Historical Groups

July 27, 2023 Last Updated: July 26, 2023 04:59 PM Special Sections

Gus Workman, seated, plays an injured World War I soldier with Vincent Workman tending to him during the Butler County Historical Society “Echoes From Our Past” series at North Side Cemetery in 2021. Cranberry Eagle File Photo

Butler County Historical Society

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

Christopher Gist Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution

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

Connoquenessing Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists

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.

Cranberry Genealogy Club

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.

Cranberry Township Historical Society representatives unveiled a new historical marker at the Sample Schoolhouse outside the Cranberry municipal building. The Sample Schoolhouse was originally located along Rowan Road, but was relocated from its decaying foundation in 1999. Cranberry Eagle File Photo

Cranberry Township Historical Society

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.

Evans City Area Historical Society

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.

General Richard Butler Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

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.

Historic Harmony president Rodney Gasch explains features of an old mill stone from the old Harmony area mill. Cranberry Eagle File Photo

Historic Harmony

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.

LancasterHistory

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.

Artifacts such as this antique scale used for weighing mail abound at the Mars Area History and Landmark Society. Cranberry Eagle File Photo

Mars Area History and Landmark Society Train Station and Museum

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.

North Hills Genealogists

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

Ohio Valley Chapter 22, Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

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.

Old Stone House

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.

Penn’s Colony Festival & Folk Art Marketplace

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.

Prospect Area Preservation Society

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

Saxonburg Museum

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

Slippery Rock Heritage Association

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.

Washington’s Trail

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.

Zelienople Historical Society

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.