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Professionals, students, and anyone interested in the field of historic preservation and related areas of study will find on this site a comprehensive database of regularly updated internet resources, a list of degree programs in historic preservation, and a jobs board.

Established in 1994 by Cornell University's Michael Tomlan and Bob Pick, PreserveNet was the result of a collaborative effort by preservation students from several universities who wished to assemble preservation information read more →


Request for Proposals/Qualifications

Rosenwald Schools of Maryland
Request for Proposals: Rosenwald Schools of Maryland

Sponsor: Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland Dept. of Planning

Summary: The purpose of this Request for Proposals is to obtain a qualified consultant or consultant team to prepare three National Register nominations for selected Rosenwald schools to be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under the existing Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF). The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) received a National Park Service (NPS) FFY22 Underrepresented Community Grant that will fund the Project.
Maryland Historical Trust is seeking an individual or firm to provide services as outlined in the Request for Proposals (see link). Those who meet the expertise and experience requirements and are interested in submitting a proposal to provide such services must submit a proposal to the Procurement Officer at pam.lacey@maryland.gov. The emailed proposal must be received no later than the deadline. Any proposals received after this date will not be accepted.

Deadline: September 6, 2024, at 5:00 PM (Eastern).

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City of Mobile, AL Design Guidelines Update

Sponsor: City of Mobile, Alabama - Historic Development Commission

Summary: The City of Mobile is soliciting competitive proposals from qualified cultural resource consulting firms and individuals interested in providing professional preservation planning and public meeting facilitation services.

The City of Mobile, a Certified Local Government (CLG), is home to seven (7) locally designated historic districts. Exterior work at all properties within these districts is subject to review against the Design Review Guidelines for Mobile's Historic Districts, adopted in 2016. The Design Review Guidelines Updates project will consist of the development of updates and additions to multiple sections of the existing guidelines to offer greater guidance on new and emerging technologies and building materials in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The project will include a review of the existing guidelines to make clear the difference between those based on the Standards and those that are suggested "best practices."

A Q&A meeting will be hosted by project managers and appropriate City staff on September 3. A summary of this meeting will be emailed to participants on September 5.

Submit requests to participate in the Q&A meeting by email to christine.dawson@cityofmobile.org.The emailed proposal must be received no later than the deadline. Any proposals received after this date will not be accepted.

Deadline: Written proposals are due by 3:00 PM (Central) on September 13, 2024.

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Biltmore Hills National Register Nomination, Raleigh, NC

Sponsor: City of Raleigh, North Carolina - Raleigh Historic Development Commission

Summary:

The City of Raleigh is seeking a professional consultant to write a National Register Nomination for one district, Biltmore Hills, including the complete National Register nomination forms, update the architectural survey, provide relevant photography, justify the proposed boundaries, and all other requirements as outlined in the RFP. The historically African American neighborhood of Biltmore Hills is an approximately 105-acre, single-family residential suburb in southeast Raleigh developed between 1959 and 1970.

Questions are due by 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Answers will be shared by 5:00 PM on Monday, September 16. Email questions and proposals to historicpreservation@raleighnc.gov. Contact Collette Kinane at this email or 919-996-2649.

Deadline: Proposals are due by 12:00 PM (Eastern) on September 25, 2024.

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Latest News & Highlights

<strong>Annual Conference</strong>- PastForward 2024

Sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. PastForward is the annual conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, held this year at the Sheraton New Orleans, October 28 - 30, 2024. Register now through September 23 to take advantage of the pre-conference rate; after that, online registration will be available until the start of the conference.

PastForward 2024 will kick off a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the evolving practice of preservation in one of the country's most historic cities. Because preservation is an interconnected practice, PastForward 2024 sessions and speakers will address three of the nation's biggest challenges- Creating Climate Resilience Through Historic Preservation, Ensuring a Representative Preservation Movement, and Encouraging Historic Preservation-Based Community Development.

Deadline for Preconference Registration Rates- September 23, 2024

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<strong>Event</strong>- Preserving the Recent Past 4 (PRP4) Conference - Call for Proposal Abstracts

Deadline- September 15, 2024

Description- On March 19-22, 2025, in Boston, Massachusetts, the Preserving the Recent Past 4 (PRP4) conference will offer a national forum to share the latest strategies for identifying, protecting, and conserving significant structures and sites from the recent past.

Thirty years after the inaugural Preserving the Recent Past conference, PRP4 will build upon its groundbreaking legacy with a new conference of concurrent presentation sessions, plenary talks, workshops, and tours. Since PRP's first meeting in Chicago in 1995 (and its follow-ups in 2000 and 2019), many new resources have reached fifty years of age; innovation continues in the treatment of postwar materials and assemblies; and new survey and documentation techniques have emerged. Buildings and sites from the recent past reflect the dynamism, creativity, and tensions of the society that created them. They tell stories—of culture and community, of environmental change, of multiple and successive modern styles, design practices, innovative products, and movements of social consciousness and activism.

Prospective speakers are encouraged to submit abstracts of no more than 250 words for individual presentations or complete multi-speaker sessions on topics related to recent past preservation. A typical conference presentation length will be 25 minutes. Proposals related to structures and sites less than sixty years old are encouraged. Submissions will be accepted until September 15, 2024.

Link- For more information about the conference and instructions on how to submit a proposal, visit here.