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Preservation Achievement Awards

June 4, 2025

Honoring the people, businesses, and projects that preserve, repurpose, reimagine, and protect our historic resources.

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A Visit to the Marian Anderson House & Museum

May 3, 2025 1:00 —

The Marian Anderson Museum officially reopened in March after extensive restoration following a 2020 flood. Located at 762 South Martin Street in Graduate Hospital, the museum was once home to the legendary Marian Anderson, whose 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial challenged racial barriers in the arts. The Preservation Alliance is proud to have supported
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Northeast Philadelphia History Network Meeting

May 7, 2025 7:00 PM

Project Director Jack McCarthy will speak on the Poquessing Trail of History at the May monthly meeting of the Northeast Philadelphia History Network, sponsored by Friends of Northeast Philadelphia History. The meeting will be held on May 7, 2025, at 7:00 PM at historic Pennepack Baptist Church, 8732 Krewstown Road, Philadelphia, PA 19115. NEPHN meetings
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A Man Full of Trouble Tavern and Museum

May 25, 2025 2:00 PM

A Man Full of Trouble, built in 1759, is Philadelphia’s only surviving colonial tavern. Recently restored and honored in this year’s Preservation Achievement Awards, it now operates as a tavern museum, with a working bar on the first floor. Upstairs is a three-room museum that tells the stories of the tavern and the “urban renewal”
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In The News

April Advocacy Update: Nomination for Arts Bank Moving Ahead

On April 16, the Historical Commission’s Committee on Historic Designation unanimously recommended the former Southwestern National Bank, 601 S Broad, more recently known as Arts Bank, for designation on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.

The Preservation Alliance is proud to nominate this significant building, designed by Ralph B. Bencker in 1928. This is one of the few former University of the Arts properties that currently does not have protection from demolition or inappropriate alteration

Request for Proposals: Henry O. Tanner House

Church of the Assumption Heads to Sheriff’s Sale

A Must Read on the Roundhouse’s Future

ICYMI: Our Statement on Mayor Parker’s H.O.M.E. Initiative

CCBA’s Meet the Developers

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April To-Do List

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

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2024 Annual Report

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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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