The Horsham Preservation & Historic Association (HPHA) is dedicated to identifying, studying, preserving and protecting the historical heritage, buildings and artifacts of Horsham area.

Currently Peter and Margaret Choate serve as full time staff for HPHA. They are on-site caretakers and construction supervisors at the Penrose-Strawbridge restoration site. They are the key staff members. They have both academic and practical knowledge of historic buildings and their restoration.

Secretary - Cindy Ziesing - Works as a practice administrator at a major law firm in Philadelphia and lives in a home built in 1743 in Horsham.  She received a BA from Kenyon College and a J.D. from Temple University, Magna Cum Laude.

Treasurer - Fran LaRosa - A long time member and Treasurer a few years ago.  Fran works for Liberty Properties in Horsham.

Herbert Levy, Registered Architect, FAIA, Herb is well respected in the historic preservation field. He has served on the board of PHMC, and more recently was president of both HABS and HAER. He is a board advisor to HPHA.

George Felbin, member since 1998, Registered Architect in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 1963. University of Pennsylvania degree in Architecture. Member of NCARB. Chairman of the Horsham Historic Advisory Commission. Historic house owner.

Margaret Choate, Founder, past president and member since 1997. - Board member since 1998. Retired Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager of Corestates Bank. Summa Cum Laude graduate of Bucks County Community College in the Historic Preservation program in 1998. Member of Sigma Phi Kappa, historic preservation honor society. Member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Founding member of the Horsham Historic Advisory Board.

Peter Choate, Past president and member since 1997. University of Delaware, BA in American History. He is a retired computer business systems owner and entrepreneur. He serves as Executive Director of HPHA.

Steve Schneider - Owner of Schneider HVAC, Steve has been a member since 2004, a historic house owner and is a Past President. 

Curt Kaller, of C. D. Kaller, Inc. and Old Philadelphia Historic Restoration Company.  Curt Kaller is active in historic house restoration and lives in a restored Victorian home.  See him at C D Kaller Inc

Jane Douglass of Prudential, Fox & Roach Realtors
A 26-year veteran in marketing of real estate in Montgomery & Bucks Counties,
she sold some of the oldest properties in Montgomery County. Examples are the Circa 1701 ”Rose Hill” in Blue Bell and a Circa 1702 house in Upper Dublin, which was built for colonial Governor Sir William Keith’s tax collector.
She is a civil war enthusiast who has completed certification in Historic marketing & Vintage Architecture.
She is a member of the Historic Real Estate marketing program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Montgomery county Association of Realtors. Jane is also a long time member and publicity chairman of the Historical Society of Fort Washington.

Kyle Hallowell - Our student board member from the Hatboro-Horsham School District.