2011 STATEWIDE
 CONFERENCE ON HERITAGE

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FUNDING

OPPORTUNITIES

  ITALIAN 

STUDY TOUR

 Rome|Como|Milan 

 June 10-20, 2011

The Alumni Association of the Victorian Society Summer Schools and the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture will host a 10-day course

in the study of late 19th-

and 20th-century

Roman architecture,

June 10 - 20, 2011.

Continuing education and AIA credits available.

 Ten day trip from $3,850 to $4,850 per person.

Airfare not included.

 To view a program brochure, click here.

Questions? Please 

contact John Martine.

 

 Due to the  success of the Partners in the Field program, an anonymous donor is challenging each 

preservation-minded Pennsylvanian to Share Your Love of Historic Preservation by making a financial gift that the donor will match up to $125,000!

Current Partners in the Field program funding is due to expire on

June 30, 2011. 

Help support the future of free, technical assistance in the field!

  Please make an on-line gift or pledge by 

clicking here. 

You may also call us at

(717) 234-2310.

THANK YOU! 

Partners in the Field

Program 

Do you need free, on-site preservation advice?

Would you like a speaker for your community-based preservation, history or heritage organization?

Contact Preservation Pennsylvania's

Partners in the Field representatives for assistance!

 David Kimmerly 

Erin Hammerstedt 

PRESERVATION VICTORY AT

FRICK'S LOCK! 

Frick's Lock, East Coventry Township, Chester County

After almost three years of monthly meetings between Exelon Nuclear, Preservation Pennsylvania, and East Coventry Township, an agreement to save the village of Frick's Lock was signed last month--a victory for preservationists who have persistently advocated for the 250 year-old settlement.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, then on Preservation Pennsylvania's Pennsylvania At Risk list in 2009, Frick's Lock was abandoned in the early 1980s when the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant was constructed across the river.  In the wake of this transition from a thriving community to a ghost town, Frick's Lock's most important buildings, which date back to the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, deteriorated due to vandalism and neglect.

The new agreement, however, will protect and preserve this historic site.

In addition to establishing a protective fence around the grounds, Exelon has agreed to spend $2.5 million to restore the exterior of several buildings as stabilized ruins.  The corporation is donating four houses to the township, worth an estimated $1 million, and has agreed to perform routine maintenance on the village to stave off further deterioration.  According to an Exelon spokesperson, most of the work is expected to occur in 2012.  There are even tentative plans to open Frick's Lock for public tours by 2013.

Please click here to access the 2009 Pennsylvania At Risk listing for Frick's Lock.

You may also read the National Trust for Historic Preservation's online article about Frick's Lock here.  

BLACK HISTORY IN PENNSYLVANIA  

A COMMUNITIES IN COMMON WORKSHOP

The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission presents a comprehensive historic resource survey and context study on Black heritage throughout Pennsylvania to help recognize the significant cultural and historic resources in your community.

Black communities touch every part of Pennsylvania.

By examining Black history through people, places and events statewide, your communities can reclaim the past, revitalize the present, and inspire the future.

THIS INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP SHOWS HOW TO...

· Advocate for historic community assets

· Utilize expert research techniques

· Use local history as a revitalization tool

Come and train with the experts

April 29, 2011 9AM-4PM

Tindley Temple United Methodist Church

750 South Broad St. Philadelphia 19146

$20 per person with lunch included

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

You may also contact Melissa Jest at the Preservation Alliance by email or by calling 215-546-1146 ext. 6.

The Statewide Conference on Heritage brings together the heritage, transportation, conservation and planning communities for a three-day event in downtown Harrisburg.  Visit the conference website, www.pennbyways.org, to register and learn more about sponsorship and exhibit opportunities.

 Conference Session Highlight

Government 2.0: Online Innovations to Link People with Projects, Thursday, May 19 - 8:30a.m.-10:00a.m.

Following an emerging trend of connecting people to government through online solutions, Preservation Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the University of Texas have all introduced innovative programs to improve public access to information through web tools.  This session will showcase the three online models to encourage transparency in agency Section 106 review, grassroots participation in identification of historic resources, and access to transportation project information through a searchable online GIS map.

Conference Tour Highlight

Walking Tour of Historic Midtown Harrisburg,Thursday, May 19, 12:15pm-1:15pm, 3rd Street Midtown Harrisburg

Join David Morrison, a local architectural historian and Chair of the Historic Harrisburg Association, on a walking tour of Historic Midtown. Tour highlights include a peek into Harrisburg's picturesque residential side streets including a look into the preservation efforts in the prestigious Old Fox Ridge Historic District and a behind the scenes tour of the Third Street retail corridor including an opportunity to shop at the 150-year old, yet "Historically Fresh," Broad Street Market.

Register Now! 

News from Partners in the Field: 

Major Progress on the 

East Stroudsburg Railroad Station

 Improvements at the East Stroudsburg Railroad Station. 

Photo courtesy of Cheryl Hayne, EastBurg Community Alliance.  

In December 2010, Preservation Pennsylvania included the East Stroudsburg Railroad Station on the Pennsylvania At Risk list.

At that time, the historic building had been saved from demolition (through an amazing community-based effort) and moved across the railroad tracks. It was sitting on temporary cribbing awaiting a new, permanent home. 

We are pleased to report that now--a mere three months later--the building stands on a permanent foundation near the railroad tracks and former switching tower.  It was rotated 180 degrees to maintain its trackside orientation and is being rehabilitated.  The building's new owner, the EastBurg Community Alliance (ECA) has worked diligently through the complicated process of obtaining the necessary permits to relocate the building. Due to its largely successful fundraising efforts, the ECA now has the funds in hand to rehabilitate the exterior of the building (less some of the attached canopies for now).  Future rehabilitation plans to the interior include a history room, a coffee kiosk in the central ticket office, offices for the ECA, a recognition hallway and a community meeting room.

Today, the fire-damaged portion of the building is being reconstructed, with significant historic materials such as the stained glass windows and metal canopy supports being salvaged for re-use in the project.  ECA's fundraising efforts for the interior rehabilitation, reconstruction of the canopies and other site improvements continue. For more information about this project or to make a donation to the project, please see the ECA's website. 

This project saved the building from destruction, and while it is not a restoration of the train station, this rehabilitation of the building on a new site in the heart of town is a wonderful example of a community preservation effort that will keep this important building in use as an asset in the community.