YPA’s Preserve Pittsburgh Summit and Preservation Awards Reception will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at the Frick Fine Arts Building in Oakland, on the University of Pittsburgh Campus. The event is FREE to students, and students get credit for attending! Ticket prices are very affordable!

Summit Summary

Click this link to REGISTER for the Summit & Awards Reception:

The event will feature tours of four historic sites in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood:  The original Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the 18th century John Woods House, Gladstone School, and the Spahr Building, a Victorian commercial building on Hazelwood’s main commercial corridor.  All four have tremendous historic legacies, but are currently vacant.  Your input is necessary to develop creative solutions for the preservation and reuse of these sites.  Team up with your fellow preservationists to see which team can develop the best reuse strategy in a friendly competition called, “So You Think You Can Preserve?”

Here’s a map of the sites featured on the tour:

View Preserve Pittsburgh Summit Sites 2010 in a larger map

This is the second-annual workshop on historic preservation, where young people–and people of all ages–get to see, feel, and experience history in the making. The Summit will feature a keynote address by Kate Burns Ottavino, Director of Preservation Programs at the Brooklyn High School of the Arts, the nation’s first high school preservation program.

Kate Burns Ottavino Bio

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Tour historic sites and then develop recommendations for their preservation and reuse. The Summit will also feature a keynote address by Kate Burns Ottavino, who started the nation’s first preservation program for high school students. The Summit will be held at the Frick Fine Arts Building on Pitt’s Campus in Oakland.

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Join YPA that evening for the Preservation Awards Reception, which will be held at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland. YPA will announce the winners of its second-annual YouTube Preservation Video Awards, presented by First Commonwealth Bank.

Preservation Video Contest 2010

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YPA will announce the Michael Eversmeyer Promise Award, presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, to an emerging preservationist. Named in honor of longtime Pittsburgh architect and preservationist Michael Eversmeyer.

Nominate a young person for the Michael Eversmeyer Promise Award

You can read about last year’s event here: http://www.youngpreservationists.org/preserve-pittsburgh-summit-march-28

2010 Preserve Pittsburgh Summit Sponsors

Paramount Pictures Film Exchange, 1727 Boulevard of the Allies

On Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl signed the final legislation designating the Paramount Pictures Film Exchange to be a City of Pittsburgh Historic Landmark. Council had voted, 8-1, to designate the Film Exchange on Jan. 26th. You can see a copy of the legislation here: Final Bill Passage

YPA is grateful to Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle and the other Council people who voted in favor of this designation, as well as YPA’s Board, Advisory Committee, Members, and partners, such as the Uptown Community Partners, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and the Pittsburgh Film Office. More than 75 letters of support had been received in support of the designation.

YPA is especially grateful for Drew Edward Levinson, the 21-year-old film student who first called our attention to this important historic landmark. His video appears below (scroll down).

Last spring, YPA nominated the Paramount Pictures Film Exchange Building, at 1727 Boulevard of the Allies in Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood, to be a city of Pittsburgh Historic Landmark.

On August 5, 2009, the City of Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission voted to recommend to City Council the designation of the Paramount Pictures Film Exchange to be a City of Pittsburgh Historic Landmark. The Uptown Community Partners, the leading community based organization in the Uptown-Soho neighborhood, endorsed the nomination, along with more than 75 supporters.

The building was recently sold to a developer who plans to rehabilitate the building. The building had been owned by UPMC Mercy since 2008. This is a win-win for the Uptown neighborhood, which is undergoing a revival, the City of Pittsburgh, and for the region’s film history. If it were not for a YouTube video about the film exchange produced by Drew Levinson last spring, Pittsburgh’s rich motion picture legacy would not have been told.

Historic Significance

Designed by R.E. Hall Co. Architects of New York City in 1926, the Paramount Pictures Film Exchange building meets the Historic Review Commission’s criteria for its association with important cultural or social aspects or events in the history of the City of Pittsburgh, the State of Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic region, or the United States.

