Join us in 2011-2012 for our free programs, which begin on Wednesday, September 21st. Subjects range from steamboats to local dogs to Italian gardens and much, much more. Everyone is welcome!
SVHS
Our staff will be happy to try to answer your questions about Sewickley history using the resources in our collection. We can be reached by telephone at 412-741-5315, by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or in person at our headquarters, 200 Broad Street, Sewickley. Office hours are 10:00-2:00, Tuesday-Friday, or by appointment.
By joining the Sewickley Valley Historical Society, you will be helping to further our mission: to promote interest in and to record, collect, preserve, and document the history of the Sewickley Valley. In addition, you will receive our newsletter, Signals, and notices of special events. Annual membership categories are as follows:
Individual: $20
Family: $30
Out-of-State: $10
Friend: $50
Sponsor: $100
Patron: $250
Benefactor: over $250
Please send your name, address, telephone number, email address and check (payable to SVHS) to:
Sewickley Valley Historical Society
200 Broad Street
Sewickley, PA 15143
A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.
Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for further information.
• We answer hundreds of queries about local history for visitors from all over the United States and encourage hands-on historical research.
• We catalog and maintain a computer database on a growing archival collection of books, postcards, diaries, letters, photographs, scrapbooks, maps, artifacts and other memorabilia.
• We publish a periodical newsletter, Signals, back issues of which can be downloaded from our website.
These photos are from a "Fairacres" scrapbook begun in 1909. They show B. F. Jones III (1895-1985) and his sister, Adelaide Dalzell Jones (Burgwin), with various pets.
President: L. John Kroeck
Vice President: George H. Craig, Jr.
Secretary: John Menniti
Treasurer: Margie Gilfillan
Directors:
- Jim Darby
- Margaret Dury
- Peter Floyd
- Jim Haines
- Betty Ann Miller
- Michael Murphy
- Ross Rogers, Jr.
- Mary Lou Scholl
- Peter Sour
- Michael Tomana
Staff:
Executive Director: Harton S. Semple, Jr.
Associate Director: Susan C. Holton
The mission of the Sewickley Valley Historical Society is to promote interest in and to record, collect, preserve, and document the history of the Sewickley Valley.
Upcoming Events
| Wed Mar 14 @07:30PM - Italian Gardens of Sewickley & Pittsburgh |
| Sat Apr 14 @10:30AM - Field Trip to "Woodville," The John & Presley Neville House, Collier Township, PA |
| Wed May 16 @07:30PM - Annual Meeting & The Efforts to Preserve Pittsburgh's Civic Arena |
