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Sewickley Valley Historical Society
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This society is a charitable, educational and not-for-profit organization and shall be known as the SEWICKLEY VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, hereinafter known as the Society.
Contact us
Our staff will be happy to try to answer your questions about Sewickley history using the resources in our collection.
We can be reached by telephone at 412-741-5315 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Visit SVHS
SVHS is open to visitors and researchers Monday - Friday, 10:00am - 2:00pm.
Research appointments are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED so that staff can pull items related to your interests and research ahead of your visit and have them ready for you when you arrive.
As of March 2022 wearing masks while visiting the SVHS offices in the Old Sewickley Post Office building is optional. SVHS and its building partner, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, reserve the right to implement mitigation strategies at any time.
Please call (412) 741 -5315 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.prior to any visits to SVHS to make an appointment and staff will be happy to assist you.
We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding and look forward to helping you.
Available hours for visiting SVHS are 10am- 2pm. Please contact SVHS for times beyond those hours.
Getting Here:
Sewickley Valley Historical Society is located at 200 Broad Street
in the Old Sewickley Post Office Building.
Limited parking is available in the parking lot behind the building, and can be accessed by making the last right hand turn on Bank Street before turning onto Broad Street.
There are three doors available for visitors use to visit.
1. The back, wheelchair accessible, door facing the parking lot. When using this door, proceed down the hall towards the main lobby, make a left through the lobby and SVHS is the last pair of doors on the left before you reach a flight of stairs.
2. The side door on Bank Street -- this entrance is the main door for the Sweetwater Center for the Arts offices, and the SVHS is up the stairs that are on the left when using this entrance.
3. The main revolving doors facing Broad Street. When using this door head to the right and SVHS is the last pair of doors on the left before you reach a flight of stairs. ** Please note that these doors are not always accessible -- when inclement weather impacts their safety, the steps that lead to them are roped off from use. **
Join us
Membership and donations support the mission of Sewickley Valley Historical Society, which is to promote interest in and to record, collect, preserve and document the history of the Sewickley Valley. Benefits include issues of the Society’s newsletter, Signals; access to our collection of documents and photos, with research assistance by our staff; a 10% discount on SVHS merchandise; and invitations to our special events and programs.
Accomplishments
• We answer hundreds of queries about local history for visitors from all over the United States and encourage hands-on historical research.
• We catalog and maintain a computer database on a growing archival collection of books, postcards, diaries, letters, photographs, scrapbooks, maps, artifacts and other memorabilia.
• We publish a periodical newsletter, Signals, back issues of which can be downloaded from our website.
Sewickley Valley Historical Society Mission Statement
The mission of the Sewickley Valley Historical Society is to promote interest in and to record, collect, preserve, and document the history of the Sewickley Valley.
What We Do
The mission of the Sewickley Valley Historical Society is to promote interest in and to record, collect, preserve, and document the history of the Sewickley Valley.
Join Us!
Are you interested in the history of Sewickley, the greater Pittsburgh region, or Western Pennsylvania? Join the Sewickley Valley Historical Society to both learn more about local history and help preserve it for future generations.
