Partners for Sacred Places
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Partners for Sacred Places (Partners) is a United States
national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization whose mission is the support of older and historic sacred places by helping congregations and local communities sustain and actively use the structures.
Founded in 1989, Partners has helped several thousand congregations and other local organizations protect their community-serving
sacred places in towns and cities across America.
Partners works with the National Trust for Historic Preservation
to help communities adapt former religious
properties for new uses—and retained them as important anchors and architectural landmarks.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization whose mission is the support of older and historic sacred places by helping congregations and local communities sustain and actively use the structures.
Founded in 1989, Partners has helped several thousand congregations and other local organizations protect their community-serving
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...
sacred places in towns and cities across America.
Partners works with the National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is an American member-supported organization that was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods through a range of programs and activities, including the publication of Preservation...
to help communities adapt former religious
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
properties for new uses—and retained them as important anchors and architectural landmarks.
Partial list of projects
- Mother Bethel A.M.E. ChurchMother Bethel A.M.E. ChurchThe Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1794 by Richard Allen, an African-American Methodist minister. The church has been located at the corner of Sixth and Lombard Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since that time, making it the oldest church property continuously...
- St. Francis de Sales Church, PhiladelphiaSt. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)thumb|300px|St. Francis de Sales ChurchSt. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1890, is a Catholic church at 4625 Springfield Avenue in University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Its cornerstone laid in 1907, the Guastavino...
- Touro SynagogueTouro SynagogueThe Touro Synagogue is a 1763 synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, that is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States,the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America, and the only surviving synagogue building in the U.S...
See also
- Historic preservationHistoric preservationHistoric preservation is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance...
- Architectural historyArchitectural HistoryArchitectural History is the main journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain .The journal is published each autumn. The architecture of the British Isles is a major theme of the journal, although it includes more general papers on the history of architecture. Member of...
- America's Most Endangered PlacesAmerica's Most Endangered PlacesEach year since 1987, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has released a list of places they consider the most endangered in America. The number of sites included on the list has varied, with the most recent lists settling on 11...
- Oldest synagogues in the United States