Preservation Organizations

This page contains listing and contact information for organizations at the national, state, and local levels that are involved with the storing of architectural records, historic preservation and adaptive use projects.
The following are recommendations for places to start your research.

National

• Cooperative Preservation of Architectural Records (COPAR)
  Architectural, Design and Engineering Collections
  Prints and photographs Division
  Library of Congress
  Washington D.C. 20540
  Voice Mail: (202) 707-8695
  www.cr.nps.gov
• Heritage Preservation Services
  c/o National Center for Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnership Programs
  National Park Service
  1849 C Street NW, NC330
  Phone: (202) 343-9583
  Email: hpsinfor@nps.gov
  www2.cr.nps.gov
• Library of Congress
  Library of Congress Preservation Directorate
  Washington D.C. 20540
  Voice Mail: (202) 707-5213
  Email: empreserv@loc.gov
  www.lcweb.loc.gov
• National Register of Historic Places
  National Park Service
  1849 C Street NW, NC400
  Washington D.C. 20240
  Phone:(202) 343-9536
  www.nps.gov/nr/index.htm
  General questions: www.nr.info@nrs.gov
  Reference: NR Reference@nps.gov
  National Register Information System (NRIS): nrisinfor@nps.gov
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
  1785 Massachusetts Ave. NW
  Washington, DC 20036
  Phone: 202-588-6000
  Fax: 202-588-6038
  www.nationaltrust.org

State

• Alameda Planning Department
  2250 Central Avenue, Room 160
  Alameda, California 94501
  (510) 784-4554
  Email: mgordon@ci.alameda.ca.us
• The California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency
  Bay Area Regional Office
  1670 South Amphlett Blvd, Suite 123
  San Mateo, CA 94402
  Phone: (650) 573-3880
• State Historic Preservation Office
  P.O. Box 94296
  Sacramento, CA 94296
  Phone: (916) 653-6624
  Email: calshpo@ohp.parks.ca.gov
  www.ohp.parks.ca.gov
• California Department of Parks and Recreation
  Office of Historic Preservation
  1416 9th Street, Room 1442-7
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  Phone: (916) 653-6624
  Email: calshpo@ohp.parks.ca.gov
• California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
  801 K Street, Suite 1700
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  Phone: (916) 322-1399
  Email: ciedb@commerce.ca.gov
• California Main Street Program
  801 K Street, Suite 1800
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  Phone: (919) 322-3536
  www.commerce.ca.gov/mainstreet
• California historical Resource information System (CHRIS)
  Phone: (916) 653-9125
  Email: jothom@ohp.parks.ca.gov
  www.csubak.edu

Local

• California historical Resource information System (CHRIS)
  Phone: (916) 653-9125
  Email: jothom@ohp.parks.ca.gov
  www.csubak.edu
• National Historic Landmarks Program
  National Park Service
  Pacific Great Basin Support Office
  600 Harrison Street, Suite 600
  San Francisco, CA 94107
  Phone: (415) 427-1398
• National Park Service
  Westerm Regional Office
  600 Harrison Street, Suite 600
  San Francisco, CA 94107
  Phone: (415) 556-7741
• Cooperative Preservation of Architectural Records (COPAR)
  Northern California Committee
  230 Wurster Hall, Box 1820
  U.C. Berkeley
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  Phone: (510) 642-5124
  Email: archives@socrates.berkeley.edu
  www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives.htm
• Art Deco Society of California
  100 Bush, No. 511
  San Francisco, CA 94104
  Phone: (415) 982-DECO
  www.art-deco.org
• California Preservation Foundation
  1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 820
  Oakland, CA 94612
  (510) 763-0972
  Email: cpfoffice@californiapreervation.org
  www.californiapreservation.org
• California Statewide Preservation Organization
  405 14th Street, Suite 1010
  Oakland, CA 94612
  Phone: (510) 763-0972
• Society of California Pioneers Library
  300 4th Street
  San Francisco, CA 94107
  Phone: (415) 957-1849
  www.californiapioneers.org
• Alameda County Community Development Agency
  399 Elmhurst Street
  Hayward, California 94544
  (510) 670-5400
• Hayward Department of Community and Economic Development
  777 B Street
  Hayward, California 94547
  (510) 583-4250