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SHPO - State Historic Preservation Offices

Every State and U.S. Territory is home to an expertly-qualified State Historic Preservation Officer. 


SHPO Role


☑ Conducting a comprehensive survey of historic properties

☑ Maintaining an inventory of historic properties

☑ Administering state programs of Federal assistance

☑ Identifying and nominating eligible properties to the National Historic Register

☑ Advising and assisting Federal, State and local governments in matters of historic preservation

☑ Preparing and implementing a statewide historic preservation plan

☑ Providing public information, education, training and technical assistance

☑ Working with local governments in the development of local historic preservation programs and help them become “certified local governments”

☑ Provide consultation for Federal undertakings under the Section 106 provision of the National Historic Preservation Act

☑ Promoting historic preservation efforts within state government

☑ Coordinating with tribal governments on historic preservation matters

☑ Maintaining and managing historic house museums and historic sites

☑ Coordinating state heritage tourism efforts

☑ Holding and enforcing historic preservation easements

☑ Managing State Rehabilitation Tax Credit programs

☑ Maintaining state granting programs

☑ Supporting Main Street communities and revitalization efforts

☑ Providing consultation for State undertakings, similar to the Section 106 provision of the National Historic Preservation Act


Sources: https://ncshpo.org/about-us/what-is-shpo/

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/state-historic-preservation-offices.htm



SHPO OFFICES BY STATE





Alabama

Alabama Historical Commission 

468 South Perry Street P.O. Box 300900

Montgomery, AL 36130-0900

Phone: 334-242-3184








Alaska


Office of History & Archaeology

550 West 7th Avenue

Suite 1310

Anchorage, AK 99501

Email: dnr.oha@alaska.gov








American Samoa


Letitia Peau-Folau, SHPO

Executive Offices of the Governor

AS Government/Historic Preservation Office

Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799

Phone: 684-699-2316

Fax: 684-699-2276

E-mail: tish.folau@go.as.gov







Arizona


SHPO Administrative Assistant

State Historic Preservation Office

Arizona State Parks & Trails

1110 W Washington St, Suite 100

Phoenix, AZ 85007

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(602) 542-4009

To submit comments or questions, please email at:  azshpo@azstateparks.gov








Arkansas

Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
1100 North Street, 
Little Rock, AR 72201

Phone: 501-324-9880

Email: 
info@arkansasheritage.com







California

Office of Historic Preservation

1725 23rd Street, Suite 100

Sacramento, CA  95816

(916) 445-7000; fax: (916) 445-7053

info.calshpo@parks.ca.gov 








Colorado


History Colorado

1200 Broadway

Denver, CO 80203

Phone:  (303)-447-8679








Connecticut


Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
450 Columbus Boulevard, 
Suite 5, 
Hartford, CT 06103

Phone: 860-256-2800







Delaware


Delaware Historical & Cultural Affairs Office

29 N. State St.

Dover, DE 1990


P: (302) 736-7400

F: (302) 739-5660








District of Columbia


District of Columbia's Historic Preservation Office

1100 4th Street, SW, Suite 650 East, Washington, DC 20024

Phone: (202) 442-7600

Fax: (202) 442-7638

TTY: 711

Email: planning@dc.gov







Florida


Florida Division of Historical Resources

R.A. Gray Building

500 South Bronough Street

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250


Phone: 850.245.6300

Fax: 850.245.6436








Georgia


Georgia Historic Preservation Division

60 Executive Park South, NE

Atlanta GA 30329

Phone: 404-679-4840
historicpreservation@dca.ga.gov







Guam


Department of Parks and Recreation
Government of Guam

490 Chalan Palasyo,
Agana Heights, 
Guam 96910

Phone: 671-475-6294/6337






Hawaii


Hawaiʻi State Historic Preservation Division

Kakuhihewa Building

601 Kamokila Blvd., Suite 555

Kapolei, HI 96707


Ph: (808) 692-8015

Fax: (808) 692-8020

dlnr@hawaii.gov








Idaho


Idaho State Historical Society

2205 Old Penitentiary Rd.

Boise, ID 83712

General Inquiries: (208) 334-2682

Fax: (208) 334-2774








Illinois


State Historic Preservation Office

(Preservation Services)

IDNR-One Natural Resources Way

Springfield, IL 62702-1271

(217) 782-4836








Indiana


Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

402 W. Washington Street, W274

Indianapolis IN 46204

Phone: 317-232-1646








Iowa


Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, State Historic Preservation Office

State Historical Building – 3rd Floor East

600 E. Locust St.

Des Moines, IA 50319

(515) 281-5111








Kansas


Kansas Historic Society

6425 SW 6th Avenue 

Topeka, KS 66615-1099 

(785)-272-8681





Kentucky


Kentucky Heritage Council

The Barstow House

410 High Street

Frankfort, KY 40601

(502) 564-7005







Louisiana


Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Division of Historic Preservation

PO Box 44247

Baton Rouge LA 70804

Main: (225) 342-8160

Fax: (225) 219-9772







Maine


Maine Historic Preservation Commission

55 Capitol Street

65 State House Station

Augusta, Maine, 04333-0065


(207) 287-2132

Kirk.Mohney@maine.gov







Marshall Islands, Republic of the



RMI Historic Preservation Office

PO Box 1454 Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960 · 
Tel: (692) 625-4476 
Fax: 625-4476 
E-mail: RMIHPO@ntamar.com





Maryland


Maryland Historical Trust

100 Community Place, 3rd Floor

Crownsville, MD 21032-2023

(410) 697-959







Massachusetts


Massachusetts Historical Commission

220 Morrissey Boulevard

Boston, Massachusetts 02125

Tel: 617-727-8470

Fax: 617-727-5128

mhc@sec.state.ma.us







Michigan



Michigan State Historic Preservation Office

300 N. Washington Sq., Lansing, MI 48913

 (888).522.0103







Micronesia, Federated States of


 Historic Preservation Office

 P.O. Box 714. 

