UPCOMING Events

Mount Vernon Cemetery Clean Up Day
July 19, 2025 10:00 AM
In honor of National Pennsylvania Day, America250PA is organizing a statewide volunteer effort on Saturday, July 19, and the Young Friends of the Preservation Alliance is proud to participate alongside partners across the Commonwealth
PAST EVENTS

Brownstone and Brews
June 18, 2025 5:30 PM

Neighborhood History Celebration
June 28, 2025 11:00 — 2:00 PM

A Man Full of Trouble Tavern and Museum
May 25, 2025 12:00 PM

A Visit to the Marian Anderson House & Museum
May 3, 2025 1:00 — May 3, 2025

Philadelphia Inquirer article on Byberry Township African American Burial Ground
March 28, 2023

Northeast Philadelphia History Network Meeting
May 7, 2025 7:00 PM

A Visit to the Free Library’s Map Collection and Print & Picture Collection
April 16, 2025 3:00 — 5:00 PM

Behind the Scenes of the Wanamaker Organ
March 7, 2025 10:00 — 12:00 PM

So You Want to Buy An Old House?
January 30, 2025 7:00 PM

A Visit to Philadelphia Revealed: Unpacking the Attic at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
February 26, 2025 5:30 — 7:30 PM

Understanding Financial Incentives for Rehabilitation Projects
December 5, 2024 10:00 — 11:30 AM

Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City
March 4, 2025 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Uncovering Underground Railroad and Important Black History Locations
February 25, 2025 6:00 — 7:30 PM

I.M. Pei’s Society Hill Towers at 60: The Legacy of Urban Renewal
February 18, 2025 6:00 — 7:30 PM

The Wissahickon Arts & Crafts Style :Analyzing And Defining A Regional Architecture
February 11, 2025 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Black History in Philadelphia Landscape: Preserving Christian Street
February 4, 2025 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Revitalizing East Market Street: A History 1957-2024
January 28, 2025 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Illustrated History of the Fairmount Water Works
January 21, 2025 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Off To Market (Street)
January 14, 2025 6:00 — 7:30 PM

In With the Old
October 10, 2024 6:30 PM

Print City: How Newspaper Buildings Shaped Philadelphia’s Downtown
December 17, 2024 6:00 — 8:00 PM

The Architecture of Horace Trumbauer: “The Standard, Metropolitan and Authoritative Thing”
November 19, 2024 6:00 — 8:00 PM

Exploring Philadelphia Suburban Homes (circa 1889)
October 15, 2024 6:00 — 8:00 PM

Restoring Black Heritage Sites: Challenges and Opportunities
September 10, 2024 6:00 — 8:00 PM

2024 Architectural Dinner At Elstowe Manor in Elkins Park
September 25, 2024

The Great Challenge: The Design and Building of Girard College, 1831-2024
April 30, 2024 6:00 — April 30, 2024 7:30 PM

On Placekeeping & Preservation w/ The Friends of the Tanner House
April 23, 2024 6:00 — April 23, 2024 7:30 PM

Lynnewood Hall – The Last American Versailles
April 16, 2024 6:00 — April 16, 2024 7:30 PM

The People’s Commemoration in 2026
April 9, 2024 6:00 — April 9, 2024 7:30 PM

Treasure Philly! Rethinking Cultural Resources Preservation
April 2, 2024 6:00 — April 2, 2024 7:30 PM

The Battery: Reviving the Delaware Generating Station
March 26, 2024 6:00 — March 26, 2024 7:30 PM

Louis Kahn and the Thoughtful Making of Spaces
March 19, 2024 6:00 — March 19, 2024 7:30 PM

Preserving Your Final Home
March 12, 2024 6:00 — March 12, 2024 7:30 PM

Digging Around and Knocking the Dust Off- City of Philadelphia, City Archives
March 5, 2024 6:00 — March 5, 2024 7:30 PM

A Collection of Collections: An Update on the Atwater Kent Philadelphia History Collection
February 27, 2024 6:00 — February 27, 2024 7:30 PM
2023 Year In Review

Planning for Preservation in Pennsylvania Survey

HIGHRISES Exhibition
December 8, 2023 5:30 — 8:00 PM

In With the Old
November 2, 2023 6:30 PM

Pennsylvania Historic Tax Credit Advocacy

J. Gordon Baugh’s A Souvenir of Germantown (1913): Documenting the Early 20th Century Black Business and Civic Community in Philadelphia’s 22nd Ward.
November 7, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

The People of Frankford
October 31, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

The Communities of Rose Valley
October 24, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Historic Haddonfield New Jersey
October 17, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

The Powelton Village Historic District
October 10, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Unheeded & Lone: The Byberry Township African American Burial Ground
October 3, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

The Baldwin Park Neighborhood
September 26, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

The Suburban Development of Lansdowne at the Turn of the Century
September 19, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Rehabilitation of the Frankford Avenue Bridge, the Oldest Continuously Used Roadway Bridge in the United States
May 9, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Neighborhood Walking Tours
May 3, 2025 — November 16, 2025

BUILDPhilly Mayoral Forum
March 14, 2023 8:00 AM

The Vanna Venturi House by Robert Venturi and the Margaret Esherick House by Louis Kahn
September 23, 2017
The C-PACE Program: Is It Right for Your Historic Property?
February 22, 2023 8:00 — 10:00 AM

An Interview with Ted Robb, Author: “The Other Side of This Life”
July 28, 2022 12:00 — 1:00 PM

The Philadelphia Area Architecture of Horace Trumbauer
May 2, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Philly Streets Have a History Too
April 25, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

To the Future! Rail Park Visioning and Next Steps
April 18, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

A Diamond in the Rough: The Legacy and Trials of Church of the Advocate
April 11, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

The Problem with Periodization: Civil Rights in Philadelphia
April 4, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Emergence of a Modern Dwelling: Richard Neutra’s Hassrick House
March 28, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

150 Years of Public Art and Preservation
March 21, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Ed Bacon and Oskar Stonorov – Two Masters Who Found Their Inspiration in Chester County
March 14, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

The Paul Robeson House Museum – Life, Legacy, and Culture
March 7, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

Visible Layers of the Schuylkill Navigation: Industry, Urbanization, Pollution, Abandonment, Repurpose
February 28, 2023 6:00 — 7:30 PM

A Conversation with State Senator Nikil Saval about the Whole-Home Repairs Program
September 29, 2022 2:00 PM