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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a historical society founded in 1824. Membership was regulated by the statutory of the association. Article IV of the statute states that, "the members of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shall be deemed qualified voters at the meetings and elections, who have subscribed to the Constitution, and who have paid all their dues to the Society".
Plymouth Meeting House is the name of a village situated at the intersection of the Plymouth and Perkiomen turnpikes, on the township line. On this [Plymouth] side is the meeting house, school house and four houses; and in Whitemarsh two stores, a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, post office and twenty-four houses.
This museum's history began in 1879, with the formation of a club called Old Residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. In 1884, leaders changed the organization's name to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (HSWP); it has been operating continuously since then and is the Pittsburgh region's oldest cultural organization.
The historical society was founded in 1893. Gilbert Cope was among its founding members. Robert Lukens served as the president of the Chester County History Center from 2011 until his death in 2015. Lukens oversaw renovations and beautification of the society's buildings and other facilities.
The United States Post Office in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is an historic, American post office building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]
Criteria. According to the Philadelphia Historical Commission, sites eligible for listing are those that possess any of the following: Has significant character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the city, commonwealth or nation, or is associated with the life of a person significant in the past.
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is a landmark building at 200 S. Broad Street at the corner of Walnut Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Constructed in 1904 and expanded to its present size in 1912, it has continued as a well-known institution for more than a century and is still widely known by that original, historic name.
The United States Post Office-Hanover is an historic, American post office building that is located in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, it is located in the Hanover Historic District .