The Shaw House is one of three historical sites administered by the Butler County Historical Society

78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Co. F, Civil War Re-enactors
Address: P.O. Box 4, Freeport, PA 16229
Email: pazouave@hotmail.com
Web site: www.78thpvi.org
Contact: Aaron Hooks, military commander, 724-763-1594
Meetings: Freeport Oddfellows Hall, 2 p.m., first Sunday of every month, except summer

Butler County Genealogical Society
Address: P.O. Box 662, Butler, PA 16003
Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~pabutle2
E-mail: bcgs@zoominternet.net
Contact: President, Dixie Reynolds, 724-285-1853; or vice president, Pam Snyder, 724-283-5270
Meetings: Butler Public Library, downstairs meeting room, 6:30 p.m., second Tuesday of every month, unless otherwise advertised

Butler County Historical Society
Address: P.O. Box 414, Butler, PA 16003-0414
Telephone: 724-283-8116
Web site: www.butlercountyhistoricalsociety-pa.org
E-mail: bchissoc@zoominternet.net
Contact: Rebecca Crum-Reinsel, executive director
Operates these museums:
  Lowrie/Shaw House Museum, 123 W. Diamond St., Butler
  Little Red Schoolhouse, 200 E. Jefferson St., Butler
  Butler County Heritage Center, 119 W. New Castle St., Butler
  Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead, 199 Cooper Rd., Cabot

Butler County Civil War Roundtable
Address: 228 E. Pearl St., Butler, PA 16001
E-mail: privateh@zbzoom.net
Contact: Bill May, 724-285-6995
Meetings: YWCA, 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month, September-December and February-May..

Christopher Gist Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
Address: 311 Chestnut Drive, Butler, PA 16001-1205
Telephone: 724-282-3212
E-mail: ewbaugh@zoominternet.net
Contact: Edward W. Baughman, secretary

Connoquenessing Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists
Address: 608 E. Pearl St., Butler, PA 16001
Telephone: 724-287-7272
Contact: Margaret Leo

Cranberry Township Historical Society
Address: P.O. Box 1931, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Telephone: 724-538-4681
E-mail: rbmagill@zoominternet.net
Contact: Beverly Magill

Cranberry Genealogoy Club
Address: P.O. Box 2491, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
Telephone: 724-538-4681
Web site: www.cranberrygenealogy.org
E-mail: info@cranberrygenealogy.org
Contact: Amy Arner, treasurer, 724-741-0034
Meetings: Third Saturday of every month, except December, Cranberry Municipal Building. Call or check web site for time.

Evans City Area Historical Society
Address: 204C S. Jackson St., Evans City, PA 16033, rear entrance of the Evans City Library
Telephone: 724-538-3629
Email: raak156@zbzoom.net
Contact: Randolph Pfeifer, president

Freeport Area Historical Society
Address: P.O. Box 107, Freeport, PA 16229
Web site: www.fahs-pa.org; www.mickeysmill.org; www.bagpro.net/freeport58; www.freeportpa.org
E-mail: bennetta@salsgiver.com
Contact: Don Collar, 724-295-4635 or Roberta Bennett, 724-295-9412

John Roebling’s Historic Saxonburg Society
Address: P.O. Box 771, Saxonburg, PA 16056
Phone: 724-352-1400, ext. 232
Contact: Ray Rush

Historic Harmony Inc.
Address: 218 Mercer St., P.O. Box 524, Harmony, PA 16037
Telephone: 724-452-7341 or 888-821-4822
Web site: www.harmonymuseum.org
E-mail: hmuseum@fyi.net
Contact: Kathy Luek
Operates Harmony’s National Historic Landmark District, Harmony Museum and seven other sites

North Hills Genealogists
Address: P.O. Box 304, Ingomar, PA 15127
Telephone: 724-935-6961
Web site: www.northhillsgenealogists.org
E-mail: info@northhillsgenealogists.org or elissa@powellgenealogy.com
Contact: Elissa Powell
Meetings: 7 p.m., 3rd Tuesday of month, except December, at the Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Rd, Pittsburgh

Ohio Valley Chapter 22, Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology
Address: 105 Woodlawn Road, Butler, PA 16001
Telephone: 724-482-2105
Web site: www.orgsites.com/pa/chapter22
E-mail: gined@zoominternet.net
Contact: Ginger Dlutowski, chapter representative

Penn’s Colony
Address: P.O. Box 431 Saxonburg, PA 16056
Telephone: 724-352-9922
Email: penns@connecttime.net
Web site: www.pennscolony.com
Operates: Family-oriented festivals celebrating traditions of craftsmanship and cultural heritage

Prospect Area Preservation Society
Address: P.O. Box 586, Prospect, PA 16052
Phone: 724-865-2181
Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~papaps
E-mail: paps01@zoominternet.net or jmharm@zoominternet.net
Contact: James Harmon, president
Meetings: 7 p.m. on third Monday of every month at Prospect Library, Route 488
Operates: Prospect Area Preservation Society Museum, Route 488 (Main Street), Prospect

Providence Plantation
Address: 300 Textor Hill Road, Evans City, PA 16033
Phone: 724-538-8818
Contact: Dr. Carl Robertson, president and CEO
Web site: www.providenceplantationinc.org
E-mail: providence@zoominternet.net

Saxonburg Historical and Restoration Commission
Address: P.O. Box 150, Saxonburg, PA 16056
Contact: Clarence Anderson, 724-352-3024
Operates:
  Saxonburg Museum
  Roebling Park and/or Cooper Hall
  Saxonburg Arts Festival

Slippery Rock Heritage Association
Address: P.O. Box 511, Slippery Rock, PA 16057
Telephone: 724-794-6353
Contact: Kenneth Harris
Meetings: Second Tuesday of every month; call for time and location

The Old Stone House

The Old Stone House
Telephone: 724-738-4964
Fax: 724-738-4762
Web site: www.sru.edu/depts/artsci/hist/stonehouse
Contact: Slippery Rock University History Department, 724-738-2053

Valencia Area Historical Society
Address: Valencia Borough Building, 61 Almira St., Valencia, PA 16059
Phone: 724-625-1195
Contact: Harold Stand, director, 724-898-1683; Wayne Park, president, 724-898-2770
Operates: Valencia Area Historical Society Museum
Meetings: Bimonthly, 7:30 p.m. fourth Friday of month

Zelienople Historical Society
Address: 243 S. Main St., P.O. Box 45, Zelienople, PA 16063-0045
Telephone: 724-452-9457
E-mail: zeliehistory@fyi.net
Web site: www.fyi.net/~zhs
Contact: Joyce M. Bessor, director
Operates these museums:
  Passavant House, Zelienople
  Buhl House, Zelienople
Tours offered 1 and 2:30 p.m., Wednesday and Saturday, June through September

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