The Paramount Pictures Film Exchange Building is the last original remnant of Pittsburgh’s “Film Row.” From the 1920s until the 1970s and 80s, film exchanges were operated by movie studios that contained a film library of reels, offices, and private screening rooms.  Theater owners could view a picture before booking them into their theaters.  Pittsburgh’s film exchanges were all within a couple blocks of each other forming a “film row,” because it was very much a ‘one-stop shopping’ deal, where theater owners could go out of one exchange and immediately into the next—possibly to negotiate or book films from several studios.  Now, Pittsburgh’s last one remains, the Paramount Pictures Film Exchange building.

History Captured in Film

This history came to light just this spring, when YPA held a historic preservation video contest for students under the age of 25.  This year’s first-place winner was a student at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Drew Edward Levinson, who profiled the history—and possible threat—to the Paramount building.

Judges for the contest included a number of experienced preservationists who had never heard of this building, never knew of Film Row, and were fascinated by the video.  The YouTube video is embedded below.

YPA held an awards ceremony on March 28th to honor Mr. Levinson and the video was shown before an audience of about 100 people at Carnegie Museum of Art.  State Senator Ferlo encouraged Mr. Levinson to nominate the building for historic status, and YPA offered to assist.  YPA’s board unanimously supports this nomination.

Here’s the YouTube video:

Here are two GigaPan interactive panoramas of the Paramount building:

YPA Letters & Testimony:
Testimony for 1-12-10

Letter to City Council 10-30-09

Testimony for 9-15-09

Testimony for 8-5-09

Oral Testimony 7-1-09

Testimony for 6-3-09

Paramount Pictures Film Exchange Building: Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet

Film Exchange Pamphlet Complete 6-30-09

Here’s the original historic nomination form:
Paramount Pictures Film Exchange Building Nomination Form

Articles:
City Council votes to designate Paramount building as historic landmark, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 27, 2010

Pittsburgh City Council designates Paramount Pictures building as historic, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 26, 2010

Pittsburgh approves historic status for Paramount building, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 20, 2010

Sale of Paramount building slated for today, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 19, 2010

Uptown Paramount building historic designation debated, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 18, 2010

Public supportive of Paramount, The Duquesne Duke, January 14, 2010

Preservationists aim to save Uptown film exchange building, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 13, 2010

Dozens attend meeting about Paramount Pictures building, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 12, 2010

Historic Uptown building faces demise, The Duquesne Duke, October 1, 2009

Movie buff’s effort saves a building of paramount importance to film history, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 10, 2009

Historical designation for Uptown building OK’d, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 6, 2009

Pittsburgh’s Film Exchange gets historic designation, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 6, 2009

A bid to preserve part of Pittsburgh’s film history, WQUQ 90.5-FM, August 4, 2009

Group wants to save some of Pittsburgh’s Hollywood history, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 10, 2009

The winners will be presented award checks and have their videos screened at YPA’s Preservation Awards Reception on Saturday, April 10, 2010, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Carnegie Museum of Art.

Registration details on the event are on our website: http://www.youngpreservationists.org/preserve-pittsburgh-summit-set-for-april-10-2010

The Preservation Video Contest deadline is Monday, March 1, 2010.
You can download the entry form here:
Preservation Video Contest 2010

Here are the winning videos from last year:
The 2009 Preservation Video Award winners:

First Place ($250):

Site: Paramount Pictures Film Exchange, City of Pittsburgh (Soho)

Winning Student: Drew Edward Levinson

School: Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Hometown: Zelienople, Pa. (Butler County)

Age/Grade: 21, Sophomore

Nominating Teacher: Lorraine Heidekat

YouTube Link:

Second Place ($125):

Site: “Save the Strand,” Strand Theater, Zelienople, Butler County

Winning Students:

Bethany Bettencourt

Selena Blair

Michaela Burr

Alex Deep

Connor Domhoff

Tyler Falk

Christian George

Austin Hall

Rachel Hunter

Justin Kording

Morgan Marion

Cole McDonough

Austin Ridgley

Hailey Vey

Chelsea Alberth

Kayla Hart

School: Riverside Middle School

Hometown: Ellwood City, Pa.

