Identifies historic buildings and places and protects them through Landmark and district designations. Administers National Register program for Boston. Manages design review in seven local historic districts. Reviews development projects that affect historic resources. Administers demolition delay. Provides public information. Established in 1975.

Contact: Ellen Lipsey, City Hall Room 805, Boston, MA 02201; 617-635-3850; ellen.lipsey@cityofboston.gov

 

BMS: Boston Main Streets

Revitalizes neighborhood commercial districts through locally established Main Street organizations. Provides merchant groups and community residents with tools and information necessary for their historic community centers to compete in today's marketplace. Established in 1995.

Contact: Emily Haber, 26 Court Street, Boston, MA 02108; 617-635-0293; mainstreets@cityofboston.gov

 

BPA: Boston Preservation Alliance

Serves over 50 member organizations by orchestrating advocacy for historic preservation in Boston. Presents annual awards and offers educational programs. Established in 1978.

Contact: Sarah Kelly, 45 School Street, Boston, MA 02108; 617-367-2458; skelly@bostonpreservation.org

 

BSA: Boston Society of Architects (Historic Resources Committee)

Holds monthly meetings to share information about cutting-edge preservation issues with architects and other preservation professionals. Established in 1969.

Contact: Henry Moss; 617-492-8400; hmoss@brunercott.com

 

HBI: Historic Boston Incorporated

Puts people and resources together to preserve endangered, but pivotal historic buildings to encourage the economic, social and cultural well-being of Boston neighborhoods. Raises money, lends money, develops historic real estate, awards grants, provides technical assistance, and holds easements. Established in 1960.

Contact: Kathy Kottaridis, 3 School Street, Boston, MA 02108; 617-227-4679; klh@historicboston.org

 

HNE: Historic New England (aka Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities)

Operates historic house museums in five states spanning four centuries. Offers more then 200 public programs annually, including lectures, courses and workshops, and family activities. Preserves and makes available by appointment library and archival resources. Holds preservation easements on more than 60 privately owned historic buildings in New England. Established in 1910.

Contact: Historic New England, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114; 617-227-3956 info@historicnewengland.org

 

MHC: Massachusetts Historical Commission

Identifies, evaluates, and protects historic buildings, sites, landscapes, and archaeological resources of the state. Administers the National Register program and the historic rehabilitation tax credit program. Reviews impacts of federal or state funded, licensed, or permitted undertakings on historic resources. Administers non-construction survey and planning grants as well as Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund Grants. Established in 1963.

Contact: Brona Simon, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester, MA 02125; 617-727-8470;   mhc@sec.state.ma.us

 

NPS: National Historical Park - Boston

Bostonians blazed a trail of freedom from colony to independence. They met in town meetings to argue contemporary issues, they spoke against excessive taxes, and they were among the leaders in organizing a defense against British dominion. Today the sites of Boston National Historical Park symbolize the accomplishments of that revolutionary generation.

Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129; Downtown Visitor Center 617-242-5642

 

NTHP: National Trust for Historic Preservation (Northeast Office)

Gives technical assistance through consultations and field visits as well as financial assistance, primarily through small grants, to help jump-start local efforts. Convenes educational programs for professional preservationists, and works to foster preservation-friendly public policies that affect historic places throughout the 10-state northeast region from Maine to Delaware. Northeast Office established in 1975.

Contact: Wendy Nicholas, 7 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02109; 617-523-0885;  nero@nthp.org

 

NYLC: The New York Landmarks Conservancy

Dedicates its efforts to preserving, enhancing, revitalizing, and reusing architecturally significant buildings in New York City and State. Over 30 years, its programs have provided more than $24 million in grants and low-interest loans, accompanied by countless hours of hands-on technical consulting, to owners of historic homes, businesses, schools, houses of worship, theaters, cultural institutions, affordable housing units, and community centers.

The New York Landmarks Conservancy, One Whitehall Street, New York, NY 10004; 212.995.5260

 

PSP: Partners for Sacred Places

Dedicates its efforts, as the only national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization, to the sound stewardship and active community use of America's older religious properties. Provides technical assistance to the people who care for sacred places while promoting a new understanding of how these places sustain communities.

Partners for Sacred Places, 1700 Sansom Street, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103;
(215) 567-3234 partners@sacredplaces.org

 

PM: PreservatiON MASS (formerly Historic Massachusetts, Inc.)

Assists private and public entities that seek to preserve significant historic, scenic, and archeological sites throughout the Commonwealth.   Holds educational conferences on critical preservation issues.  Leads initiatives to educate state legislators about historic preservation.  Makes strategic investments to revitalize communities.  Established in 1985.

Contact: James W. Igoe, 45 School Street, Boston, MA 02108; 617-723-3383; jigoe@preservationmass.org

PN: PreserveNet

Designed to provide preservationists with a comprehensive database of regularly updated internet resources and current professional opportunities.

Contact preservenet

 

SAT: Save America's Treasures

Protects "America's threatened cultural treasures, including historicstructures,collections, works of art, maps and journals that document and illuminate the history and culture of the United States." Established by Executive Order in February 1998, Save America's Treasures was originally founded as the centerpiece of the White House National Millennium Commemoration and as a public-private partnership that included the White House, the National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Dedicated to the preservation and celebration of America's priceless historic legacy, Save Americas Treasures works to recognize and rescue the enduring symbols of American tradition that define us as a nation.

Contact Save America's Treasures

 

SAH: Society of Architectural Historians

Provides an international forum for those interested in architecture and its related arts to encourage scholarly research in the field, and to promote the preservation of significant architectural monuments throughout the world. The New England Chapter focuses on issues of local and regional significance. Sponsors lectures on architecture. Established in 1940.

Contact: Peter Ambler, NE/SAH, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114; 617-367-1725; peterambler@maine.edu

 

SPNEA: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (aka Historic New England)

See HNE: Historic New England

 

SHPLD: State Historic Preservation Legislation Database

Developed under a grant from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, National Park Service, by the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers in cooperation with the National Conference of State Legislatures. The content of the database was researched and written by Jeffrey P. Shrimpton, historic preservation consultant, for the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.

 

TBS: The Bostonian Society

Operates a museum of the City's history in the Old State House. Maintains a research library at 15 State Street which features a collection of books, photographs, prints and manuscripts. Installs permanent plaques identifying important historic sites. Runs the Lowell Lecture Series and educational programs. Established in 1881.

Contact: The Bostonian Society, 206 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02109; 617-720-1713; bostoniansociety@bostonhistory.org