area with leaves covering the ground over a large depressed hole. — Precontact jasper quarry pit in southeastern PA. Photo by Don Giles, PHMC, 2005.

Quarrying our Data for Quarry Districts Part 2: The Updated Hardyston Jasper District

June 26, 2024 / Kristen Walczesky / 0 Comments

Back in October 2023, we shared a blog highlighting the updates to the Hardyston Jasper District that PA SHPO archaeologists were working on. These updates included reevaluating our PASS data to create and formally designate the NPS/Keeper Eligible Hardyston Jasper District, refine the district’s boundaries from the boundary established in the 1988 report by Anthony and Roberts, and identifying and evaluating sites for inclusion in the Hardyston Jasper District.

PHMC Announces the 2023-2024 Keystone Grant Awardees

June 19, 2024 / Karen Arnold / 0 Comments

Many of the PA-SHPO’s partners shared my enthusiasm for the 30^th 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.

Celebrating the Slate Hill Cemetery

May 22, 2024 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 2 Comments

This week’s 2023 Community Initiative Award winner spotlight is on the Slate Hill Cemetery in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County.

Lower Makefield’s Slate Hill Cemetery is an intact Colonial-era graveyard that was established in 1690 as a Quaker burial ground and was later expanded to include the township’s first public cemetery. It contains about 580 burials, including veterans of the U.S. Colored Troops who served in the Civil War. The earliest known burial dates to 1698 and the last known burial was in 1918.

Recently, the Township – which is one of Pennsylvania’s Certified Local Governments (CLG) – began an ambitious project to document, preserve, and promote the history of the cemetery. I asked some of the folks from the Historical Commission, which is spearheading the effort, to share the story with us.

Resource Round-Up: Resources for Studying Women’s History in Pennsylvania

March 20, 2024 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

March is Women’s History Month and an opportunity to highlight and celebrate the vital role of women in Pennsylvania and American history.

PA SHPO is Hiring a National Register Reviewer!

March 12, 2024 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

Are you a highly skilled historic preservationist with National Register knowledge and experience? The Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) is seeking a Historic Preservation Specialist to work as a National Register reviewer, focused on assisting the public with determinations of eligibility and National Register nominations. Join us in preserving the treasured history of Pennsylvania.

Historic Tax Credits @ Work: Delaware Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company

March 6, 2024 / smassey / 0 Comments

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.

Group of people people of color standing on the sidewalk in front of Henry Ossawa Tanner House holding paintings and brooms on a sunny day. — On February 3rd, 2024, community partners Blues Babe Foundation and Tree House Books partnered with the Friends of the Tanner House to execute a Block Cleanup of the 2900 Block of Diamond St, inclusive of a children’s book giveaway and free catered neighborhood luncheon. Close-Up Cleaning Crew photo courtesy of the Friends of the Tanner House.

Advancing Black Preservation to Sustain Black Neighborhoods with The Friends of the Tanner House

February 14, 2024 / Guest Contributor / 0 Comments

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.