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Top 9 Historical Society locations in Pennsylvania
byShiry
Live update: Updated February 15, 2022Copy link
Copy link1. Adams County Historical Society
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
ShiryThe Adams County Historical Society is a research archives located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is the home of the Battle of Gettysburg research center.
2. Hanover Area Historical Society
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Hanover Area Historical Society’s mission is to protect and promote the historical heritage of the greater Hanover area. In 1974 the Society purchased and restored the Neas House. In October, 2007 the Society was given the Warehime-Myers Mansion at 305 Baltimore Street
3. LancasterHistory
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryRecommended this place!
4. Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks/Grumblethorpe Historic House and Garden
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks is an 87 year old non-profit that is dedicated to maintaining and preserving its four historic house museums: the Powel House, Grumblethorpe Historic House and Garden, Hill-Physick House and Historic Waynesborough.
5. Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks/Powel House
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Powel House, built in 1765, was home to Samuel Powel who was the last mayor of colonial Philadelphia and first mayor of the city after the revolutionary war and his wife, Elizabeth Powel, confidant of General Washington.
6. Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks/Hill-Physick House
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Hill-Physick House, built in 1786 by Madeira wine importer Henry Hill, was home to the father of American surgery, Dr. Philip Syng Physick from 1815-1837. Built in 1786, this square, four-story brick house is the only free-standing Federal townhouse remaining in Society Hill. With its huge doorway fan light (the largest in any Pennsylvania residence in 1786) plus grand proportions and straight, classical lines, Physick House is an exceptional example of the Federal style. It is decorated with outstanding examples of French-influenced Neoclassic furnishings, popular during Dr. Physick’s time in the house. The unusually large city garden also contains plants popular in the 19th century.
7. Thomas T. Taber Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society is ‘where history comes alive.’ Explore the pre-history, history, and culture of the largest County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through a series of exhibits, galleries, period rooms, and temporary exhibits. And, a highlight of any tour, the LaRue Shempp Model Train exhibits over three hundred model trains and two working layouts.
8. Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryFor 75 years, the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen has served as a meeting place for craft and artists in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. Now the 7th largest all craft organization in the nation, the Guild reaches more than 100,000 people annually. Located in the heart of downtown Lancaster, our Center of American Craft hosts more than 75 workshops and classes annually, organizes 5 fine craft fairs per year and is home to our beloved Guild Store and Gallery. People are drawn to the Guild by the opportunity to immerse themselves in viewing, making, collecting, and learning about craft. Through innovative exhibitions, enticing craft and fun, diverse programming, the Guild celebrates the handmade legacy.
9. Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks/Historic Waynesborough
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryBuilt in 1724, Historic Waynesborough was home to “Mad” Anthony Wayne, famous general of the Revolutionary War. When Captain Anthony Wayne arrived in Pennsylvania with his family in 1724, he was likely looking for a bit of peace in the land he purchased in Chester County after his valiant service to William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne. His son Isaac would serve as an officer in the French and Indian War. But it was Isaac’s son Anthony who would earn the legendary moniker “Mad” Anthony Wayne as he served with General Washington and Lafayette, helping lead the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. The Valley Forge encampment was a mere five miles from his doorstep. By the end of the War for Independence, General Wayne became a bonafide national hero, and is today still credited as one of the greatest fighting generals in American History. In all, seven generations of Waynes lived on site until 1965. Visitors to this beautiful Georgian manor will find a fascinating collection of 18th and 19th C. family items, including General Wayne’s personal map from the Paoli Massacre.
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