Preservation Contacts
Among the National Trust for Historic Preservation's most frequent collaborators in protecting America's heritage are statewide and local preservation organizations and state historic preservation offices (SHPO).
A statewide is a non-profit group, normally supported by voluntary memberships, that works across its state to promote good preservation practices. A local is a similar organization, except that it focuses on a specific community or metropolitan area.
Each state must have a publicly-funded SHPO, a government agency whose responsibilities include identifying historic properties, considering National Register nominations, reviewing federal projects for their impact on historic properties, and providing assistance to federal agencies, state and local governments, and the private sector.
Please note that the National Trust for Historic Preservation's regional offices appear in this list only in the state in which they are located. Click here to view a map to locate your regional office.
California Preservation Foundation
Statewide Partner
The California Preservation Foundation provides statewide leadership, advocacy and education to ensure the protection of California's diverse cultural heritage and historic places.
Cindy Heitzman, Executive Director
5 Third Street, Suite 424
San Francisco, California 94103
Phone: 415.495.0349
Fax: 415.495.0265
Email: cpf@californiapreservation.org
Website: www.californiapreservation.org
Los Angeles Conservancy
Local Partner
The Los Angeles Conservancy, the largest membership-based local historic preservation organization in the country, is dedicated to the recognition, preservation, and revitalization of the architectural and cultural heritage of greater Los Angeles.
Linda Dishman, Executive Director
523 W. Sixth Street, Suite 826
Los Angeles, California 90014
Phone: 213.623.2489
Fax: 213.623.3909
Email: info@laconservancy.org
Website: www.laconservancy.org
Office of Historic Preservation, Department of Parks and Recreation
State Historic Preservation Office
Mr. Milford Wayne Donaldson, SHPO
1725 23rd Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, California 95816-7100
Phone: 916.445.7000
Fax: 916.445.7053
Email: calshpo@parks.ca.gov
Website: www.ohp.parks.ca.gov/
Pacific West Region
National Park Service Regional Office
Pacific West Region
One Jackson Center, 1111 Jackson Street, Suite 700
Oakland, California 94607
Phone: 510.817.1304
Preservation Action Council of San Jose
Local Partner
PACSJ is a nonprofit membership organization providing information to property owners, education to the public, and promoting programs and policies for historic preservation and compatible new architectural design.
Brian Grayson, Interim Executive Director
P.O. Box 2287
San Jose, California 95109
Phone: 408.998.8105
Fax: 408.998.8105
Email: info@preservation.org
Website: www.preservation.org
San Francisco Architectural Heritage
Local Partner
The mission of Heritage is to develop and maintain a public appreciation and understanding of the cultural, aesthetic, and economic value of San Francisco's architecturally and historically significant structures and district; and to be an effective force in motivating public and private action to preserve and protect these resources.
Mike Buhler, Executive Director
2007 Franklin Street
San Francisco, California 94109
Phone: 415.441.3000
Fax: 415.441.3015
Email: mbuhler@sfheritage.org
Website: www.sfheritage.org
San Francisco Field Office
National Trust Regional Office
The Hearst Building
San Francisco, California 94103
Phone: (415) 947-0692
Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO)
Local Partner
Through education, advocacy, and stewardship SOHO's mission is to preserve, promote and support preservation of the architectural, cultural and historical links and landmarks that contribute to the community identity, depth and character of our region.
Bruce Coons, Executive Director
2476 San Diego Avenue
San Diego, California 92110
Phone: 619.297.9327
Fax: 619.291.3576
Email: soho-1@sohosandiego.org
Website: www.sohosandiego.org
