Welcome to PreservationDirectory.com - the online resource for historic preservation, building restoration and cultural resource management in the United States & Canada. Our goal is to foster the preservation of historic buildings, historic downtowns and neighborhoods, cultural resources and to promote heritage tourism by facilitating communication among historic preservation professionals and the general public.

Included on our site are directories, listings and links to:  Over 4,500 historical societies in North America  Over 7,000 history museums and house museums  All State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs)  Over 1,000 downtown and main street groups Hundreds of historic homes for sale, historic buildings and other historic property and historic real estate for sale - the online resource for finding your historic dream house and historic real estate agent / specialist! Hundreds of preservation and restoration professionals and services, including building restoration, architectural salvage, restoration suppliers, and historic consultants. Hundreds of historic hotels, historic bed and breakfasts, and historic inns in North America.     Historic tour services and heritage tourism resources. ...and much, much more.  Use the sidebar on the left to explore the vast resources for historic and cultural resource preservation available on the site. Not Sure What You are Looking For?  So much information resides on our site, and while we make every attempt to organize in the most thoughtful and intuitive manner possible we realize confusion/frustration can occur due to the scope of the information.  To this end, we have organized our site for your convenience - here are great places to start when you aren't sure: Site Map - outlines our entire site, with direct links to each section/topic Frequently Asked Questions - check here for answers to typical questions we recieve on a variety of topics.

The "Preservation News Headlines" section of our homepage highlights major news and information of great interest to the preservation community and is updated when news warrants (for a wide variety of news items, press releases and blog entries, please visit our "Preservation Blog" section).  Click the links below to view the full article/press release: 

• Main Streets in 3D Announcing Main Streets in 3D (Posted: March 12, 2010)
  
  
• Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act Introduced in House and Senate (Posted: March 6, 2010)
  
  
• This Old House Names the Best Old-House Neighborhoods (Posted: March 4, 2010)
  
  
• GAO Report Cites National Historic Preservation Act as Impediment to Stimulus Funding Recovery Projects (Posted: March 4, 2010)
  
  
• Proposed National Monument Designations Result in Broadside Attack on the Antiquities Act of 1906 (Posted: March 4, 2010)
  
  
• Mural Artists and Art Organizations Invited to Contribute Images to National Digital Collection (Posted: February 24, 2010)
  
  
• Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) to Give Up Interior Subcommittee Gavel for Defense Post (Posted: February 23, 2010)
  
  
• Classical School Replaced With 'McMansion' Replica (Posted: February 16, 2010)
  
  
• Minnesota Senate Includes Historic Rehab Credit in Construction Stimulus Bill (Posted: February 15, 2010)
  
  
• President’s FY’11 Budget Slashes Historic Preservation Funding (Posted: February 4, 2010)
  
  
• Opportunities for Preservation Jobs Stimulus Grow in Senate (Posted: January 29, 2010)
  
  
• New York Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Funding Slashed in State Budget (Posted: January 29, 2010)
  
  
• PreservationDirectory.com page added to Facebook
  
  
• Historic Real Estate Resource Launched
  
  
• Free Resource Guide for Historic & Cultural Resource Preservation Available.  To download a word document of the official press release, please click the following file link: PD1_resourceguide.doc
  
  
• Funding Sources and Tax Incentives Available for Preservation Projects - General Resources and answers to a frequently asked question
  

Please note, many other articles and press releases can be found on our "Preservation Blog" - to view all of the news items related to historic and cultural resource preservation, please click here. 

 
THIS MONTH'S JOB LISTINGS:

Looking for a job, internship or grant-funded position in historic preservation or cultural resource management?  Check here often, as we hightlight the many preservation-related employment positions added to our preservation blog.

• Summer Internship: Architectural Field Surveyors, Center for Historic Preservation at Ball State University in partnership with Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana (Posted: March 19, 2010)
  
  
• Executive Director, San Francisco Architectural Heritage, San Francisco, California (Posted: March 18, 2010)
  
  
• Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Director Program Services (Posted: March 10, 2010)
  
  
• Museum Administrator, Hangar 25 Air Museum, Big Spring, Texas (Posted: March 6, 2010)
  
  
• Apprentice Blacksmith, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Posted: March 5, 2010)
  
  
• Executive Director, Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Posted: March 4, 2010)
  
  
• Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia seeks Graduate Intern Summer 2010, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Posted: March 2, 2010)
  
  
• Preservation Trades Apprenticeship Program, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (Posted: March 2, 2010)
  
  
• Visitor Center Associate, Philip Johnson's Glass House (seasonal), National Trust for Historic Preservation, New Canaan, Connecticut (Posted: March 1, 2010)
  

Do you have a job opportunity or internship in historic preservation, cultural resource management, building restoration, architecture and design, etc. that you would like to post on our Preservation Blog?  Click here to post the preservation job opportunity.

Introducing the "Preservation Press Releases and Job Postings" directory:

The Preservation Press Releases & Job Postings directory serves as a collection of articles/notices/releases on a wide variety of topics of value to the preservation community, including restoration techiques, historic preservation and cultural resource job listings, the historic nomination process, museum exhibitions and news, preservation legislation, historic travel and heritage trip ideas, and endangered or threatened historic sites and homes.

The Preservation Press Releases & Job Postings directory includes the following topics (please note, based on feedback and our own internal planning, we will expand the categories as needed):

• General Interest & Miscellaneous News
• Architecture & Design
• Educational Programs in Preservation
• Employment Opportunities, Jobs & Internships in Preservation & Cultural Resources
• Endangered History
• Funding, Tax Incentives and Grants for Preservation Projects  
• Heritage Travel & Tourism
• Historic Preservation & Restoration Projects 
• Legislation & Public Policy Issues in Preservation
• Museums & Cultural Resources
• National Park Service News    
• Researching Your Historic Home
• Theater, Cinema & Opera House Restoration and Revitalization
• Urban Planning & Downtown Revitalization
• What's New on PreservationDirectory.com?

To view the main Preservation Blog directory, please click here.

To submit articles for consideration in the above topics, please click here. 

Thanks to All in the Preservation Community who have added photos to our online gallery of historic places and structures.  More photos to come - please check out our gallery of photos from historic places by clicking here. Do You Have Photos of Your Historic District, Historic Village, Town or City, or Other Historic Structures and Places?  Share your photos with our visitors on our "Historic Photo Gallery" Directory.  We will include any descriptive text you provide for any/all photos, we will provide photo credit, as well as provide a link to your email and/or website if you wish to include this information.    For More Information, please contact us via our online form.  Please click here to access our form.