Friends and Associates

Preservation Pennsylvania, through creative partnerships, targeted educational and advocacy programs, advisory assistance, and special projects, assists Pennsylvania communities with protecting and utilizing the historic resources they want to preserve for the future. Preservation Pennsylvania (PPA) is the Commonwealth's only statewide, private nonprofit, membership organization dedicated to the protection of historically and architecturally significant properties.

The Barn Saver. As suburbanization takes over the countryside, barns fall out of favor when farming declines. Often, barns are lost to bulldozers. Nothing gets saved. John High, owner of The Barn Saver, has a better idea. He saves and recycles them.

The Timber Framers Guild, founded in 1984 as a nonprofit, educational organization, is dedicated to promoting the centuries-old craft of timber framing. The Guild is dedicated to establishing training programs for dedicated timber framers, disseminating information about timber framing and timber frame building design, displaying the art of timber framing to the public, and generally serving as a center of timber framing information for the professional and general public alike.