The Eighth Community Initiative Awards

Posted by on Dec 1, 2025 in | Comments Off on The Eighth Community Initiative Awards Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) announced the winners of its Community Initiative Awards acknowledging accomplishments made in 2024. The Community Initiative Awards program recognizes the hard work and dedication of outstanding organizations, municipalities, agencies and individuals that advance and expand the definition of historic preservation...
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1st Pennsylvania Regiment Flag and Banners of Liberty

Posted by on Sep 8, 2025 in | Comments Off on 1st Pennsylvania Regiment Flag and Banners of Liberty One of the most significant objects in the collection of The State Museum of Pennsylvania is currently being featured in Banners of Liberty, a special exhibition of rare and original Revolutionary War–era flags at the Museum of the American Revolution (MOAR) in Philadelphia. The 40-by-54-inch silk flag belonged to the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line between 1776 and 1783. Over...
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Art of the State 2024

Posted by on Feb 24, 2025 in | Comments Off on Art of the State 2024   On September 8, 2024, The State Museum of Pennsylvania opened its 57th Art of the State. Established in 1968, the annual juried exhibition provides a glimpse into the rich artistic tapestry of the commonwealth. A panel of three jurors — Marc Jacobson (Herron School of Art + Design, Indiana University Indianapolis), Jennifer-Navva Milliken (Museum for Art in Wood), and Eric Sung...
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The Seventh Annual Community Initiative Awards

Posted by on Nov 18, 2024 in | Comments Off on The Seventh Annual Community Initiative Awards Each May, to celebrate National Historic Preservation Month, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) announces the winners of its annual Community Initiative Awards. PA SHPO started the awards program in 2016 to recognize the hard work and dedication of outstanding organizations, municipalities, agencies and individuals that advance and expand the definition of historic...
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The New Pennsylvania State Archives Building: A Design to Preserve the Commonwealth’s Significant Documents and an Engangered American Hardwood

Posted by on Aug 9, 2024 in | Comments Off on The New Pennsylvania State Archives Building: A Design to Preserve the Commonwealth’s Significant Documents and an Engangered American Hardwood In my 42-year career as an architect, it’s been rare to get the opportunity to manage the design of a major civic building such as the Pennsylvania State Archives. The former State Archives building, completed as part of a complex with The State Museum of Pennsylvania in December 1964, was designed by the central Pennsylvania firm of Lawrie & Green and served its purpose for nearly 60 years....
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Fallingwater and Historic Preservation at 50: A New Exhibit

Posted by on Mar 29, 2024 in | Comments Off on Fallingwater and Historic Preservation at 50: A New Exhibit In 1982 the Museum of Modern Art commissioned renowned architectural modelmaker Paul Bonfilio to create a 3/8-inch:1-foot scale model of Fallingwater, the summer home of Pittsburgh department store magnate Edgar Kaufman, nestled in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The model took Bonfilio more than two years to execute — not quite as long as it had taken...
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Community Initiative Awards

Posted by on Sep 18, 2023 in | Comments Off on Community Initiative Awards Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) announced the winners of its Community Initiative Awards acknowledging accomplishments made in 2022. PA SHPO started the awards program in 2016 to recognize the hard work and dedication of outstanding organizations, municipalities, agencies and individuals that advance and expand the definition of historic...
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Haul of Records—The Pennsylvania State Archives Moves to a New Building: An Interview with State Archivist David Carmicheal

Posted by on Jul 25, 2023 in | Comments Off on Haul of Records—The Pennsylvania State Archives Moves to a New Building: An Interview with State Archivist David Carmicheal Like its national counterpart, the Pennsylvania State Archives has a mission to acquire, preserve and provide access to public documents, focusing on the records of state government, as well as private papers relevant to history. To better fulfill this mission, the State Archives is moving into a new state-of-the-art facility at 1681 North Sixth Street in Harrisburg. In 1903 the Division of...
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Louis Kahn Receives a Pennsylvania Historical Marker — in Estonia

Posted by on Mar 17, 2023 in | Comments Off on Louis Kahn Receives a Pennsylvania Historical Marker — in Estonia We stood on a grassy knoll in Kuressaare among ambassadors, Estonian cultural officials, members of the Louis Kahn Estonia Foundation, and locals. Behind us was a 14th-century stone castle with battlements and towers and behind that, the Baltic Sea. In front of us was a tall pole topped by an official Pennsylvania Historical Marker honoring architect Louis I. Kahn (1901–74). A men’s choir began,...
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Community Initiative Awards for 2021

Posted by on Sep 12, 2022 in | Comments Off on Community Initiative Awards for 2021 The Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) has announced the winners of its Community Initiative Awards to recognize accomplishments made in 2021. These awards acknowledge the hard work and dedication of outstanding organizations, municipalities, agencies and individuals whose work is advancing and expanding the definition of historic preservation in Pennsylvania. The awards...
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