On Dec. 17, President Barack Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010. Included in the package is an extension of charitable IRA rollovers. Here are some important provisions to note: Individuals age 70 ½ and older may once again request direct transfers of funds ... Read More
By Thomas Olson, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, September 30, 2010 [caption id="attachment_7268" align="alignnone" width="319" caption="The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation was given the easement to the historic Burke Building, Downtown, by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy so the foundation can assure no future owners tear it down or alter its exterior. Jasmine Goldband ... Read More
Jack Miller PHLF News November 12, 2009 KDKA Radio and Television personality Larry Richert and more than 300 guests were on hand at the Sheraton at Station Square on November 11 to honor the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation as the region’s 2009 Outstanding Philanthropic Organization. Landmarks President Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. accepted the ... Read More
by Jack Miller PHLF News August 13, 2009 Landmarks’ 2009 Heritage Society reception and cruise will take place on the Gateway Clipper Fleet’s Princess on Tuesday, September 15 from 6:15 – 8:15 p.m. The event will honor 2008/09 donors of at least $1,000 and individuals who have included Landmarks in their estate plan or ... Read More
By Jack Miller
PHLF News
August 4, 2009
Charles Evans Hunnell has donated a preservation and conservation easement to Landmarks that will protect his 136-acre farm located just west of Waynesburg, PA.
The easement ... Read More
Any individual who donates a preservation easement to a qualified charity, such as Landmarks, is allowed to deduct the value of the easement as a charitable contribution, provided the donation meets certain requirements specified in ... Read More
The Western PA Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals has named Landmarks its 2009 Outstanding Philanthropic Organization for its exemplary record of civic responsibility in support of philanthropic causes; its demonstrated generosity to substantially ... Read More
by Jack Miller PHLF News May 15, 2009 Landmarks has announced that it will discontinue publishing the hard copy version of its estate planning magazine, Landmark Legacies. Instead, the magazine will be posted in a pdf format at http://plannedgifts.phlf.org/newsletters.php. The move is expected to free up $2,000 annually that can ... Read More
By Jack Miller PHLF News April 20, 2009 The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) has announced that Historic Harmony (HH) has donated preservation easements to PHLF that will ensure the preservation of eight historic HH properties located in Butler County. All of the protected properties are in Harmony Borough or Jackson Township in ... Read More
Offered by Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
SOLD
Judith Harvey, a member ... Read More
By Bob Karlovits
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, July 19, 2008
It sits atop Fineview, peering over Downtown like one of the gargoyles that lurk through the house.
Jack Miller from the Pittsburgh History & ... Read More
Landmarks recently revised its Easement Policy in accordance with the Land Trust Alliance’s Standards and Practices, as recommended by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Standards and Practices are “ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust.” Landmarks holds easements on a variety ... Read More
By Jack Miller To commemorate the 1960 world series and honor its special members, Landmarks is hosting a major gala at the Pirates Yankees baseball game at PNC Park on Wednesday, June 25th where former Pirate great Bill Virdon will be honored for his defense of the Forbes Field ... Read More
Landmarks is sending this notice because we recently received word that those rates will decrease July 1, which means that the payment to you on any annuity after that date will be lower than on an annuity taken out now. Charitable gift annuities are a wonderful way to ... Read More
Landmarks has obtained a charitable bargain sale gift of the Natrona Heights Bank Building for the Natrona Comes Together Association (NCTA) from North Carolina resident Terry Wien. The century-old building is the focal point of a restoration project being underwritten through the efforts of State Senator Jim Ferlo ... Read More
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato announced at a press conference in Swissvale yesterday the initiation of a large-scale Allegheny County Main Streets program. Four pilot communities will be involved: Swissvale, Elizabeth, Tarentum, and Stowe. Landmarks has been designated to operate the program in conjunction with the ... Read More
Built in 1889–90 as the German National Bank and now a contributing structure in the Pittsburgh Central Downtown National Register Historic District, The Granite Building provided German immigrants to the Pittsburgh area with a place where they could transact their banking in their native language. Designed by Bickel & Brennan, ... Read More
Anne Nelson has joined the staff of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation as Program Associate where her responsibilities include assisting with general preservation programs as well as providing assistance on projects where a legal background is required, such as planned giving. For the past two years, Anne interned at Landmarks ... Read More