Ages/Grades: 13-18, 8th Grade – Senior

Nominating Teacher: Mrs. Rebecca Erin

YouTube Link:

Third Place ($75):

Site: Old Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Indiana County

Winning Student: Brandon Roudebush

School: Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Hometown: Kittanning, Pa. (Armstrong County)

Age/Grade: 20, Junior

Nominating Teacher: Dr. Erick Lauber

YouTube Link:

Fourth Place ($50):

Site: The Longwell House, Monongahela, Washington County

Winning Student: Caci Lignelli

School: Ringgold High School

Hometown: Monongahela, Pa. (Washington County)

Age/Grade: 15, 10th Grade

Nominating Teacher: Mr. Don Roberts

YouTube Link:

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Called “Discover the Legacy: The African American Experience in Southwestern Pennsylvania,” and developed in collaboration with VisitPittsburgh and other partners, the website features more than 100 sites important to the development of southwestern Pennsylvania’s African American community. Ten historical themes are represented in nine southwestern Pennsylvania counties, including the city of Pittsburgh. The tourguide also interfaces with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission historical markers.

YPA is in the process of planning a public release of the printed tourguide, so stay tuned! In the meantime, here is the list of sites that will be featured in the forthcoming hardcopy of the tourguide:
Discover the Legacy

The VisitPittsburgh website link is here: Black History Tourguide

A WQED-TV special on the National Negro Opera Company, America’s first black opera company which began right here in Pittsburgh, won an Emmy Award in Fall 2009.

You can view the video here: http://www.wqed.org/ondemand/onq.php?id=614

YPA also created a Google Map of the historic sites here:

View Discover the Legacy in a larger map

Here are photos of the sites:

African American History Sites

Thank you to all who made it possible, particularly the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the PA Department of Community and Economic Development, the two agencies which underwrote the tourguide. Thanks to a collaboration with VisitPittsburgh (Colleen Kalchthaler) and a lot of hard work from Dr. Larry Glasco, Dawn Webb Turner (the 2009 Promise Award winner), Melody Farrin, John Burgess, Thea Young, Michael Bennett, and many others, this project is the product of a concentrated team effort.

Thank you for giving life to African American history!

The GigaPan camera creates very high-resolution panoramas by stitching together hundreds of individual photos. Once the images have been “stitched” and uploaded to the GigaPan website, a user can zoom in to specific features of the image.

The camera is a powerful tool for multiple applications, including architectural surveys of historic properties, land-use management, urban design to create models for new buildings as well as old, archival for future generations, promoting specific sites, and education.

Some sample GigaPans are embedded below.  Keep checking this site for additional GigaPans of historic sites from around southwestern Pennsylvania.

A group of 15 cyclists joined  Geof Comings from the South Side Local Development Company on a ride through history along the South Side Trail and Eliza Furnace Trail.  

Short narratives were provided at a few stops along the trail to provide riders with an experience with history–while on the bike.

Accompanied by perfect weather, the ride was well-received by all as a great way to spend an evening with friends.

Above, crossing the historic Smithfield Street Bridge.

After the ride, YPA joined Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc., and the Pittsburgh Young Professionals as part of the New Pittsburgh Collaborative (NPC) quarterly HUB event at a reception at OTB Bicycle Cafe on Carson Street.

The NPC gang – a group of diverse young professionals dedicated to regional progress  – networked with drinks, appetizers and tips for utilizing  regional amenities during a down economy.  

Tom Baxter, Executive Director of Friends of the Riverfront, and one of Sustainable Pittsburgh’s outdoor recreation partners, spoke at the event (below).

