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Three of these sites are shared with other states and are credited by the National Park Service as being located in those other states: the Delaware and Hudson Canal (centered in New York but extending into Pennsylvania); the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey (on the Ohio–Pennsylvania border); and the Minisink Archeological Site ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Pennsylvania on the National Register of Historic Places.These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The commission is organized as an independent administrative board, including nine citizens of the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor, the state's Secretary of Education, two members of the Pennsylvania State Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore and Minority Leader, and two members of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker and Minority Leader.
Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania German material, culture, history and heritage from 1740 through 1940 Lawrence Cabin: Havertown: Delaware: Delaware Valley: Historic house: Operated by the Haverford Township Historical Society, early-18th-century log cabin Lawrence County Historical Society Museum ...
Early Pennsylvania historical marker added in 1915 at Trimble's Ford. The Historical Markers Program was authorized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when it created Pennsylvania Historical Commission (PHC), the precursor of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), through the Act of the General Assembly No. 777, on July 25, 1913.
State-owned historic sites and museums along the Pennsylvania Trails of History will offer free admission March 10. Celebrate Pennsylvania’s 343rd birthday at Trails of History sites and museums ...
Grey Towers National Historic Site, also known as Gifford Pinchot House or The Pinchot Institute, is located just off US 6 west of Milford, Pennsylvania, in Milford Township. It is the ancestral summer home of Gifford Pinchot , first chief of the newly developed United States Forest Service (USFS) and twice elected governor of Pennsylvania .
(The Center Square) – There’s a new vision for preserving historical sites across Pennsylvania. And it depends upon renewed public interest. The 10-year plan, developed by the state’s ...