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#FavoritePAPlaces: PHMC’s Nancy Moses

May 6, 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.

Remembering Jim Vaughan

May 1, 2020 / Multiple Authors / 2 Comments

PHMC’s former Executive Director and State Historic Preservation Officer, Jim Vaughan, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020.

Forest with large boulders — Alpenglow Rockshelter with opening at western end. Photo by Dave Gutkowski.

A Rockshelter Awakens

April 29, 2020 / Guest Contributor / 12 Comments

Four years of background research and two years of carefully documented shovel test pits finally came to fruition on August 1, 2019.

This photograph shows two late 19th century buildings along a street in Bradford, PA. — For communities across Pennsylvania, like Bradford, the federal historic tax credit is an essential economic development and preservation tool. Source: Erin Hammerstedt/Preservation Pennsylvania, 2014.

Supporting Pennsylvania’s Main Streets

April 22, 2020 / Bill Callahan / 1 Comment

As one of PA SHPO’s Community Preservation Coordinators, one of the more heartening things I’ve observed (and participated in) the past few weeks has been the response of many Main Street communities and their partners to the COVID 19 crisis.

Say Happy Birthday with ReGIS!

April 20, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

This week, one of my close friends will have a birthday. Given our current situation, I can’t get out to my local gift shop to buy him the fun, creative, and unique card that I normally do each April.

The A. Merky Company Building as the new Christo Rey charter school after rehabilitation. Photo credit: Powers & Co., 2019.

Inspiration in Philadelphia

April 15, 2020 / April Frantz / 0 Comments

When the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia announces the recipients of their annual Preservation Achievement Awards, I immediately skim through the list of properties looking for familiar names and places. This year’s list did not disappoint.

The PA delegation for this year's Hill visits.

Advocacy Week 2020

April 8, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

Each year, the PA SHPO and members of Preservation Pennsylvania join other SHPOs and historic preservation partners from across the country in Washington for National Historic Preservation Advocacy Week to learn from and network with other states and educate our federal legislators about the important of historic places and spaces in Pennsylvania.

In this post, hear from two students who joined the PA SHPO this year for Advocacy Week Hill visits.

Brick theatre building with marquee that spells "Embassy" in lightbulbs. — The Embassy lit up at night, illustrating the “Marquee of 1,000 lights.” Taken 2017, Dave Campbell, photographer.

Dedicated Volunteers Preserve the Embassy Theatre in Lewistown, Mifflin County

April 1, 2020 / Guest Contributor / 0 Comments

The historic Embassy Theatre in Lewistown is one of the community’s most beloved and iconic structures. It is being rehabilitated with the help of a Keystone Historic Preservation Grant.