 News from Preservation Pennsylvania November 2010 |
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Coming Soon!
2010-2011 Pennsylvania
At Risk list
Annual listing release,
December 2010.
More details
to follow!
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Did You Know?
That Our "Partners in the Field" Reps Have Impacted
400 Historic Resources in
50 Counties Since September 2008?
Partners in the Field representatives travel across the Commonwealth
in order to provide
FREE preservation guidance for individuals, organizations and rural and urban communities.
Contact information for Erin Hammerstedt and David Kimmerly,
Partners in the Field representatives for Pennsylvania,
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Membership Matters!
Preservation Pennsylvania helps people protect the places that matter to them.
Each of our members matters to us!
To join our statewide voice for preservation, please click here.
If you are a current member, thank you for your support! | |
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Funding Opportunities | |
Keystone Grant Funding is available for project grants for a limited time. Please click the above link for complete details.
Deadline: Round One, 1/31/2011
The National Center for Safe Routes to School is awarding 25 mini-grants of $1,000 each. Guidelines may be found here.
Deadline: 11/19/2010
Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections is a federal grant through the NEH's Division of Preservation.
Deadline: 12/01/2010
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations is a federal grant through the NEH's Division of Public Programs.
Deadline: 1/12/2011
You may sign up to receive daily Federal grant postings here. |
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We Gratefully Acknowledge Financial Support From: |
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We Salute You! Honoring Pennsylvania's Historic Preservation Award Winners.
On September 17, 2010, Preservation Pennsylvania hosted its 31st annual Historic Preservation Awards ceremony at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. These awards recognize significant contributions in the field of historic preservation made by individuals and organizations through a variety of initiatives.
This year's receipient of the F. Otto Haas Award,
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Pictured is award winner
John D. Milner (center) with
Mary Werner DeNadi, FAIA, and
Preservation Pennsylvania
Board Chairman, A. Roy Smith. |
Preservation
Pennsylvania's highest honor, is John D. Milner, FAIA, Chadds Ford, Chester County. Congratulations!
For a complete listing of all preservation honorees, please click here. Thank you to all preservationists who help secure the future of our past! |
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FIELD NOTES
Partners in the Field:
Improving the Face of Main Street
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Preservation Pennsylvania has hosted the "Partners in the Field" program for just over two years and is pleased with its measurable and visually dynamic results. A recent example of the Partners' work is a façade improvement project in downtown Lock Haven, Clinton County. The town's Main Street Manager requested Partners in the Field representative, Erin Hammerstedt, to assist the property owner with the technical aspects of the project.
Initially, this thre e-story brick commercial building was covered in vertical wood siding. Erin worked with the property owner, providing information on the repair of historic wood windows, appropriate masonry repointing, the advantages and risks of removing paint from the brick versus repainting it, and how the prismatic glass transom could be repaired. When this information was considered in light of the property owner's goals and financial constraints, the owner decided to rehabilitate her windows, repaint the brick façade, and retain a sign board over the historic transom.
Although the transom was not restored as part of the project, the appearance of the building now is MUCH more appropriate than it was at the outset of the project. In the end,  the project has had a tremendous visual impact on the downtown. This is a good example of how, when property owners, Main Street organizations and preservationists work together, great things can be accomplished.
A joint program with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Partners in the Field is a matching grant program designed to put additional professional preservationists in the communities where they are most needed.
To make a gift in support of this effort or any of Preservation Pennsylvania's important advocacy, education, or technical support initiatives, please contact Jean Hershner, Preservation Pennsylvania's Development Director at (717) 234-2310 ext. 17 or via email at jhershner@preservationpa.org. |
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FREE EDUCATIONAL EVENT!
Preserving Pennsylvania:
A Workshop for Communities
Saturday, November 20, 2010
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Von Leibig Center, Juniata College
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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 The Huntingdon County Historical Society, Preservation Pensylvania, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), PennDOT, and local leaders in preservation are joining forces to discuss strategies to preserve and protect places that matter.
Leading experts in preservation, planning and transportation will provide attendees with practical tools to protect, preserve and enhance historic resources. The workshop features an opportunity to meet face-to-face with the speakers to answer your preservation and transportation questions. Participants are encouraged to bring questions for an informal Q & A and to contribute actively to the discussions; however, time is limited and questions will be answered on a first come-first served basis.
Seating is also limited, so please RSVP to reserve your seat by November 17th by clicking here. Additional information may also be obtained from Kelley Kroecker, Executive Director of the Huntingdon County Historical Society, kroecker@huntingdonhistory.org or by phone, (814) 643-5499. We look forward to seeing you there! |
| Help Preserve the Miller Station Road Bridge!
PennDOT is seeking an interested party to acquire the National Register-listed Miller Station Road Bridge. The historic bridge (SR 1016 over French Creek, near Cambridge Springs) is a rare double-intersecting wrought iron Whipple Truss bridge built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio in 1887. One of the last remaining Whipple Truss bridges in Pennsylvania, the single-lane Miller Station Road Bridge is slated for replacement.
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Miller Station Road Bridge |
PennDOT will transfer ownership of the bridge to a responsible party for removal to a new location. Preservation covenants will be attached to the deed of transfer; the owner will be responsible for rehabilitating the bridge and ensuring its long-term maintenance. If your organization is interested in acquiring this historic bridge, please contact Tom Minnich, District 1-0 Environmental Manager at (814) 678-7008 or David Anthony, PennDOT Architectural Historian, at (412) 429-4861.
Bridge dimensions: 136 feet long (41.5 meters); 18 feet wide (5.5 meters). |
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257 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 234-2310
www.preservationpa.org
info@preservationpa.org
Our Mission
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.
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Who Are We?
Preservation Pennsylvania is the Commonwealth's only statewide, private non-profit, membership organization dedicated to the protection of historically and architecturally significant properties.
We are distinguished nationally as a statewide partner organization with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and across the Commonwealth as a resource for preservation-related advocacy initiatives, educational events, technical support, administering the Preservation Fund for Pennsylvania, highlighting at-risk historic resources, and acknowledging the outstanding efforts of preservationists in our state.
If we may assist you, please contact us using the information on the left! |
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Preservation Pennsylvania is officially licensed as a charitable organization in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation under Internal Revenue Service regulations. A copy of the official registration and financial information of Preservation Pennsylvania may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1 (800) 732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. Questions about Preservation Pennsylvania should be addressed to (717) 234-2310. All membership/donor contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. |
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