Our Mission

The Society shall promote and foster knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of history in general and of the City of Monessen and environs in particular. The objective of this Society shall be to study, collect, and preserve for the City historical records and antiquities relating to the history of Monessen and environs and its people; to preserve items of current events that may have historical interest in the future; to interest and unite the city in a finer public spirit, through a fuller understanding of the traditions and history, both past and in the making, of our city and its neighboring communities

The Greater Monessen Historical Society is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization registered in Pennsylvania
and your donation is tax deductible.

 

GREATER MONESSEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

FOUNDED 1995
INCORPORATED 2000 


MONESSEN HERITAGE MUSEUM AND EXHIBITION HALL

ESTABLISHED 2004 AND 2021



GMHS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Daniel T. Zyglowicz
President and Editor of the Valley Historian

Gary Strelick
Vice President

Virginia Mussano Fisfis
Secretary

Mary Lou Mussano Simkins


Candis Elyanich Kelley
Member Emeritus

Tim Donner, Honorary Seat
(great-grandson of Monessen Founder William H. Donner)

George O. Morgan IV, Honorary Seat
(great-grandson of George O. Morgan)

Vito C. Beneccio
Webmaster