by Jack Miller Director of Gift Planning September 1, 2007 When Ethel Belcher learned about Landmarks in 1977 she immediately became a member. While she didn’t attend any events or volunteer her services, she appreciated Landmarks’ efforts to preserve western Pennsylvania, especially her beloved North Side. Ethel lived most of her life in ... Read More
by Jack Miller Director of Gift Planning September 1, 2007 Landmarks Heritage Society members will be acknowledged for their significant financial support in 2006/07 at two special events on September 26th at two historic downtown buildings. All who made planned gift commitments or gifts of $1,000 or more during that period have been invited ... Read More
In 2004, a group of concerned citizens came together to form the Vandergrift Improvement Program (VIP) with the goal of revitalizing the town's business district. Last June, the VIP asked Landmarks Development Corporation, a wholly owned Landmarks subsidiary, to manage Vandergrift's Main Street Program. Preservationists learned in the 1960s that ... Read More
The Harry C. Goldby Pittsburgh Preservation Fund recently made its first distribution to underwrite a keynote address on April 19th commemorating the 75th anniversary of Chatham Village. The 46-acre planned community, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2005, was begun in the 1930s. It is one of the most celebrated and ... Read More
Jackie and Jay Johnson recently sold Landmarks the former Packard Building in Wilkinsburg for 40% of their asking price. Landmarks got a building it needed to proceed with its Crescent Building Development Project, and the Johnsons were entitled to a charitable contribution deduction on their federal income tax return for ... Read More
By Jack Miller Director of Gift Planning Elizabeth Bruck Carroll rarely ventured out of her apartment. She was a private woman who spent much of her time supporting her community from her living room at St. Barnabas Retirement Village. Her fiancé was killed in action during World War II. The man she ... Read More
PHLF News October 31, 2006 "Preservation In Pittsburgh" Keynote address of Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. at the 2006 National Preservation Conference held in Pittsburgh, PA, October 31, 2006 Read More
By Patricia Lowry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette When he died in December at age 73, architectural historian Walter Kidney left everything he owned to his longtime employer, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. Which comprised what, exactly? "Not much, generally," said Jack Miller, Mr. Kidney's executor and Landmarks' director of gift planning. "Walter's estate comprised Walter's ... Read More
While Landmarks has gained national attention using planned gifts like easements to enable historic buildings to be adapted and reborn, our greatest satisfaction comes from helping people of all demographics support our mission and their families. Consider Clare and Duncan Horner. Nearly three decades ago, the couple purchased a run-down ... Read More
By Jerry Vondas TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, December 3, 2005 While Walter C. Kidney was renowned as one of the foremost architectural historians in the country, in his adoptive city of Pittsburgh he was known for his philanthropy and humility. "Walter knew the breadth and range of the history of architecture worldwide," said Arthur Ziegler, president ... Read More
Barbara Drew Hoffstot cofounded Landmarks in 1964. Until her death 30 years later, her pioneering preservation work in Pittsburgh laid the foundation for the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and brought about the creation of the National Register of Historic Places. She conceived the ideas of a Historic Plaques Program and ... Read More
by Jack Miller Director of Gift Planning The first rule of being a fundraiser is to stay behind the scenes. The second rule is to ignore the first rule when your boss "requests" it. Anyone who knows Landmarks’ president Arthur Ziegler knows that he is mission driven, yet a reserved person. So when I ... Read More
By Ron DaParma TRIBUNE-REVIEW REAL ESTATE WRITER Sunday, December 12, 2004 Jack Miller remembers well the day in 2000 when he met Lucille Tooke on her family farm in Pine. Tooke stopped the tractor she was riding and in the subsequent conversation she eventually told Miller, "I think God sent you to me." "Talk ... Read More
Preservation Easement Program Land Trust Alliance, Exchange Article - Volume 23, No. 1, Winter 2004 The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation ("Landmarks") in Pennsylvania merged preservation and planned giving in one innovative transaction that began in 2001 with the creation of a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT) that named Landmarks as its sole, ... Read More
By Gretchen McKay, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Saturday, July 12, 2003 Anyone who's ever fixed up a neglected old house knows it takes more than time and money. It takes some of your soul. Judith Harvey in the "urban garden" at her Fineview home. She restored the dilapidated Gothic Revival cottage then bought the ... Read More
Journal of Gift Planning - 3rd Quarter 2002 The cover image depicts Heathside Cottage, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and constructed circa 1855 in what is now Pittsburgh, PA. The building's Greek revival style is rare to find with its vergeboard and other sawn-out wooden trim still present and ... Read More
Landmarks recently accepted an 11-volume collection of dated Pittsburgh cutouts and postcards, donated by member Harry C. Goldby, formerly of Pittsburgh, now residing in Carlisle, PA. Mr. Goldby’s act of kindness emphasizes that significant gifts don’t have to be cash or securities. When such gifts are related to a charity’s mission, ... Read More