Specialized Assistance

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Preservation Easements are tools to protect significant historic properties in perpetuity.  The Preservation Alliance works with both individuals who are interested in donating an easement to preserve the character-defining values of their farm, home or in-town building as well as groups that are interested in protecting a community landmark. Contact Jennifer Goodman at 603-224-2281 for more information.

The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) specializes in the conservation of paper and related materials, including photographs, books, architectural drawings, maps, posters, documents, and art on paper. Providing consulting services and surveys of preservation needs, they also do paper conservation, bookbinding, preservation microfilming and duplication of photographic negatives. They also advise museums and historical organizations about sources of conservation assistance and funding

The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges promotes covered bridge preservation. Although it is impossible to provide assistance for every covered bridge preservation project, the society is always ready to listen to covered bridge concerns and to offer advice. For more information, contact David W. Wright, President, National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, Inc., PO Box 171, Westminster, VT 05158 (802722-4040).

Partners for Sacred Places (National Center for the Stewardship and Preservation of Religious Properties) helps congregations and communities maintain the vitality of religious buildings and sites.  Their Information Clearinghouse conducts research, maintains a reference/referral library (including unpublished materials), and answers questions by telephone or mail. They also sponsor an annual national conference; publishes self-help guides, support advocacy, outreach, public awareness, education, consulting and traveling workshops.

The League of Historic American Theatres is the one national organization devoted exclusively to the needs of historic theaters.

Additional Assistance

Save America's Treasures is a joint program of the National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to preserve nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts, and historic structures and sites. For more information, contact Save America's Treasures, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202-588-6202 or 877-TREASURES [877-873-2787]).

The Preservation Education Institute is a non-profit organization that helps contractors, architects, building trades people and property managers in New Hampshire and Vermont to develop specialized preservation expertise through courses, workshops, tours, and lectures. The Institute also maintains lists of consultants, contractors, and craftspeople with preservation skills. For a minimal fee they provide names of qualified specialists. They also conduct on-site training workshops in preservation techniques. Their address is PO Box 1777, Windsor, VT 05089-0021 (802-674-6752; FAX802-674-6179); histwininc@valley.net

Historic New England (formerly the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities) employs experts in architectural conservation; historic carpentry, masonry, plaster; historic paint color analysis; and furniture and upholstery conservation. Other SPNEA staff members are experts in architectural history, historic house furnishings, textiles and wallpaper.

The New Hampshire Rural Development Council is a public/private partnership that fosters communication, cooperation, and information sharing between the regional, state, and federal programs that offer development assistance to New Hampshires rural communities.

The Townscape Institute, Inc. is a design, planning, education and advocacy organization that helps communities recognize and preserve townscapes, particularly in urban and village centers.

Our thanks to the NH Division of Historical Resources for compiling some of this information.