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Historic Preservation

  Academics  —  Academic Schools  —  Social and Behavioral Science  —  Historic Preservation  —  "Hands-On History"

Hands-On History!

Historic preservation is hands-on history!

Not only do you get to "do" the work of history, you learn from professionals committed to ensuring "our past is your future." Our faculty members come from a variety of academic and professional experiences, providing students with real world insight,
knowledge, and mentorship. What we teach can be applied to sites locally or around the country.

Whether you’re a college student, a working professional, or just a lover of history looking for a challenge, everyone is welcome to participate in our unique program!

Experience Historic Preservation at Bucks:
• Online and on-campus
• Hands-on projects
• Experienced instructors
• Spring, summer, and fall courses
• Open enrollment
• No prerequisites

Hands-On Projects

Every course in Historic Preservation gives you both the "why" and "how" of what we do. Every course we offer introduces you to a theory and asks you to apply it in real-world scenarios, from writing a National Register nomination to an at-home archaeological dig to documenting or remediating damage on a historic building to contributing to the historic preservation component of your local government's comprehensive plan. At Bucks, you learn to both "think" preservation and "do" preservation.

Hands-on projects and volunteer opportunities ensure experiential learning in your hometown and at your own pace.


Internships

To earn the Certificate in Historic Preservation, every student completes HIST203: Internship in Historic Preservation, a professional-level project.

With the help of a faculty mentor, the student invests 200 hours in a project important to them. Learning project management skills, students apply what they have learned to an independent project under the guidance of a site supervisor at a historic site, organization, or agency.

Some recent students projects include:

  • Untold Stories: Rediscovering the Mount Moriah Community: An Antebellum African American Neighborhood in New Hope, Pennsylvania
  • Archiving the Doreen Faust Papers (Cheltenham Township, Penn.)
  • Historic Structure Report: the Danboro Episcopal Methodist Church (Plumstead Twp, Penn.)
  • National Register of Historic Places Nomination for [Redacted Archaeological Site] in Sequoia National Forest (Tulare County, Calif.)
  • Gather Place: Building Community to Save an A.M.E. Church (Yardley, Penn.)
  • Historic Research Survey: Digital Archiving, Preservation, and Database Creation
  • Section 106 Review: US220 Project (Mineral County, W.V.)
  • Restoration at Jordan Pond Gatehouse (Hancock County, Me.)
  • Collections Care Questionnaire: Contextualizing Preservation Best Practices at Historic Sites in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  • Research and Writing on the Mercer Museum's Obscure Collections (Doylestown, Penn.)
  • Reconsidering Older Houses and Realtors Changing Perceptions
  • Perkasie Borough Historic District Architecture (Perkasie, Penn.)
  • Preserving History at Government House (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
  • The 19th at 100: Centennial Weekend at the National Museum of Industrial History (Bethlehem, Penn.)
  • A Bridge on the Move: The Historic South Perkasie Bridge Perkasie Historical Society (Perkasie, Penn.)
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  • Featured Course: History of American Architecture
  • Featured Course: Documentation Workshop
  • Featured Course: Building Conservation
  • Featured Course: Historic Property Research
  • Featured Course: Topics: Race & Route 66
  • Featured Course: Preservation Site Project
  • "Hands-On History"
  • Courses: Spring 2025

Historic Preservation

215-968-8286 historic.preservation@bucks.edu 275 Swamp Rd, Newtown, PA 18940

Historic Preservation

215-968-8286 historic.preservation@bucks.edu 275 Swamp Rd, Newtown, PA 18940
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275 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA 18940
Bristol | 267-685-4800
1304 Veterans Highway Bristol, PA 19007
Perkasie | 215-258-7700
One Hillendale Rd, Perkasie, PA 18944
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