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Chestnut Street in Lancaster embodies the city's preservation ethic.

Making #PreservationHappensHere with CLG Grants

January 15, 2020 / Cory Kegerise / 0 Comments

The PA SHPO has awarded six communities grants to improve their municipality’s historic preservation program through the Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant Program. These grant funds will allow each of the communities to undertake projects that will advance preservation goals and achieve preservation outcomes in ways that are important to the community. A total of $120,324 will be distributed to municipalities in Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, and Montgomery Counties for diverse and important preservation projects.

Historic Tax Credits and the Rebirth of Philly’s Metropolitan Opera House

January 8, 2020 / smassey / 1 Comment

The 1908 Metropolitan Opera House on North Broad Street is undoubtedly a preservation success story. The Met, as its affectionately called, was recently rehabilitated and reopened with thanks, in part, to the federal historic tax credit program.

PA SHPO’s Top 10 Posts of 2019

January 1, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

It wouldn’t be New Years without a top 10 recap, and I didn’t want to disappoint you by not giving our faithful readers a recap of their favorite blog.

It’s a Wonderful Life

December 25, 2019 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

We all know the story of the classic American film, It’s a Wonderful Life. But did you know that the star of this quintessential holiday film is a Pennsylvanian? And that there is a Pennsylvania Historical Marker for this star?

North Scranton Junior High School testimonial video.

Testimonials in Pennsylvania’s Preservation Tool Box

December 18, 2019 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

One of PA SHPO’s core missions is to educate the commonwealth’s citizens about state and federal historic preservation programs. We can’t do it alone, so we do our best to provide interested citizens, advocates, and partners with the tools to help communicate what historic preservation is and why it matters.

Summer Plans? Be a Keystone Intern!

December 11, 2019 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

One of the most important parts of a student’s education is an internship. It is an opportunity to gain real-life work experience, explore the many different types of things people in the real world do in your field of interest, and build personal and professional relationships that can support you throughout your career.

We’d like to invite college and graduate school students interested in historic preservation, archaeology, community planning, cultural resources, architectural history, public history, and other related fields to apply to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s (PHMC) Keystone Internship program for their Summer 2020 interning experience.

This paid, 12-week-long opportunity is an excellent way for you to build your portfolio while helping PHMC and the PA State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) preserve Pennsylvania’s important older and historic places.

Old color postcard showing a large white building with tall columns and triangle roof along a street. — Founder's Hall. Pennsylvania State Archives, Postcard Collection, Record Group M213, Box 28.

An Architectural Masterpiece: Visiting Founder’s Hall

December 4, 2019 / Karen Arnold / 1 Comment

I have a fascination with historic architecture. That is what launched me on in my career path. There is just something about a well-designed building that strikes awe in me. I feel it when I enter the state Capitol Building here in Harrisburg or when I walk through a quaint Lancaster City neighborhood. It amazes me that an architect inspires so much with his work.

Marking Thanksgiving

November 27, 2019 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 2 Comments

Knowing I’d need to write a post for Thanksgiving week, I went to my favorite internet search engine and typed in “Thanksgiving and Pennsylvania”. Among the hundreds of results was one for a Pennsylvania Historical Marker. Really? We have a marker related to Thanksgiving?

And the 2019 Community Initiative Winners are….

November 20, 2019 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

Each year, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) recognizes the hard work and dedication of outstanding organizations, municipalities, agencies, and individuals whose work embodies the theme of Pennsylvania’s statewide historic preservation plan, #PreservAtionHappensHere, with a PA SHPO Community Initiative Award.

One-story building with rail car — View of the Blain Railroad Station, restored by the Blain Lion’s Club in 1983. Photo by Candice N. Strawley, Commonwealth Heritage Group.

From a Creek Came a Village: A Brief History of the Town of Blain

November 13, 2019 / Guest Contributor / 8 Comments

Since our last update on the Tri-County survey project in Dauphin County, the Commonwealth Heritage Group and ASC Group survey teams have crossed the Susquehanna River and begun surveying communities in Cumberland and Perry Counties.

Pennsylvania Historic Preservation

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Making #PreservationHappensHere with CLG Grants

Historic Tax Credits and the Rebirth of Philly’s Metropolitan Opera House

PA SHPO’s Top 10 Posts of 2019

It’s a Wonderful Life

Testimonials in Pennsylvania’s Preservation Tool Box

Summer Plans? Be a Keystone Intern!

An Architectural Masterpiece: Visiting Founder’s Hall

Marking Thanksgiving

And the 2019 Community Initiative Winners are….

From a Creek Came a Village: A Brief History of the Town of Blain

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