Serving on the historic preservation board is Bill Callahan.

Bill Callahan is the Bureau for Historic Preservation’s representative in western Pennsylvania. The BHP is part of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and Bill is located in the PHMC’s Fort Pitt Museum in Pittsburgh.

Bill has over eighteen years of experience working with federal and state historic preservation programs in Illinois, Nebraska and Pennsylvania. Bill has also worked in the private sector, for several years managing two businesses located in an historic downtown.

Bill represents the BHP in Pennsylvania’s western 24 counties; those counties extending west from and including McKean, Cameron, Clearfield, Cambria and Somerset counties. Through Bill the BHP provides technical preservation assistance to municipalities, planning commissions, Historic Architecture Review Boards, advocacy groups, community development advocates, Main Street programs, business groups and property owners.

Contact Bill with any questions about the National Register of Historic Places, Certified Local Governments, historic buildings surveys, the Historic District Act (HARBs) and the BHP’s funding and incentive programs at wcallahan@state.pa.us and 412-565-3575.

The mailing address for the Fort Pitt Museum is 101 Commonwealth Pl., Pittsburgh, PA 15222. You can learn more about the BHP at http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bhp/.