National Register Listings for Centre County
Discover Centre County properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, learn about historic preservation, and explore resources for evaluating and nominating historic sites.
Discover Centre County properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, learn about historic preservation, and explore resources for evaluating and nominating historic sites.
Apply to volunteer with the Centre County Historical Society. Share your interests, skills, and availability while helping preserve local history through tours, archives, collections, events, education, and historic sites.
Explore Laura's Lilac Bower at the Centre Furnace Mansion, a collection of historic lilac varieties planted in memory of Laura Bower and inspired by Victorian-era gardens.
Step into the world of 19th-century gardening at the Centre Furnace Mansion. Learn how the Kitchen Garden and Spring House reflect Victorian life, self-sufficiency, and historic landscape preservation.
Located near the Mansion's front entrance, the Front Garden showcases roses, lilies, phlox, hydrangeas, and other historic plantings inspired by late 19th-century gardening traditions.
The John H. Ziegler Historic Preservation Awards recognize individuals and organizations dedicated to preserving, restoring, interpreting, and promoting Centre County's historic and cultural heritage.
Explore the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Centre County, where New Deal workers built parks, roads, trails, dams, and other lasting public resources.
Learn about the annual Plant Celebration at Centre Furnace Mansion, featuring plant sales, local vendors, gardening experts, community volunteers, and support for the Centre County Historical Society.
Explore the history of Bellefonte’s early airmail fields, which served as a vital refueling stop on transcontinental mail routes between New York and Chicago.
Explore the history of Weather World, Penn State’s long-running weather telecast providing forecasts, meteorological analysis, and training for generations of professional meteorologists.
Explore 50 years of change along College Avenue through a photographic streetscape exhibit comparing downtown State College in 1972 and today.
Celebrate Independence Day with Sunrise & the Spirit of ’76, a special July 4 program featuring a Fife and Drum Corps, flag ceremony, patriotic music, and Revolutionary-era traditions.