YPA’s next bike-friendly history tour will be a collaboration with Bike PGH and Venture Outdoors:

Friday, June 12, 2009

 Car Free Friday Bike From Work Tour
In recognition of the launch of car-free Fridays (every Friday) BikePGH, Young Preservationists Association and Venture Outdoors will lead a leisurely urban bike ride exploring the roads and riverfront trails of the North Side and South Side. Guest speakers from the YPA will provide historic information along the route from their Wheeling Through History Tour. The ride will end at OTB Bike Cafe on the South Side for a happy hour of specially priced drinks. This event is FREE to members of BikePGH, YPA and Venture Outdoors. Non-members are encouraged to join one or all of the three groups ($60 for memberships to all three groups the day of the program!). Pre-registration is encouraged. BikePGH and YPA members can call the Venture Outdoors office to receive the Members price. 

Price does not include bike rentals. Bike rentals are available through Venture Outdoors for $8.00. Reservations for rentals should be made by calling into the office, 412-255-0564 ext. 21 after registering for the program. 

Location: Kayak Pittsburgh – Downtown (right under the Sixth Street “Clemente” Bridge, by PNC Park)
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
Cost: $10.00 non-member
Organization: Venture Outdoors

Facilitators guided discussion groups and on-site tours to develop recommendations for these four historic sites:  the August Wilson House and New Granada Theatre in the Hill District; the Garden Theater on the North Side; and the National Negro Opera Company house in Homewood/Lincoln-Lemington.

The Summit, held at the Frick Fine Arts Building in Oakland, enabled young people and community residents to make history come alive by injecting innovative ideas to create a better future for these important but endangered historic sites.  A final report will be issued at a later date.

That evening, Post-Gazette’s Tony Norman and PA State Senator Jim Ferlo hosted YPA’s Preservation Awards Reception.  YPA awarded $500 to the winners of its preservation video contest and announced the Promise Award to an emerging preservationist.  Entertainment was provided by “Sounds of Steel,” the Northside Urban Pathways Charter School Steel Pan Band.  Immediately following the Awards, participants enjoyed networking with dynamic movers and shakers in the Pittsburgh region.  

Read the Final Report here: Preserve Pittsburgh Summit Final Report June 2009

The 2009 Preservation Video Award winners included:

First Place ($250):

Site: Paramount Pictures Film Exchange, City of Pittsburgh (Soho)

Winning Student: Drew Edward Levinson

School: Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Hometown: Zelienople, Pa. (Butler County)

Age/Grade: 21, Sophomore

Nominating Teacher: Lorraine Heidekat

YouTube Link:

 
Second Place ($125):  

Site: “Save the Strand,” Strand Theater, Zelienople, Butler County

Winning Students:

Bethany Bettencourt

Selena Blair

Michaela Burr

Alex Deep

Connor Domhoff

Tyler Falk

Christian George

Austin Hall

Rachel Hunter

Justin Kording

Morgan Marion

Cole McDonough

Austin Ridgley

Hailey Vey

Chelsea Alberth

Kayla Hart

School: Riverside Middle School

Hometown: Ellwood City, Pa.

Ages/Grades: 13-18, 8th Grade – Senior

Nominating Teacher: Mrs. Rebecca Erin

YouTube Link:

 
Third Place ($75):  

Site: Old Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Indiana County

Winning Student: Brandon Roudebush

School: Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Hometown: Kittanning, Pa. (Armstrong County)

Age/Grade: 20, Junior

Nominating Teacher: Dr. Erick Lauber

YouTube Link:

Fourth Place ($50):  

Site: The Longwell House, Monongahela, Washington County

Winning Student: Caci Lignelli

School: Ringgold High School

Hometown: Monongahela, Pa. (Washington County)

Age/Grade: 15, 10th Grade

Nominating Teacher: Mr. Don Roberts

YouTube Link:  

YPA’s Promise Award was presented to Dawn R. Webb Turner, a third-grade teacher in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood.  

