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NPA board members Marynel and Jerry Corton were honored with the Friends of the Community Award for 2017.  Cheered by the crowd for their work and dedication for the Barry community, honorees Marynel and Jerry were chauffeured through the parade route of the Barry Apple Festival.  In addition to her work on behalf of New […]

The New Philadelphia Association acquired 20.23 acres of the Arnett estate property of the historic New Philadelphia town site on October 16, 2017.  The parcel includes all of Blocks 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. The NPA now owns 24.76 acres within the town boundaries, 3.10 acres of property on which […]

Authorized by bi-partisan legislation approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama, the National Park Service is conducting a special resource study to determine New Philadelphia’s qualifications for inclusion as a unit of the National Park System.  A site visit and community meeting was held on May 11, 2016 and results of the […]

As a member of the National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, New Philadelphia participates in the National Park Service Passport to Your National Parks initiative.  Visitors can commemorate their visit to New Philadelphia with a validation stamp in the “additional cancellations” section of their colorful NPS passport, which includes among its many […]

“A People’s College Primer,” 1969, “initially developed for a course at Fisk University, this text went through six editions and became a staple in programs around the nation. Gift of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey” on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, part of the “A Changing America” exhibition.

Family treasures contributed by the McWorter family and artifacts recovered during archaeological excavations at New Philadelphia are displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History as part of the “Many Voices, One Nation”  section of The Nation We Build Together exhibition.  Many members of the McWorter family attended the official opening of the exhibit […]

Hosted by Dr. Joseph Schuldenrein, Dr. Christopher Fennel and National Park Service Tara Petit, project manager, National Park Service Denver Service Center, participated in a discussion evaluating the significance of New Philadelphia and the special resource study conducted at the site.  The special resource study, approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama, […]

The Illinois Archaeology Survey honored the New Philadelphia Association with the organization’s 2016 Public Service Award noting, “For over two decades, the NPA has worked relentlessly, and with outstanding results, to ensure the integrity of this 42-ace site and to promote research, conservation and commemoration of its archaeological and heritage resources.”  Dr. Christopher Fennell, associate […]

For more than two years we have been selling our book about New Philadelphia, and it’s a milestone to have sold 1000 copies.  Thanks to Books on the Square for selling it online, and thanks to Marynel and Jerry Corton who get it out in Pike County.  Get yours today!          

Dr. Chis Fennell published a new book entitled, Broken Chains and Subverted Plans,” which discusses New Philadelphia.