YAP State Government Colonia, Yap, FM 96943. 

Phone: 011-691-350-4226. 

Fax: 011-691-350-4256









Minnesota


State Historic Preservation Office 

Administration Building Suite 203 

50 Sherburne Ave

St. Paul, MN 55155

651-201-3287







Mississippi


Mississippi Department of Archives and History

P.O. Box 571

Jackson, MS 39205-0571 


601-576-6850

Info@mdah.ms.gov 







Missouri


State Historic Preservation Office

P.O. Box 176 | Jefferson City, MO 65102

800-361-4827

573-751-7858








Montana


Montana Historical Society. All rights reserved

225 North Roberts

P.O. Box 201201 

Helena, MT 59620-1201

406-444-2694

406-444-2696 (fax)







Nebraska


History Nebraska

1500 R Street

Lincoln, NE 68508

Phone: 402-471-3270







Nevada


Nevada State Historic Preservation Office

901 South Stewart Street, Ste 5004

Carson City NV 89701

(775)-684-3448







New Hampshire


NH Division of Historical Resources

19 Pillsbury Street - 2nd floor

Concord, NH 03301-3570


preservation@dncr.nh.gov

603-271-3483 / FAX 603-271-3433






New Jersey


Mail Code 501-04B

State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Historic Preservation Office

PO Box 420

Trenton, NJ 08625-0420


TEL: (609) 984-0176

FAX: (609) 984-0578







New Mexico


New Mexico Historic Preservation Division

Department of Cultural Affairs

Bataan Memorial Building, 407 Galisteo Street, Suite 236, Santa Fe, NM 87501


General E-mail: nm.shpo@dca.nm.gov

General Information: (505) 827-6320







New York


New York State Historic Preservation Office

Peebles Island Resource Center

P.O. Box 189

Waterford, NY 12188-0189

518-237-8643






North Carolina


North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office

109 E. Jones Street, 2nd Floor

Mail Service Center 4617

Raleigh NC 27601


Phone: (919) 814-6570

Fax: (919) 814-6898







North Dakota


State Historic Preservation Office of North Dakota

612 East Boulevard Ave.

Bismarck, North Dakota 58505

phone: 701.328.2666

email: history@nd.gov






Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of the

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Caller Box 10007, Capitol Hill, Saipan, MP 96950

repdlguerreroj@gmail.com

670-664-2587









Ohio


Ohio History Connection, State Historic Preservation Office

800 E. 17th Ave

Columbus OH 43211

 tel: 614.298.2000

 fax: 614.298.2037







Oklahoma


State Historic Preservation Office

Oklahoma Historical Society

800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

405-521-6249

Fax 405-522-0816







Oregon


Oregon Parks & Recreation Department

725 Summer Street NE, Suite C

Salem, OR 97301







Palau, Republic of (phone: 011-680-488-2486)








Pennsylvania


Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office

Commonwealth Keystone Building

400 North Street

Harrisburg, PA 17120

Phone: (717) 783-8946







Puerto Rico


Oficina Estatal de Conservación Histórica de Puerto Rico

P.O. Box 9023935,

San Juan PR 00902-3935

Teléfono: (787)721-3737







Rhode Island


Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission

Old State House

150 Benefit Street

Providence RI 02903

Phone: 401-222-2678

Fax: 401-222-2968







South Carolina


South Carolina Department of Archives and History, State Historic Preservation Office

8301 Parklane Road

Columbia SC 29223

(803)-896-6196







South Dakota


South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office

900 Governors Dr

Pierre SD 57501-2217

Phone: 605-773-3458

Fax: 605-773-6041







Tennessee


State Historic Preservation Office

2941 Lebanon Pike

Nashville, TN 37214

(615) 532-1550

Ask.THC@tn.gov







Texas




Texas Historical Commission Main Office

P.O. Box 12276

Austin, TX 78711

Phone: 512.463.6100

Email: thc@thc.texas.gov







Utah


Utah State Historic Preservation Office

3760 S. Highland Drive

Millcreek UT 84106

Phone: 801-245-7263







Vermont


Division for Historic Preservation

One National Life Drive

Deane C. Davis Building, 6th Floor

Montpelier, VT 05620-0501

802-828-3222







Virgin Islands


St. Croix Virgin Islands State Historic Preservation Office

Fort Frederik Museum

198 Strand St.

Frederiksted,

St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00840

Phone: (340) 719-4315







Virginia


Virginia Department of Historic Resources

2801 Kensington Ave

Richmond VA 23221

Phone: 804-367-2323

Fax: 804-367-2391







Washington


Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation

PO Box 48343

Olympia, WA 98504-8343

Telephone (360) 586-3065

Fax (360) 586-3067







West Virginia


West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office

WV Department of Art, Culture and History

The Culture Center, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East

Charleston WV 25305

Phone: 304-558-0220







Wisconsin


Wisconsin Historical Society

816 State Street

Madison WI 53706

608-264-6535







Wyoming


Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

2301 Central Avenue

Barrett Building, Third Floor

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002

Phone: 307-777-7697