Category Archive: Tours & Events
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Public Meeting for South Park Future Planning
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Woodville Plantation Hosts Historic Military Encampment
COLLIER TOWNSHIP, PA (October 25, 2010) – Step back in time at Woodville Plantation as this living history museum presents a special weekend-long event. On Saturday, November 6, and Sunday, November 7, 2010, the public is invited to join the troops of Anthony Wayne’s Legion as they make camp at Woodville Plantation.
Living history interpreters will be portraying the soldiers of the Fourth Sub-Legion of the United States, the men who defended John Neville’s Bower Hill house during the Whiskey Rebellion. The soldiers will set up camp, drill, fire muskets and discuss general camp life in Anthony Wayne’s army of 1794. Special hours for this event are Saturday, November 6, from 5 pm to 8 pm; and Sunday, November 7, from noon to 5 pm. Special admission price for the encampment and house tour is $3 per person.
Woodville Plantation, the home of John and Presley Neville, is Western Pennsylvania’s link to the late 18th century. Built in 1775, this living history museum interprets life during the period of 1780-1820, the Era of the New Republic. Guided tours of the house are available every Sunday from 1 to 4 pm.
Just 7 miles and 15 minutes south of Pittsburgh, Woodville Plantation is conveniently located in Collier Township, 1/4 mile north of Interstate I-79 Exit 55 (Kirwan Heights Exit) on Route 50, near the intersection of Thoms Run Road. For further directions or for more information, please visit Woodville’s website at http://www.woodvilleplantation.org or call 412-221-0348.
QUICK FACTS:
Event: Wayne’s Fourth Sub-Legion Encampment
Date: Saturday, November 6, and Sunday, November 7, 2010
Time: Saturday – 5 to 8 pm; Sunday – Noon to 5pm
Place: Woodville Plantation, 1375 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017
Admission: $3.00 per Person for Encampment and House Tour
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2nd Annual Historic Bridge Weekend August 20-22
PHLF News
August 12, 2010PHLF members and friends are invited to attend any of the dinners/lectures and tours that are part of the 2nd Annual Historic Bridge Weekend (August 20-22), involving engineers, historians, photographers, and preservationists from throughout the nation and Germany.
Dinner on Friday, August 20 (6:00 to 10:00 pm) will be at the Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in Homestead, PA. For reservations ($35 per person), contact Mary Lu Denny (412-471-5808, ext. 527). Please RSVP by Tuesday, August 17th. Speakers include the former head engineer of Allegheny County and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the creator of www.historicbridges.org, and a construction project manager. The dinner will include presentations and discussions about historic bridge preservation solutions, historic bridge rehabilitation projects, and historic bridge monitoring using high-tech sensors.
For details on the Saturday, August 21st tour and dinner and Sunday, August 22nd tour, visit http://www.historicbridges.org/weekend.htm. During the Saturday evening dinner, speakers will discuss experiences in creating Pennsylvania’s first historic bridge park and European and American perceptions of historic preservation.
Todd Wilson, former PHLF scholarship recipient and PHLF member, is the event coordinator.
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Easement Conference and Members Tour Set for Harmony, PA August 28th
May 13, 2010
PHLF NewsLandmarks is inviting historic preservation organizations working within western Pennsylvania to Harmony, PA on Saturday, August 28th at 3:00 p.m. for a program on how Landmarks’ preservation easements program can protect historic and architecturally significant buildings in communities throughout western Pennsylvania.
The one-hour program will take place in Harmony’s Great Hall at the conclusion of a Landmarks-sponsored tour of the historic community. Harmony was the first home of the communal Harmony Society of German Lutheran Separatists, which founded Harmony in 1804 and organized formally as a Christian communal society in early 1805. In 1974, Harmony was designated as western Pennsylvania’s first National Historic Landmark district. Last year, the preservation group, Historic Harmony Inc., donated preservation easements to Landmarks on eight historic properties.
The cost of the tour is $48 for members, $65 for non-members and includes bus transportation to and from Harmony, lunch, tours, and special access opportunities. The bus departs from Station Square at 11 a.m. and returns at 5 p.m. There is no charge to attend the easement program.
More information on the tour and program can be obtained by contacting Jack Miller at jack@phlf.org or 412-471-5808, ext. 538.
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Free Walking Tour on May 29 Includes Bell-Tower Climb and Art Deco Landmark
PHLF News
May 13, 2010Climb up into the bell tower of Southminster Presbyterian Church, a Historic Religious Property grant recipient in 2007, and tour the Art Deco Municipal Building in Mt. Lebanon on our first CAR FREE walking tour offered in conjunction with Car Free Fridays (but our tour is Saturday!) and BikePGH:
- Saturday, May 29, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
- Meet at the Clock on Washington Road at the stair entrance to the “T,” across from Aladdin’s Eatery (630 Washington Road). Ride the T, ride your bike, or take the bus to Mt. Lebanon!
