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Practical Preservation Podcast COVID ROUNDTABLE Featuring John O’Brien of West Chester BID and Jim Brown of HPT of Lancaster County

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Economic benefits of preservation, Help for Historic Business Owners, Historic streetscape, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics / By Laura Kise

John O’Brien, Director of West Chester, PA’s Business Improvement District, and Jim Brown, Vice-President of Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, in Lancaster, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their organization’s respective responses to COVID-19. We covered multiple topics, including: Background information about John and Jim, and on both West Chester PA Business …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Becky LeBarre Renfrew Museum and Park

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, cultural assets, Foodways, Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Historical Architectural Styles, Historical Architecture, History education, House museums, Museum, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Sustainability, Traditional and Vernacular, Women in Preservation / By Danielle Keperling

Becky LaBarre, executive director of Renfrew Museum and Park, located in Waynesboro, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the site, as well as special Christmas events. We covered multiple topics, including: Becky’s background, including how growing up near Greenfield Village sparked her early interest in History and Preservation The history and preservation story …

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VETERANS DAY: Pennsylvania’s Preserved Military History

2 Comments / cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Federal Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Restoration, History education, Museum, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Preservation and Sustainability, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation Education, Why Preservation Matters / By Danielle Keperling

VETERANS DAY – A day to honor those who served. This day has been observed in some form for a century, but preserved structures of all kinds – from memorials, to monuments, to buildings – provide tangible evidence of that observance, solidifying the impact of veterans’ actions in the conscious memory. Visiting these physical traces …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Tim Freund of Lancaster Cemetery

Leave a Comment / Cemeteries, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Historic Preservation, Historic preservation and restoration education, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation Education / By Danielle Keperling

Tim Freund of Lancaster Cemetery in Lancaster, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the history, preservation, and ongoing use of the cemetery. We covered multiple topics, including: How Tim’s living in close proximity to the cemetery coupled with his civic-mindedness inspired his current membership on the cemetery board The challenges of maintaining any …

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UNIQUE HISTORICAL FEATURES SERIES: “Haunted” Victorian Houses

Leave a Comment / architectural style, bathrooms, Chateauesque, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic preservation and restoration education, Historical Aesthetics, Historical Architectural Styles, Historical Architecture, historical interiors, History education, House museums, Late Victorian Period, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Museum, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Unique historical features series / By Danielle Keperling

UNIQUE HISTORICAL FEATURES SERIES – On this 4th Tuesday of the month, our focus isn’t on a specific feature per se, but more on a combination of features; a whole architectural style, in fact. And we’re focusing on how mutable cultural values created and then reviled that style, resulting in its being the focus of …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Sam McKelvey and Alice French of the Menokin Foundation

Leave a Comment / architectural salvage, coastal heritage, Colonial Architecture, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, History education, House museums, Inclusivity, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Museum, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation in the News, Salvaged materials, Saving a building, Slave History, Slave Houses, Slavery, Tradesman, Tradespeople / By Danielle Keperling

Sam McKelvey and Alice French – executive director and director of education – of the Menokin Foundation in Warsaw, VA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their preservation project, and the Foundation’s many services. We covered multiple topics, including: Sam and Alice’s respective backgrounds in history, preservation, and related fields, and how working at …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Bruce Bomberger of Lebanon County Historical Society

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, cultural assets, Historic Preservation, Local Preservation, Museum, Practical Preservation Podcast / By Danielle Keperling

Bruce Bomberger, Ph.D., archivist and librarian at the Lebanon County Historical Society in Lebanon (Lebanon County), PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the Lebanon County Historical Society’s resources and services. We covered multiple topics, including: Bruce’s varied background in many areas of history, from archaeology to former curator of Landis Valley Museum The …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Chris Vera of Columbia Historic Preservation Society

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Historic Preservation, Inclusivity, Local Preservation, Museum, Practical Preservation Podcast, Slavery / By Danielle Keperling

Chris Vera, president of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society in Columbia (Lancaster County), PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss Columbia history, legends, and lore. We covered multiple topics, including: Chris’s background as a child growing up in Columbia, whose passion for local history developed from working for elderly neighbors – people who preserved …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Bill Callahan of PA SHPO

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, cultural assets, Economic benefits of preservation, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Sustainability, Preserving a building, Saving a building, State Preservation, Sustainability, Tax, Why Preservation Matters / By Danielle Keperling

Bill Callahan, the Western, PA Community Preservation Coordinator for the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO is a bureau within the PA Historical and Museum Commission) in Pittsburgh, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the state organization’s myriad services. We covered multiple topics, including: Bill’s background, including how exposure to the negative impacts of …

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LABOR DAY: Preserving its meaning, sustaining our workforce

Leave a Comment / cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Economic benefits of preservation, Historic Preservation, Iron work, Local Preservation, Museum, Preservation and Economics, Skilled labor, Skilled labor shortage, State Preservation, Tradesman, Tradespeople, Why Preservation Matters / By Danielle Keperling

LABOR DAY – although it was yesterday, we feel it’s timely to discuss it. Now known as the unofficial end of Summer, a time for store sales, or an extra long weekend for some. But the history and meaning behind the day represent the struggles of laborers in the American workforce, and collective issues that …

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