Thank you for visiting our In The Open: Impact and Resilience of Underrecognized Communities in Lancaster display at the Lancaster Train Station.
I hope these additional links help to further your knowledge of the important contributions to our communities rich history.
Please consider helping to further the mission of the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County to educate and advocate for the preservation of historic sites and properties by becoming a member, volunteering, or donating.
If you would like to receive periodic updates and notifications of upcoming events, please fill out the form below. As a thank you, you will receive a digital copy of our Preservation Bulletin #24: Architectural Parts – Repair, Removal, Replacement, Restoration.
If you have any questions or need additional information feel free to contact me at director@hptrust.org or 717-291-5861.
All the best,
Danielle Keperling
Executive Director
The Green Book
The Heritage of the Polite Family
Mary Dickson
The Black Art: M: William and Robert Dickson (lancasterlyrics.com)
Joseph Simon
Sketch of Joseph Simon - Research Collections - LancasterHistory
Bilingual Infrastructure
Lancaster History video presentation: "Dutchirican" | Feat. Drs. John Hinshaw & Ivette Guzman-Zavala
Quran
A Quran published right here in Lancaster in 1835 returns to call Lancaster its home in 2022
The Gay Era
Out in Central PA (centralpalgbtcenter.org)
Latinx
Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage: An Introduction to the Hispanic Mennonites of Lancaster