Tri-City Historical Society to open 1st museum in downtown New Kensington

James Sabulsky, president of the Tri-City Historical Society, holds a front page of the Kensington Dispatch from Saturday, Dec. 26, 1891.

Newspaper front pages, clips and photos are among the artifacts displayed at the Tri-City Historical Society’s first museum next to Modfinish on Fifth Avenue in New Kensington. Society President James Sabulsky hopes having a museum where the society’s collection can be viewed by the public will help to bring in more donations.

A collection of picture postcards showing New Kensington’s Fourth and Fifth avenues in the mid-1900s recently were sent to the Tri-City Historical Society from a donor in Virginia.

A handmade model of the Liberty Theater is displayed at the Tri-City Historical Society’s museum on Fifth Avenue. The model’s roof can be removed, revealing the seats inside.

A “survivor brick” from Ken-Hi is part of the Tri-City Historical Society’s collection. The high school, built in 1913, was demolished in 2001.

A New Kensington High School diploma from 1917 is displayed at the Tri-City Historical Society museum next to Modfinish on Fifth Avenue in New Kensington.

The front page of the Daily Dispatch from Oct. 11, 1926, heralds the opening of the Logan Trust Co. bank building in downtown New Kensington. The page is in the collection of the Tri-City Historical Society.