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
☑ Provide consultation for Federal undertakings under Section 106 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
SHPO OFFICES BY STATE
Alabama Historical Commission
468 South Perry Street P.O. Box 300900
Montgomery, AL 36130-0900
Phone: 334-242-3184
Office of History & Archaeology
550 West 7th Avenue
Suite 1310
Anchorage, AK 99501
Email: dnr.oha@alaska.gov
AS Government/Historic Preservation Office
Letitia Peau-Folau, SHPO
Executive Offices of the Governor
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Phone: 684-699-2316
Fax: 684-699-2276
Email: tish.folau@go.as.gov
SHPO Administrative Assistant
State Historic Preservation Office
Arizona State Parks & Trails
1110 W Washington St, Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 542-4009
Email: azshpo@azstateparks.gov
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
1100 North Street,
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-324-9880
Email: info@arkansasheritage.com
Office of Historic Preservation
1725 23rd Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone: (916) 445-7000
Fax: (916) 445-7053
Email: info.calshpo@parks.ca.gov
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
450 Columbus Boulevard,
Suite 5,
Hartford, CT 06103
Phone: 860-256-2800
Delaware Historical & Cultural Affairs Office
29 N. State St.
Dover, DE 1990
Phone: (302) 736-7400
Fax: (302) 739-5660
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
Email: planning@dc.gov
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 Historic Preservation Division
60 Executive Park South, NE
Atlanta GA 30329
Phone: 404-679-4840
Department of Parks and Recreation Government of Guam
490 Chalan Palasyo,
Agana Heights,
Guam 96910
Phone: 671-475-6294/6337
Hawaiʻi State Historic Preservation Division
Kakuhihewa Building
601 Kamokila Blvd., Suite 555
Kapolei, HI 96707
Phone: (808) 692-8015
Fax: (808) 692-8020
Email: dlnr@hawaii.gov
Idaho State Historical Society
2205 Old Penitentiary Rd.
Boise, ID 83712
Phone: (208) 334-2682
Fax: (208) 334-2774
State Historic Preservation Office (Preservation Services)
IDNR-One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702-1271
Phone: (217) 782-4836
Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
402 W. Washington Street, W274
Indianapolis IN 46204
Phone: 317-232-1646
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, State Historic Preservation Office
State Historical Building – 3rd Floor East
600 E. Locust St.
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515) 281-5111
Kentucky Heritage Council
The Barstow House
410 High Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-7005
Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Division of Historic Preservation
PO Box 44247
Baton Rouge LA 70804
Phone: (225) 342-8160
Fax: (225) 219-9772
Maine Historic Preservation Commission
55 Capitol Street
65 State House Station
Augusta, Maine, 04333-0065
Phone: (207) 287-2132
Email: Kirk.Mohney@maine.gov
RMI Historic Preservation Office
PO Box 1454 Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960 ·
Phone: (692) 625-4476
Fax: 625-4476
Email: RMIHPO@ntamar.com
Maryland Historical Trust
100 Community Place, 3rd Floor
Crownsville, MD 21032-2023
Phone: (410) 697-959
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Phone: 617-727-8470
Fax: 617-727-5128
Email: mhc@sec.state.ma.us
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
300 N. Washington Sq., Lansing, MI 48913
Phone: (888).522.0103
Historic Preservation Office
P.O. Box 714.
YAP State Government Colonia, Yap, FM 96943.
Phone: 011-691-350-4226.
Fax: 011-691-350-4256
State Historic Preservation Office
Administration Building Suite 203
50 Sherburne Ave
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: 651-201-3287
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
P.O. Box 571
Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Phone: 601-576-6850
Email: Info@mdah.ms.gov
State Historic Preservation Office
P.O. Box 176 | Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 800-361-4827
Fax: 573-751-7858
Montana Historical Society. All rights reserved
225 North Roberts
P.O. Box 201201
Helena, MT 59620-1201
Phone: 406-444-2694
Fax: 406-444-2696
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
901 South Stewart Street, Ste 5004
Carson City NV 89701
Phone: (775)-684-3448
NH Division of Historical Resources
19 Pillsbury Street - 2nd floor
Concord, NH 03301-3570
Phone: 603-271-3483
Fax: 603-271-3433
Email: preservation@dncr.nh.gov
State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Historic Preservation Office
PO Box 420
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
Phone: (609) 984-0176
Fax: (609) 984-0578
New Mexico Historic Preservation Division
Department of Cultural Affairs
Bataan Memorial Building, 407 Galisteo Street, Suite 236, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 827-6320
Email: nm.shpo@dca.nm.gov
New York State Historic Preservation Office
Peebles Island Resource Center
P.O. Box 189
Waterford, NY 12188-0189
Phone: 518-237-8643
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
State Historic Preservation Office of North Dakota
612 East Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
Phone: 701.328.2666
Email: history@nd.gov
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Caller Box 10007, Capitol Hill, Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: 670-664-2587
Email: repdlguerreroj@gmail.com
Ohio History Connection, State Historic Preservation Office
800 E. 17th Ave
Columbus OH 43211
Phone: 614.298.2000
Fax: 614.298.2037
State Historic Preservation Office Oklahoma Historical Society
800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: 405-521-6249
Fax: 405-522-0816
Oregon Parks & Recreation Department
725 Summer Street NE, Suite C
Salem, OR 97301
Palau, Republic of (phone: 011-680-488-2486)
Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office
Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 783-8946
Oficina Estatal de Conservación Histórica de Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 9023935,
San Juan PR 00902-3935
Phone: (787)721-3737
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 Department of Archives and History, State Historic Preservation Office
8301 Parklane Road
Columbia SC 29223
Phone: (803)-896-6196
South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office
900 Governors Dr
Pierre SD 57501-2217
Phone: 605-773-3458
Fax: 605-773-6041
State Historic Preservation Office
2941 Lebanon Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
Phone: (615) 532-1550
Email: Ask.THC@tn.gov