SVHS Lecture Series: National Historic Preservation Act at 60

Join SVHS for the first lecture of the 2026–2027 program season!

On October 15, 1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) into law. Following a post-war boom of urban renewal and federally funded projects that brought destruction to the built, historic landscape of the U.S., the NHPA established, for the first time, a national preservation program and a system of procedural protections, which encourage both the identification and protection of historic resources. The NHPA represented the most extensive preservation legislation ever enacted in the U.S.

Join SVHS – 60 years to date of the signing of the NHPA – when we welcome Matthew Craig, the CEO of the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh, to explore the successes, shortfalls, and future of the landmark piece of legislation.

This program is free and open to the public.

NOTE: This lecture will be held at the Sewickley Public Library. Please use this page to register in advance.