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Four Mills Barn Tour

January 11, 2025 11:00 — 1:00 PM

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1891 for a wealthy brewer’s country estate, the Four Mills Barn has been the Wissahickon Trails headquarters for close to 50 years. Changes in the Wissahickon Creek over the last 150 years have affected the flood plain and have forced change to everything in its path. The barn is one
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2025 Winter Speaker Series

January 14, 2025 — March 4, 2025

Renowned local architects, professors, and historians explore the political, economic, and design trends that drove Philadelphia’s development. Series pass and single tickets available.
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2025 Preservation Achievement Awards Call for Nominations

December 1, 2024 — February 7, 2025

Each year the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia presents the Preservation Achievement Awards to a select group of individuals, organizations, and businesses for projects from throughout the region which exemplify outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation. The awards honor projects involving the preservation or protection of historic resources including the restoration, rehabilitation, and/or
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In The News

December Advocacy Update: New Additions to the Philadelphia Register

At the December Historical Commission meeting, two properties nominated by the Preservation Alliance were officially added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places:

Event Recap: Understanding Financial Incentives for Rehabilitation Projects

Preserving Joe Frazier’s Legacy

The Roundhouse Sparks Larger Debate

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Winter 2025 Extant Magazine

  • A Song of Survival and Loss: Preserving Philadelphia’s Musical Heritage
  • Restoration Role Model: Ohio House
  • Places to Save: University of the Arts Campus, Parke Building, Garden State Park Gatehouse
  • Places Lost and Places Saved
  • Unlisted Philadelphia: USS Olympia
  • Final Word: The Sounds of Philly Reverberate Around the World
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December To-Do List

Explore preservation events around Philadelphia with our monthly To-Do List!

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Young Friends of the Preservation Alliance

The Young Friends of the Preservation Alliance (YFPA) engages, connects, and emboldens the residents of Greater Philadelphia on issues surrounding historic preservation.

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