Get your steps in and enjoy a scenic tour of East Mt. Airy Tourison Homes on Sunday, November 9!

Saturday, November 1

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Train Station Open Houses - Share your ideas for the future of these historic train stations.

Presented by Philly Office Retail

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Tuesday, November 4

7:00 pm

Joseph Brinton's 'Celebrated' Serpentine Stone: How A Chester County Stone Became a Multi-Regional Gilded Age Fad

Presented by SAH Philadelphia Chapter

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Wednesday, November 5

2:00 pm

Andalusia Historic House, Gardens, & Arboretum Tour

Presented by Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

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Wednesday, November 5

7:00 pm

Indigenous Archaeology of the Historic Period in the Delaware Valley


Presented by Northeast Philadelphia History Network, sponsored by Friends of Northeast Philadelphia History

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Thursday, November 6

6:00 pm

The Art of the Architect by Michael G. Imber – Lecture & Book Signing


Presented by ICAA Philadelphia Chapter

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Sunday, November 9

3:00 pm

Lecture Series - "The Single Most Consequential Building" : Louis I. Kahn's Richards and Goddard Laboratories


Presented by Beth Sholom Preservation Foundation

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Tuesday, November 11

10:00 am

Mt. Lawn Cemetery Centennial Celebration


Presented by Mount Lawn Cemetery  

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Tuesday, November 11

6:30 pm

In With the Old



Presented by Young Friends of the Preservation Alliance

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Tuesday, November 11

7:30 pm

All Bones Considered: 52 Laurel Hill Women with Author Joe Lex



Presented by Historical Society of Frankford

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Wednesday, November 12

5:30 pm

Activism and Design in the Creation of the President’s House/Slavery Memorial Site



Presented by Design Advocacy Group

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Thursday, November 13

12:00 pm

Second-Order Preservation: A lecture by Erica Avrami, PhD



Presented by Weitzman Historic Preservation 

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Philadelphia Historical Commission November Meetings

Monthly Meeting

Friday, November 14 at 9:00am

Architectural Committee Meeting

Tuesday, November 25 at 9:00am

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November 14-15

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Material Culture, Architecture & Preservation Symposium: The Work & Legacy of Dr. Roger W. Moss

Presented by Athenaeum of Philadelphia

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November 15-16

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A Legacy In Wood: Preserving the Nakashima Family Home, An Historic Preservation Symposium

Presented by Nakashima Foundation for Peace

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Saturday, November 15
10:00 am

Introduction to Classical Moldings with Martin Brandwein


Presented by ICAA Philadelphia Chapter

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Saturday, November 15

1:00 pm

What Was Purvis Reading? The Books of A Great Abolitionist

Presented by Poquessing Trail of History and Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

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Sunday, November 16

10:00 am

Call in the Cavalry: 1st City Troop

Presented by Laurel Hill East

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Tuesday, November 18

6:00 pm

Just Don’t Build: The Case for Imaginative Reuse

Presented by Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia

Part of the Fall Speaker Series

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Friday, November 21

3:00 pm

Insider's Tour of Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art


Presented by Association for Preservation Technology/Delaware Valley Chapter

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Sunday, November 23

4:00 pm

Designing for the Dead: Art and Architecture in Philadelphia Cemeteries


Presented by Rose Valley Museum



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Saturday, November 29

1:00 pm

Lenape Goat Walk

Presented by Philly Goat Project

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Saturday, November 30

1:00 pm

Thomas Jefferson's Friends and Foes

Presented by Laurel Hill East

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Weekends in November

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Tours of Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in West Fairmount Park

Presented by Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia

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Thursdays- Sundays through November 23

12:00 pm

2025 Tour Season & Exhibits on Display

Presented by Cliveden of the National Trust

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