YPA’s Promise Award, started in 2005, will go to one person, organization or place that is undertaking a new preservation initiative that represents great promise for advancing historic preservation in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Ms. Webb Turner’s work with YPA over the past year as a volunteer to develop the Pittsburgh region’s first African American history tourguide, as well as her efforts to preserve the National Negro Opera Company first home, and her extensive experience, education, and community involvement makes her an ideal awardee.

Ms. Webb Turner is currently a third-grade teacher at Pittsburgh Faison Arts Academy in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. A Pittsburgh native, Ms. Webb Turner is a graduate of Westinghouse High School.

She received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, graduating Cum Laude. She has held positions as a Branch Manager for Three Rivers Bank and Assistant Vice President for PNC Bank. Ms. Webb Turner is currently developing the George A. Webb Sr. Learning Institute that will teach financial education and entrepreneurship to elementary-school aged children and older.  She is also the Steward of Homewood North under the Clean Pittsburgh Commission, and started the “Let’s Clean Up Our House Committee,” a group of youth, residents, and block club members who are dedicated to cleaning up areas in the community.

Previous Promise Award winners have included The Union Project (2005); Braddock Mayor John Fetterman (2006); Sandee Umbach, director of Wash Arts (2007); and Tansy Michaud, a senior at Norwin High School (2008).

Photos from the Summit:

YPA’s Preserve Pittsburgh Summit, March 28, 2009

Photos from the Reception:

YPA’s Preservation Awards Reception, March 28

More info. about the Summit is here: Preserve Pittsburgh Summit 

Summit Program:  Summit Program

Preservation Awards Reception Program: Preservation Awards Reception

Download a poster here: Preserve Pittsburgh Poster

View a map of the four historic sites:

View Preserve Pittsburgh Summit Locations in a larger map

Preserve Pittsburgh Summit Host Committee

Diana Bucco, Executive Director, The Forbes Funds

Esther Bush, President and CEO, Urban League of Pittsburgh

Cheryle Campbell, Director, Pittsburgh Field Office, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

Mindy Higgins Crawford, Executive Director, Preservation Pennsylvania

Aradhna Dhanda, Executive Director, Leadership Pittsburgh

Honorable Patrick Dowd, Pittsburgh City Council

Honorable Mike Doyle, U.S. Congressman

Dr. Kimberly C. Ellis, Executive Director, Historic Hill Initiative

Paul A. Ellis, Esq., Law Office of Paul Ellis & Associates

Honorable Jim Ferlo, PA State Senator

Saleem Ghubril, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Promise

Court Gould, Executive Director, Sustainable Pittsburgh

David Hopkins, Western Pennsylvania Community Development Territory Manager, PNC Bank

Ellen Kight, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development

Honorable Bruce Kraus, Pittsburgh City Council

Marimba Milliones, New Granada Theatre Committee

Jerry Morosco, AIA, Principal, Gerald Lee Morosco Architects, PC

Honorable Tonya Payne, Pittsburgh City Council

Honorable Bill Peduto, Pittsburgh City Council

Honorable Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor of Pittsburgh

Honorable Doug Shields, Pittsburgh City Council President

Sala Udin, President and CEO, Coro Center for Civic Leadership

Preserve Pittsburgh Planning Committee

Kevin Acklin, Renew Pittsburgh

Regina Anderson, Coro Center for Civic Leadership

Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh Architectural Studies

Laura Becker, Student, Pitt

Terri Blanchette, Heinz History Center

John Burgess, Coro Center for Civic Leadership & Pitt Student

John Burke, URA

Bill Callahan, PHMC

Sean Capperis, YPA/Councilman Patrick Dowd’s office

Robert Carter, First Commonwealth

Matthew Cesare, YPA & Student at Geneva College

Ann Fortescue, Heinz History Center

Dan Holland, Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh

Mac Howison, Sprout Fund

Kelly Lyons, Coordinator of K-12 Outreach, School of Architecture, CMU

Rebecca Maclean, CPD Representative, HUD

Rick Malmstrom, Ellis School

John McCarthy, Ph.D., Robert Morris University History Club

Bethany McLaughlin, YPA

Alex Mickinak, Recent graduate, Pitt

Katherine Molnar, City of Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission 

Mikhail Pappas, State Senator Jim Ferlo’s Office

Becky Rodgers, Neighbors in the Strip

Chris Sandvig, YPA

Colleen Schmidt, Student, Cal. U.

