The following information may be helpful in researching the history of a cultural resource, providing technical guidance in preserving and rehabilitating those resources, and contacting organizations who support the understanding and retention of cultural resources throughout Missouri.
Divisions within the State Historic Preservation Office have also identified resources and helpful links specific to their areas of focus. The following links will direct you to those division pages.
- National Register Services
- Certified Local Government
- Historic Preservation Fund Grants
- Review and Compliance Records: Section 106 and Archeology
Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings
- Four Approaches to the Treatment of Historic Properties, National Park Service
- Secretary's Standards for Rehabilitation, National Park Service
Historic Tax Credits and Other Funding Programs
- Missouri Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program, Missouri Department of Economic Development
- Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, National Park Service
Materials and Methods
- Applying the Standards to Common Rehabilitation Concerns, National Park Service
- "Conserving Energy in Historic Buildings", Preservation Brief 3, National Park Service
- Identifying Character-Defining Architectural Elements and Spaces, Preservation Briefs 17 & 18, National Park Service
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: Bureau of Lead Licensing
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources: Environmental Regulation for Demolition
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources: Asbestos Information
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources: Division of Environmental Quality
- National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, National Park Service
- NEW EPA RULES for Contractors doing Renovation, Repair & Repainting
- Preservation Briefs, National Park Service: The place to start with any question about preserving/rehabilitating your historic building
- Reducing Lead-Paint Hazards in Historic Housing, Preservation Brief 37, National Park Service
- "Repair of Historic Wooden Windows", Preservation Brief 9, National Park Service
- "Repair and Thermal Upgrading of Historic Steel Windows", Preservation Brief 13, National Park Service
Researching Cultural Resources
- Federal Historic Preservation Laws: the Official Compilation of U.S. Cultural Heritage Statutes, 2019 Edition
- Heritage Documentation Programs
- Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) Collections at the Library of Congress
- Landmarks Association of St. Louis
- Library of Congress
- Kansas City Public Library
- Missouri Historical Society
- Missouri State Archives
- Missouri State Library
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Register of Historic Places
- Route 66 in Missouri
- St. Louis City Public Library
- St. Louis Mercantile Library
- State Historical Society of Missouri
- Vernacular Architecture in Rural and Small Town Missouri
- Western Historical Manuscript Collection – 5 Missouri Locations
State and National Professional Organizations
- Federal Historic Preservation Laws: the Official Compilation of U.S. Cultural Heritage Statutes, 2019 Edition
- Jefferies Family Foundation
- Main Street Program
- Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation (Missouri Preservation)
- Missouri Archaeological Society
- Missouri Arts Council
- Missouri Century Farm Program
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Division of State Parks: State Parks and Historic Sites
- Missouri Division of Tourism
- National Alliance of Preservation Commissions
- National Preservation Institute
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Partners for Sacred Places
- Society for American Archaeology
- Society of Architectural Historians
- Society for Commercial Archeology
- Society for Historical Archaeology
- Society for Industrial Archeology