- RSVP: marylu@phlf.org or 412-471-5808, ext. 527.
- The free tour is limited to the first 25 people who RSVP by May 27.
Tour highlights: Karen Cahall, Louise Sturgess, and LuAnn Abelson of PHLF––all Mt. Lebanon residents and members of The Historical Society of Mount Lebanon––will share information about significant events and current developments along Washington Road. We’ll go inside Southminster Church to see the beautiful stained glass windows and climb up the bell tower to see the change-ringing bells; we’ll tour the recently-renovated Municipal Building of 1929; and visit several main street businesses. Mt. Lebanon was incorporated as a township in 1912, but the history of the South Hills community stretches back to the 1770s.
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May Tours and Special Events Feature a Pittsburgh “Palazzo,” Downtown’s Best, and a Mt. Lebanon Main Street
PHLF News
April 22, 2010Join us in May for the following special events. For reservations contact Mary Lu Denny: marylu@phlf.org or 412-471-5808, ext. 527.
“The Twentieth Century Club: Inside a Pittsburgh Palazzo”Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Where: Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland
Times:
5:30 p.m. cash bar
6:00 p.m. Lecture and Tour
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Fee: $45.00 members; $55 non-members
RSVP by Wednesday, May 5, 2010: marylu@phlf.org
(Twentieth Century Club members may call the club to make reservations.)Join us for a special lecture, tour, and dinner at the Twentieth Century Club in Oakland. Architect and Landmarks’ Trustee David J. Vater will tell the story of master eclectic architect Benno Janssen and discuss the myths symbolized in the stone carving and murals during his illustrated talk, “The Twentieth Century Club: Inside a Pittsburgh Palazzo.”
Participants will tour the 1910 building concealed inside the 1930 addition and see one of the city’s finest remaining Art Deco ballrooms.
Dinner will be served in the Georgian Revival dining room; entree choices are orange roughy with lemon sauce, petite filet of beef steak with Marsala mushroom sauce, or a signature (vegetarian) pasta dish from the chef.
This event follows in the tradition of PHLF’s tours of private clubs: we have held similar, well-attended events at Longue Vue Club (Janssen & Cocken, 1924-25), Oakmont Country Club, Fox Chapel Golf Club, and Edgewood Club.
Downtown Pittsburgh Grant Street Walking TourDates: Every Friday in May––7, 14, 21, 28
Where: Meet on Grant Street near Sixth Avenue, at the Omni William Penn Hotel entrance
Time: Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Fee: FREE (contributions welcome)
RSVP: Reservations are appreciated the day before the tour: marylu@phlf.orgThe Grant Street walk has it all: in a fast-paced tour you’ll see some of Pittsburgh’s most significant architectural landmarks, green spaces, and skyscrapers, and you’ll hear about a military defeat and triumph and the lowering of Grant’s Hill. The same tour is offered every Friday in May. Join us and get to know downtown better.
Mt. Lebanon: First in a Series of Saturday “Car Free” Walking ToursDate: Saturday, May 29
Where: Meet at the clock on Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon (at the stair entrance to the “T”)
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Fee: FREE (contributions welcome)
RSVP: Reservations are required by May 26: marylu@phlf.orgKaren Cahall, PHLF’s education coordinator and Mt. Lebanon resident, and Eric Milliron, Mt. Lebanon commercial districts manager, will share information about significant historical events and current developments along Washington Road.
You’ll be able to tour the Art Deco Municipal Building and Public Safety Building and peek into lots of main street businesses. This SATURDAY walking tour is offered in cooperation with Car Free Fridays and BikePGH! Ride the bus or take the “T” to Mt. Lebanon and enjoy the walk.
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Building Pride / Building Character Teacher Workshop
Thanks to a grant from The Fine Foundation, PHLF offered a 3-credit summer workshop for teachers designed to give them the knowledge and resources they need to adapt a curriculum unit to their school or community in a way that builds student pride, achievement, and character.
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8 Seats to Fill: Stained Glass Studio Bus Tour
Join us for a bus tour on Friday, September 4 (9:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.) to two major Pittsburgh studios that trace their origins to the early years of the stained glass craft in the city.Nicholas Parrendo, a recent recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Glass Guild, will lead the tour of Hunt Stained Glass Studios.
Kirk Weaver, an authority on the history of stained glass in the U.S. and a leader in stained glass restoration, will lead the tour of Stained Glass Resources.
Click here for details/reservations for this tour and for two more special events in PHLF’s series, “Charles J. Connick: World-Class Stained Glass in Pittsburgh.”
