Stevens & Smith Historical Site

Board of Directors and Project Leadership

Board of Directors

Nancy C. Bell, President

Stephen B. Dietrich, Vice President

Sarah S. Yocum, Esq.,Vice President

Peter Faranda-Diedrich, Treasurer

Michael R. Richardson, Secretary

Darlene Colon, Member-At-Large

Martha Armstrong
William B. Boyce III
Clyde Brown
Rita A. Byrne
Anthony J. D’Alessandro
Jeffrey L. Druce
M. Steven Funk
Constance C. Ginder
Beth C. Herr
John D. Hershey
Clarke E. Hess
Richard Hurst
Timothea Kirchner
Raymond B. McKeeby
Shirlie O’Leary
L. Scott Paden
Barbara Petersen
Marcia Trach
Margaret Young

National Advisory Council

Honorable Joseph R. Pitts
Dick Thornburgh
Honorable Robert S. Walker (retired)

Steering Committee

Margot L. Brubaker, Chair

Rev. Louis A. Butcher, Jr.
Rita A. Byrne
Theodora M. Chairsell
Darryl P. Gordon
Jeffrey N. LeFevre
Grace E. Moyer
Judy S. Ware
Suzanne Woodard
Margaret Young

Communications Committee

Suzanne Woodard, Co-Chair

Hope Banner
Rita A. Byrne
Beth C. Herr
John D. Hershey
J. Conley Nowak
Barbara Petersen
Alice Sanders

Creative Committee

Margot L. Brubaker
Darlene Colon
Thomas H. Cook
Ted Darcus
William Griscom, PhD
Leroy Hopkins, PhD
Stephen S. Miller
Thomas Ryan, PhD
Tracey Weis, PhD
This project is compelling because Thaddeus Stevens is one of the most under-rated political leaders in American history. It is potentially a very important historic site that will help round out some of the history of the mid-19th century that was so heavily concentrated in Lancaster.

- Robert S. Walker, former U.S. Congressman from Lancaster

Closer to Equality — Capital Campaign

Our plan is to create a $20 million educational and interpretive complex, using the restored 19th century properties of Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith located in Historic Downtown Lancaster, PA – featuring an original cistern believed by historians and archaeologists to have been used by Stevens and Smith as a hiding place for escaping slaves along the Underground Railroad. This will honor the legacy of these extraordinary Americans and inspire people today to carry on the work these patriots began. Please join us by giving a gift. View the Friends of the Closer to Equality Capital Campaign.

A Place in History: The Story of Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith

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Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County‎

Office:
123 North Prince Street
Lancaster, PA 17603

phone: 717.291.5861
fax: 717.291.2251
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