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Need technical assistance? Contact our Shared Field Services Representatives |
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David Kimmerly
215-353-7625
Erin Hammerstedt
814-571-2444
A joint program with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Partners in the Field enables Preservation Pennsylvania to deliver direct technical assistance and hands-on preservation expertise to local organizations and communities throughout Pennsylvania.
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Upcoming Events |
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Pennsylvania At Risk Press Conference
November 17th, 2008
10:00AM
Walnut Street Bridge, Harrisburg
75th Anniversary of the New Deal Public History Symposium:
Pennsylvania's New Deal Legacies
December 4th, 2008
1:30-5:00PM
State Museum of Pennsylvania Auditorium, 3rd and North Streets, Harrisburg
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Explore the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania! |
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The Dunkle's Gulf Station in Bedford, is still run by the Dunkle family and is an icon of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania. For more information visit the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor.
Photo Courtesy of Jospeph Elliot, Photographer, Summer-Fall 1999, Historic American Engineering Record. |
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The Statewide Conference on Heritage
May 19th - 22nd, 2009
Gettysburg, PA
Reservations are available at the Best Western Gettysburg Hotel. Please mention: "The Statewide Conference on Heritage" when making reservations.
Best Western Gettysburg Hotel
#1 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg Phone: 717-337-2000
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Preservation Pennsylvania, through creative partnerships, targeted educational and advocacy programs, advisory assistance, and special projects, assists Pennsylvania communities to protect and utilize the historic resources they want to preserve for the future.
Preservation Pennsylvania is the Commonwealth's only statewide, private non-profit, membership organization dedicated to the protection of historically and architecturally significant properties.
Support a statewide voice for Pennsylvania's Heritage!
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A Ride Along the  Lincoln Highway
New PBS program on America's first coast to coast highway
Rick Sebak, WQED Pittsburgh and 2007 recipient of Preservation Pennsylvania's F. Otto Haas Award has been very busy the last year working on a documentary on American's first coast to coast highway - The Lincoln Highway. His new show, "A Ride on the Lincoln Highway," premiered nationally on PBS stations everywhere on Wednesday, October 29. Preservation Pennsylvania Executive Director, Mindy Crawford, was interviewed for this documentary and appears in the final version at the Shoe House in Hellam, York County. Mindy also serves as the Pennsylvania Director of the Lincoln Highway Association, a national organization that promotes appreciation of the historic road. At the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards program last year, Rick had just returned from his first trip across the Lincoln Highway. You can visit his blog to read about both of his trips along the historic highway. During Rick's two adventures across the Lincoln Highway, he captured many more stories than he could include in his 56 minute production. In fact, shortly after he finished, he noted that they had about 90 45-minute tapes to edit down into about an hour! Check out your local PBS station for listings of when the show will be rebroadcast. If you just can't wait, you can see some of the stories Rick wasn't able to include in the final version including a bit more of Mindy's interview. |
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Pennsylvania At Risk 2008
On Monday, November 17, 2008 at 10:00 AM Preservation Pennsylvania will announce the 2008 Pennsylvania At Risk list on the Walnut Street Bridge in downtown Harrisburg. The event is open to the public and will be held rain or shine. Preservation Pennsylvania listed the Walnut Street Bridge on the Pennsylvania At Risk in 1996 and now returns to the rehabilitated bridge to announce this year's list of endangered properties.
Pennsylvania At Risk serves as a representative sampling of the Commonwealth's most endangered historic resources. For the purpose of the list, endangerment is defined as threat of demolition, significant deterioration, vandalism, alteration, and/or loss of context. It is our belief that publishing this list draws statewide attention to the plight of Pennsylvania's historic resources, promotes local action to protect resources, and encourages additional state funding for historic sites.
Immediately following the public announcement of the 2008 Pennsylvania At Risk, Preservation Pennsylvania members will receive a newsletter with detailed descriptions of the endangered properties. To become a member of Preservation Pennsylvania or to view past Pennsylvania At Risk newsletters, visit www.preservationpa.org
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 PHMC Commemorates
75th Anniversary of the New Deal
Public History Symposium:
Pennsylvania's New Deal Legacies and State Museum Special Exhibition
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) will conclude its year-long observance of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal by hosting a public history symposium from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on December 4th, 2008 at The State Museum in Harrisburg. The keynote address will be given by Dr. Christopher Breiseth, president and CEO of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Hyde Park , NY . The program is free and open to the public.
In addition to the public history symposium, the PHMC will display a special exhibition that will open on November 22nd, 2008 and run through May 17th, 2009. The exhibit, "A Common Canvas: Pennsylvania's New Deal Post Office Murals," features artwork commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Department between 1933 and 1942 and "collectively represents Pennsylvania's largest public art project," according to PHMC Executive Director, Barbara Franco.
The celebration is co-sponsored by the PA Humanities Council, Preservation Pennsylvania, American Institute of Architects - Pennsylvania Chapter, PA Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations, PA Historical Association, Penn State University American Studies program, Middle Atlantic American Studies Association, and the Pennsylvania Heritage Society.
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 The Statewide Conference on Heritage
The 31st Heritage Partnerships and the 10th Byways to the Past Conference
May 19th-22nd, 2009 Gettysburg, PA
The Statewide Conference on Heritage brings together Pennsylvania's two most important preservation conferences into one of the Middle Atlantic region's largest preservation gatherings. The conference will be held in May 2009 in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg was chosen as the site for the annual conference due to its outstanding collection of preserved historic structures and sacred sites, spectacular agricultural and natural landscapes, and close connection with the Lincoln Highway. The conference week will feature workshops, sessions and speakers from the historic preservation, archaeological, heritage tourism, transportation, legislative, and planning communities, including a number of nationally known speakers and subjects of state, regional and national importance. The conference is co-sponsored by PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Preservation Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and other partners. On-line registration for the conference will begin in the early Spring of 2009, but a limited number of hotel rooms have been blocked at the downtown Best Western Gettysburg Hotel for conference attendees. Please mention: "The Statewide Conference on Heritage" when making reservations.
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the 2009 Statewide Conference on Heritage! |
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