Steve Seliy, Consortium for Public Education

Thank you to Our Sponsors!

Presenting Sponsors

PNC Bank

Grable Foundation

Contributing Sponsors

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation

Supporters

Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE)

Carnegie Museum of Art

First Commonwealth Bank

Donors

Citizens Bank

Pennsylvania State Senator Jim Ferlo

Pennsylvania State Representative Jake Wheatley

GNC

Massaro

TriState Capital Bank

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh

The Promise Award was presented at YPA’s Preservation Awards Reception, March 28, 2009, at the Carnegie Museum of Art.

YPA’s Promise Award, started in 2005, will go to one person, organization or place that is undertaking a new preservation initiative that represents great promise for advancing historic preservation in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Ms. Webb Turner’s work with YPA over the past year as a volunteer to develop the Pittsburgh region’s first African American history tourguide, as well as her efforts to preserve the National Negro Opera Company first home, and her extensive experience, education, and community involvement makes her an ideal awardee.

Ms. Webb Turner is currently a third-grade teacher at Pittsburgh Faison Arts Academy in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. A Pittsburgh native, Ms. Webb Turner is a graduate of Westinghouse High School.

She received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, graduating Cum Laude. She has held positions as a Branch Manager for Three Rivers Bank and Assistant Vice President for PNC Bank. Ms. Webb Turner is currently developing the George A. Webb Sr. Learning Institute that will teach financial education and entrepreneurship to elementary-school aged children and older.  She is also the Steward of Homewood North under the Clean Pittsburgh Commission, and started the “Let’s Clean Up Our House Committee,” a group of youth, residents, and block club members who are dedicated to cleaning up areas in the community.

Previous Promise Award winners have included The Union Project (2005); Braddock Mayor John Fetterman (2006); Sandee Umbach, director of Wash Arts (2007); and Tansy Michaud, a senior at Norwin High School (2008).

Each of the four videos was produced by young people under the age of 25 who are students at schools in southwestern Pennsylvania. Conest awardees include a student at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 16 middle school students from Riverside Middle School in Ellwood City, a college student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a high school student at Ringgold High School.

Each of the videos is a call to action to save threatened historic sites. The short videos were uploaded to YouTube, the video-sharing website. Pennsylvania State Senator Jim Ferlo sponsored the financial awards for the students.

See a program from the Preservation Awards Reception: Preservation Awards Reception

Watch all four videos here:

First Place ($250):
Site: Paramount Pictures Film Exchange, City of Pittsburgh (Soho)
Winning Student: Drew Edward Levinson
School: Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Nominating Teacher: Lorraine Heidekat

Second Place ($125):
Site: “Save the Strand,” Strand Theater, Zelienople, Butler County
Winning Students:
Bethany Bettencourt
Selena Blair
Michaela Burr
Alex Deep
Connor Domhoff
Tyler Falk
Christian George
Austin Hall
Rachel Hunter
Justin Kording
Morgan Marion
Cole McDonough
Austin Ridgley
Hailey Vey
Chelsea Alberth
Kayla Hart
School: Riverside Middle School
Nominating Teacher: Mrs. Rebecca Erin

Third Place ($75):
Site: Old Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Indiana County
Winning Student: Brandon Roudebush
School: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Nominating Teacher: Dr. Erick Lauber

Fourth Place ($50):
Site: The Longwell House, Monongahela, Washington County
Winning Student: Caci Lignelli
School: Ringgold High School
Nominating Teacher: Mr. Don Roberts