CLOSED FROM
November 7, 2024 – January 1, 2025

During this time, the Medure Annex and the Clavelli Mansion will be undergoing renovation work. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

We hope to reopen on January 2, 2025

Upcoming Events

Telling Western Pennsylvania History Through Slavery and Abolition

November 6, 2024 – RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Telling Western Pennsylvania History Through Slavery and Abolition

Come Visit!

Open: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
11 am to 4pm
(CLOSED NOV 7 - JAN 1, 2025)

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  • Research
  • Tour
  • Displays on exhibit
  • New books in our Gift Shop
  • Museum Tours: offered on Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 1 pm by reservation only
  • Shenango China Display (see below)
  • Books and DVDs and other items available in our on site gift shop
  • Our online store offers a wide variety of items
    • books
    • gift items
    • DVDs and CDs
    • memorabilia

We appreciate your support and encouragement.

Visit us on our YouTube channel

Take a Tour!

Did you know you can tour our 1904-05 Edwardian-style Colonial Revival Residence, built for George and Alice White Greer?

By reservation only.
Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 1 pm.

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NEW SHENANGO CHINA DISPLAY

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WE HAVE A NEW ASSEMBLY OF SHENANGO CHINA on display in the Maryann Galiano Room (Second Floor)

INCLUDES PLATES FEATURING: Jacqueline and President John F. Kennedy, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first birthday in the White House, famous local people, Christmas plate collections, and many others.

Thank you to Jim Wilton, volunteer and chair of the archives committee, for meticulously creating this display.

Congratulations to Chief Justice Debra Todd of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

"Ellwood City native Debra Todd was a ‘superstar from the start.’ Now she leads the Pa. Supreme Court"

– Anya Sostek, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Chief Justice Todd is the first female chief justice in the 300-year history of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court.

Read the article in the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania / News. Posted on January 20, 2223

We Need Your Help!

Photo by Owens in New Castle, Pennsylvania

CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE ENLARGED FULL PHOTO

Can you identify this photo?
Anything you can tell us about it will be welcomed.

Cannot find what you were looking for here? For full and complete information, VISIT our www.LawrenceCHS.com site. CLICK on photo below. This site currently contains only brief announcements. Thank you.

Maryann Galiano Room Dedication

Former board member and long-time volunteer who passed away in June of 2020

On October 24, 2020 at 2:00 pm (eastern time), we dedicated a room on the second floor of the Joseph A. Clavelli Cultural Heritage Center in memory of our former board member and long-time volunteer, Maryann Galiano. People in attendance were wearing masks and social distancing due to COVID-19 restrictions. Others attended via Zoom.

Among her many contributions, she dedicated an enormous amount of time to organizing the myriad of information found there. The room contains an extensive display of our Shenango China and is now known as the Maryann Galiano Room.

READ her Obituary in the New Castle News

Interested in Becoming a Volunteer?

Our volunteers do a wide variety of things for the Society. Consider applying your skills to help us keep the society a cornerstone for the future.

Help Support the
Historical Society

With your support we can continue our important mission to preserve, protect and display the heritage of all the citizens of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.

Discover the Benefits of Membership!

We have various various levels of membership and all the benefits. Each level has it's own benefits and advantages. Join today!

10 things you can do from home!

(1) VISIT
our site

(2) WATCH
our newest
Moments in History video

(3) BUY
a BOOK

(4) TAKE
an on line tour

(5) FOLLOW US
on Social Media

(6) HELP
SUPPORT us.

(7) BROWSE
through
our online exhibits

(8) DELVE
into 150 years of
life in Lawrence County

(9) READ
our BLOGs about interesting figures
from our history in
18 different categories 

(10) EXPLORE / LEARN
about our collections

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