The built landscape of northwest Pennsylvania shapes our sense of place and is a tangible expression of our richly layered social, cultural, and industrial history. This presentation will showcase the great buildings and architectural styles that were “discovered” and documented during the recently completed county-wide inventory of historic resources.
Presented by Bob Wise and Seth Hinshaw of Wise Preservation Planning, LLC. Wise Preservation Planning is an experienced historic preservation planning firm based in Chester Springs, PA. The firm’s principals, Robert Wise and Seth Hinshaw, have more than 30 years of experience with municipal historic preservation planning, preparing historic resource impact studies and historic structure reports, GIS mapping, and conducting specialized trainings for historic preservation commissions. They are certified through the PHMC Cultural Resource Essentials program and have certificates in Community Planning from the PA Municipal Planning Education Institute. Wise Preservation Planning has produced an impressive portfolio of 26 National Register nominations for individual properties, districts and landmarks, 12 municipal-wide surveys of all historic resources 50 years old and older, and approximately 10,000 documented historic resources.