Partners for Sacred Places is an American
non-sectarian
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Academic sphere
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non-profit
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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
Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatur ...
properties for new uses—and retained them as important anchors and architectural landmarks.
Partial list of projects
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Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
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St. Francis de Sales Church, Philadelphia
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Third Presbyterian Church (Chester, Pennsylvania)
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Touro Synagogue
The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel ( he, קהל קדוש ישועת ישראל) is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States, the only surviving s ...
See also
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Historic preservation
Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK), is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. It is a philos ...
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Architectural history
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America's Most Endangered Places
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Oldest synagogues in the United States
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
* Old, Baranya, Hungary
* Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, ...
External links
Official website
1989 establishments in Pennsylvania
Organizations based in Philadelphia
Religious organizations based in the United States
Heritage organizations
Organizations established in 1989
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