It is Beaver County's oldest historical society (founded in 1945) and the second oldest museum (founded in 1948) in the county.
American & Regional History
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Westmoreland County was dedicated on Saturday, November 11, 2000. The memorial is dedicated to the memory of those from Westmoreland County who gave their lives in service to their country in Vietnam; it also honors those who served and returned home.
The Buhl House is the second historical house museum of the Zelienople Historical Society, located on South Main Street near Passavant House. Built in 1805, it is the oldest building in Zelienople, where Christian Buhl and his wife raised their eleven children.
Known as one of the best local history museums in America, Beaver Area Heritage Museum features important exhibits on the people, events, and objects that have shaped the Beaver area. It is housed in a renovated, about 100-year-old railroad freight station and a 200-year-old log house.
The historic Conneaut Lake Community Hall and former Police Station now serves as the Conneaut Lake Area Historical Museum with hundreds of photos and artifacts.
Built in 1828 as a summer residence for Butler's only U.S. Senator, Walter Lowrie, this is the last remaining house of its type in the Butler area. A listing on the National Register of Historic Places honored its historical and architectural significance.
Leechburg Area Museum and Historical Society is located in the David Leech house -- the oldest house in Leechburg.
The County’s third Courthouse, built in 1856, is an elegant structure with a large portico, stone columns, and a highly ornamented dome. The former jail is a gothic-style structure attached to the Courthouse.
Red School House is the first public school in Butler, built in 1838 due to the Public School Act of 1836. It was used as a classroom until 1874, when a larger facility was built.
Consistent with its mission statement, the Freeport Area Historical Society purchased the Valley Mills and adjacent property in 1998. The purpose is to rehabilitate the building into an operational mill, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of the mid-1900s.
Housed in a beautiful 1839 Greek Revival building located in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, this member-supported non-profit organization offers year-round programming which includes exhibitions, concerts, classes, workshops, guided tours, lectures, and special events.
The building was erected in 1909 as the Apollo headquarters for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. It housed the first public library in Apollo and Armstrong County. The building is now the home of the Apollo Area Historical Society and its museum.
The Forest County Historical Society Museum and the Society's headquarters are located in the George W. Robinson house, built in 1872.
Drake's Log Cabin is a one-room log cabin that shows how early settlers lived. Items from the era are on display.
On a chilly, sunny Monday morning in late October 2008, a crowd gathered on the corner of 6th and McKean in the community of Donora, Pennsylvania.
St. Stephen's Old Stone Church is a Protestant Episcopal Church located near the remains of the Bradys Bend Iron Company furnaces. In 1867, the company's trustees granted a parcel of land to each of six religious groups upon receiving $1.00.
The glow of a coal-fired blacksmith's forge mingles with the soft curl of wood smoke from nearby hearths.
In addition to being the organizing force behind saving the Braddock Carnegie Library, the Braddock Field Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the history surrounding General Braddock and the French and Indian War.
Kane Memorial Chapel is a small stone building employing architectural elements common to both the Early Gothic Revival and the later High Victorian Gothic styles of American architecture.
The Museum, built in the 1850s, was a typical Greene County farmhouse made of locally fired brick. In the late 1800s, several wings were added, and it became the Poor Farm to house the county's indigents. They planted crops and raised farm animals that fed them.
Born February 27, 1822, in Philadelphia, Thomas L. Kane was a descendant of several of the oldest pre-Revolutionary War families in the northern colonies. He received a formal education in Paris, France.
Come to Fort Ligonier and journey back two centuries to a place where the flag of His Majesty King George still flies! Relive the stirring days of young Colonel George Washington and General John Forbes and the encounters of the British and Americans against the French and Indians.
For many years, the Greenville Area Historical Society Museum was located on College Avenue in a building owned by Thiel College, known as the Marietta Roth House.
Colonial troops commanded by 22-year-old Colonel George Washington were defeated in this small stockade at the "Great Meadow." This opening battle of the French and Indian War began a seven-year struggle between Great Britain and France for control of North America.