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