Historical Groups
Contact: Joyce Rauschenberger, president
Address: 123 W. Diamond St., Butler, PA 16001
Telephone: 724-283-8116
Website: butlerhistory.com
Email: society@butlerhistory.com
Operates: Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Senator Walter Lowrie House, 123 W. Diamond St., Butler
Little Red School House, 200 E. Jefferson St., Butler
Cooper Cabin, 199 Cooper Road, Cabot
Mailing address: 612 Saint Lawrence Lane, Gibsonia, PA 15044-8022
Telephone: 724-712-6129
Website: isa4817group.wixsite.com/christophergistsar
Email: rsielski@butlercp.com
Contact: Raymond Sielski, secretary
Contact: Carol Kristufek, chapter regent.
Address: 205 Orchard Lane, Butler, PA 16001
Telephone: 724-283-9851
Email: kristufek1@gmail.com
Operates: Membership is by invitation only.
Contact: Debbie Billeter, treasurer and webmaster
Mailing address: 27 Sunset Court, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Website: cranberrygenealogy.org
Email: info@cranberrygenealogy.org
Meetings: 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month January through May, and August through October, usually at the Cranberry Public Library, 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township. However, the library is under renovation so for the next six months the meetings will be held at various locations.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1931, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Contact: Roy Wagner
Phone: 724-720-6465
Website: explorecranberry.org
Email: info@explorecranberry.org
Operates: Sample School, a restored one-room schoolhouse at 2525 Rochester Road, open by appointment only.
Address: 204B S. Jackson St., Evans City, PA 16033
Contact: Dean Zinkhann
Telephone: 724-538-3629
Email: evanscityhistory@gmail.com
Operates: The museum is open by appointment from April through November.
Address: Butler, PA. 16001
Contact: Donna Croft, chapter regent
Website: darcarolk.wixsite.com/generalrichardbutler
Email: donnaleecroft@gmail.com
Meetings: Regular meetings are the first Saturday of each month from September through June at First English Lutheran Church, Butler. The next meeting is the annual Constitution Day Luncheon at the Butler Country Club on September 9.
Address: 218 Mercer St., Harmony, PA 16037
Contact: Rodney Gasch, president and CEO
Telephone: 724-452-7341
Website: www.harmonymuseum.org
Email: hmuseum@zoominternet.net
Operates: The nine-property Harmony Museum in and near Harmony’s National Historic Landmark District. Tour times are 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Address: 230 North President Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603
Telephone: 717-392-4633
Website: https://www.lancasterhistory.org/
Email: info@lancasterhistory.org
Operates: The center is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays.
Address: 1 Brickyard Road, Mars, PA 16046
Contact: John Watson, president
Telephone: 724-272-9588 or 724-591-6744
Website: marshistory.org
Email: marshistory@gmail.com
Meetings: 7:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month in the Community Room of the Main Building. The public is welcome. The station and museum are open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays or by appointment.
Contact: Rob Boston, president
Mailing address: P.O. Box 169, Wexford, PA 15090
Website: www.NorthHillsGenealogists.org
Email: info@NorthHillsGenealogists.org
Meetings: Refer to website
Address: Lutherlyn Campus, Lutherlyn Road, New Castle, PA 16105
Contact: Laura DeYoung, Chapter Representative
Telephone: 724-352-2138
Website: pennsylvaniaarchaeology.com
Email: rldeyoung@zoominernet.net
Meetings: 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Redwood Lodge, Lutherlyn Road, New Castle.
Address: 2865 William Flinn Highway (Route 8), Slippery Rock, PA 16057
Telephone: 724-738-4964
Email: oldstonehouse@sru.edu
Operates: Not offering tours at this time.
Address: 365 Saxonburg Blvd., Saxonburg, PA 16056
Telephone: 724-352-9922
Website: www.pennscolony.com
Email: info@pennscolony.com
Operates: Penn’s Colony Festival — Sept. 16 and 17 and 23 and 24, celebrating traditions of craftsmanship and cultural heritage of French and Indian War era.
Wine Time at the Colony is held the third Saturday in June and August.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 586, Prospect, PA 16052-0586
Contact: Beth Miller, president
Telephone: 724-865-2181
Email: jmharm@zoominternet.net
Meetings: 5:30 p.m. the third Monday of every month
Address: 147 N. Rebecca St., Saxonburg, PA 16056
Contact: Fred Caesar, volunteer curator
Telephone: 724-352-1400, Option 3
Website: saxonburgpa.com/saxonburg-museum
Email: saxonburgmuseum@gmail.com
Facebook: Saxonburg Museum
Operates: Tours by appointment
Mailing address: P.O. Box 511, Slippery Rock, PA 16057
Contact: Sue Barkley, oresident
Telephone: 724-679-3628
Website: www.srheritage.org
Email: suebarkley47@aol.com
Meetings: Third Monday of every month at the Slippery Rock municipal building. Please call for verification.
Address: 310 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople, PA 16063
Contact: Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau
Telephone: 866-856-8444
Website: www.washingtonstrail.org
Operates: Download a map and/or brochure about the driving tour.
Address: 243 S. Main St., Zelienople, PA 16063
Telephone: 724-452-9457
Website: www.zeliehistory.org
Email: zeliehistory@zoominternet.net
Facebook: Zelienople Historical Society
Office hours: 9 a.m. to noon weekdays
Operates: Passavant House, 243 S. Main St., Zelienople, has tours weekdays beginning at 9:30 a.m.; advanced notice appreciated and mandatory for group tours. Buhl House, 221 S. Main St., Zelienople, has tours available by appointment.
