Historical Groups

July 25, 2024 Last Updated: July 12, 2024 03:22 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. Eagle File Photo

Butler County Historical Society

Contact: Mackenzie Herold, Outreach Coordinator

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. to 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. Please visit cranberrygenealogy.org for meeting locations. Most programs are offered both in-person and virtually, and are free; though paid memberships are appreciated.

Cranberry Township Historical Society representatives unveiled a new historical marker at the Sample Schoolhouse outside the Cranberry municipal building. The Sample Schoolhouse originally was located along Rowan Road but was relocated from its decaying foundation in 1999 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 Suite 1 S. Jackson St., Evans City, PA 16033

Contact: Dean Zinkhann

Telephone: 724-538-3629

Email: evanscityhistory@gmail.com

Operates: The museum is open every Tuesday 9 a.m. to noon from April through November. Also by appointment on request.

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

Address: Butler, PA. 16001

Contact: Stacy Stoughton, chapter regent

Website: darcarolk.wixsite.com/generalrichardbutler

Email: sstacy155@zoominternet.net

Meetings: Regular meetings are the second Saturday of each month from September through June at First English Lutheran Church, Butler. They do not meet in January and February. The Christmas Tea is in December.

Historic Harmony president Rodney Gasch explains features of a millstone from the former Harmony area mill. Eagle File Photo

Historic Harmony

Address: 218 Mercer St., Harmony, PA 16037

Contact: Kathy Luek, president

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. Tours of Wheatland and the Research Center have different hours. Visitors are requested to either call or go online to verify hours.

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

Website: marshistory.org

Email: marshistory@gmail.com

Meetings: 7:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month in the Library 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, 500 Lutherlyn Lane, Butler, PA 16001

Contact: Laura DeYoung, Chapter Representative

Telephone: 724-352-2138

Website: pennsylvaniaarchaeology.com

Email: deyoungl59@gmail.com

Meetings: 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Woodland Lodge, Lutherlyn Lane, Butler.

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.

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: Steve May, Borough Manager

Telephone: 724-352-1400, Option 3

Website: saxonburgpa.com/saxonburg-museum

Email: secretary@saxonburgpa.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, president

Telephone: 724-679-3628

Website: www.slipperyrockheritage.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.