State Preservation

Preserving Pennsylania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 6

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  Preservation Pennsylvania has released their “Pennsylvania At-Risk: Twenty-Year Retrospective of Pennsylvania’s Endangered Historic Properties, Where Are They Now” edition. It’s a fascinating look at preservation in action and we’ll be posting a look at each property in a series of posts over the next several months. INTRODUCTION Preservation Pennsylvania established the annual Pennsylvania At Risk …

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Preserving Pennsylvania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 4

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Preservation Pennsylvania has released their “Pennsylvania At-Risk: Twenty-Year Retrospective of Pennsylvania’s Endangered Historic Properties, Where Are They Now” edition. It’s a fascinating look at preservation in action and we’ll be posting a look at each property in a series of posts over the next several months. INTRODUCTION Preservation Pennsylvania established the annual Pennsylvania At Risk list …

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Preserving Pennsylvania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 3

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Preservation Pennsylvania has released their “Pennsylvania At-Risk: Twenty-Year Retrospective of Pennsylvania’s Endangered Historic Properties, Where Are They Now” edition. It’s a fascinating look at preservation in action and we’ll be posting a look at each property in a series of posts over the next several months. INTRODUCTION Preservation Pennsylvania established the annual Pennsylvania At Risk …

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Preserving Pennsylania: A Journey Through the Last 20 Years, Part 2

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  Preservation Pennsylvania has released their “Pennsylvania At-Risk: Twenty-Year Retrospective of Pennsylvania’s Endangered Historic Properties, Where Are They Now” edition.  It’s a fascinating look at preservation in action and we’ll be posting a look at each property in a series of posts over the next several months. INTRODUCTION Preservation Pennsylvania established the annual Pennsylvania At Risk …

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2013 Historic Preservation Grant Opportunities

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  Preservation Pennsylvania’s latest newsletter edition noted the following historic preservation grant opportunities for 2013: Historic Preservation Grant Opportunities America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations. The NEH is offering both planning and implementation grant opportunities to museums, libraries, historic places and other organizations that provide public programming in the humanities. Closing date: January 9, 2013. FY2013 …

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Haunted Historic Buildings: Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, c.1851

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In honor of the ever-approaching spooooooooky Halloween holiday, we’ve been highlighting haunted historic buildings (or historic buildings that by all rights should be haunted) for you to virtually explore so you don’t have to meet the ghosties face-to-face. One of our recent blog posts was about the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia – the state’s first …

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Buried, Abandoned, but Not Forgotten: Yeakel Cemetery Preservation

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  For more information about the Cemetery, including how to visit the cemetery and for information on tours, you can visit their website at www.yeakelcemetery.com. History of Yeakel Cemetery Preservation The Yeakel Cemetery is located in Wyndmoor, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about a quarter-mile from the Philadelphia line north of Chestnut Hill. It was …

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The Ruins of Eastern State Penitentiary

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The other week, Lois, Danielle, Katie, and Karri’s family took a field trip to see the ruins of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.  A nearly 200-year-old prison that looks like an abandoned castle and held scores of the dangerous, morally bankrupt, and sometimes the completely innocent for about 150 years… does it get any …

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The Future of Preservation in Pennsylvania

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Do you know what the future of preservation in Pennsylvania is?  Did you know we have a strategic plan for preserving our places here in Pennsylvania?  We do, it’s called “Pennsylvania’s Statewide Historic Preservation Plan 2012-2017”.  Here’s the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s overview slideshow presentation of the plan. [slideshare id=13842954&doc=pennsylvaniastatewidehistoricpreservationplan2012-2017-120802150346-phpapp02&type=d]

TAXING STUFF: Federal Tax Incentives for Preserving Historic Properties

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There is even more great content here and it’s all available for members! Sign up for a membership to the Keperling Preservation Hub℠ and you’ll get instant access to: One on one consultation call Coffee Breaks: twice-a-month web meetings where we answer questions YOU and other members submit How-to Videos, Training Videos, and Coffee Break …

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