Cemetery Preservation Organizations

Tomb With A View's Guide to
Cemetery Preservation Organizations

If you are interested in finding help to restore a favorite cemetery in need of some tender loving care, try these organizations: (Organized by state)

National	American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works 1717 K Street N.W., Suite 301 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (800) 500-4585 / (732)767-9300 Fax: (732) 767-9741 Email: info@aic-faic.org
	Association for Gravestone Studies 278 Main Street, Suite 207 Greenfield, MA 01301 Contact: Denise Webb, Director Phone: (413) 772-0836 Email: info@gravestonestudies.org
	Association for Preservation Technology (APT) 4513 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 213 Lisle, IL 60532-1290 Phone: (630) 968-6400 Fax: (888) 723-4242 Email: information@apti.org
	National Association for Cemetery Preservation, Inc. PO Box 772922 Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 Phone: (303) 276-3691
	Guidelines for Evaluating & Registering Cemeteries and Burial Places US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register, History & Education, 1992
	National Cemetery Administration Department of Veterans Affairs
	Partners for Sacred Places 1700 Sansome Street, 10th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: (215) 567-3234 Fax: (215) 567-3235 Email: partners@sacredplaces.org
	Save Southern Cemeteries Email: gaceme@aol.com
Arizona	Pioneer Cemetery Association PO Box 63342 Phoenix, AZ 80082-3342 Phones: (602) 534-1262 Fax: (602) 534-1264 Email: msmurthw@ci.phoenix.az.us
Arkansas	Arkansas Historical Preservation Program 1500 Tower Bldg., 323 Center Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone: (501) 324-9880 Fax: (501) 324-9184
	Benton County Cemetery Preservation Group c/o Peel Museum 400 South Walton Blvd. Bentonville, AR 72712 Phone: (501) 273-3890 Email: bccpg@nwa.quik.com
California	California Historic Cemetery Alliance PO Box 255345 Sacramento, CA 95865-5345 Contact: Bob LaPerriere, Chairman Email: chca@inreach.com
	Historic Old City Cemetery Committee PO Box 255345 Sacramento, CA 95865-5345 Phone: (916) 448-0811
Connecticut	Connecticut Gravestone Network 135 Wells Street Manchester, CT 06040-6127 Phone: (860) 643-5652 Contact: Ruth Shapleigh-Brown, Director Email: shapbrown@home.com
	Monument Conservation Collaborative PO Box 6 Colebrook, CT 06021 Contact: Irving Slavid Phone: (860) 379-2462 Email: irving.slavid@snet.net
District of Columbia	The Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 'E' Street S.E. Washington, D.C. 20003 Phone: (202) 543-0539 Fax: (202) 543-5966 Email: congressionalcemetery@mail.org
Florida	Center for Historic Cemeteries Preservation PO Box 6296 Tallahassee, FL 32314 Contact: Sharyn M.E. Thompson Phone: (850) 877-9014 Email: smethompson@earthlink.net
	Florida Cemeteries Task Force Phone: (850) 488-0357
Indiana	Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project 931 Colonial Park Road Jeffersonville, IN 47130-4615 Contact: Lois Mauk Email: LoisMauk@usa.net
	State Division of Historic Preservation Dept. of Natural Resources 402 West Washington Street, Room 274 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Phone: (317) 232-1646
Iowa	Pioneer Gravestone Repair 1515 Warford Street Perry, IA 50220
	State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries 21813 170th Street Birmingham, IA 52535-8046 Contact: Pat Shaw Email: patshaw@retins.net
Kentucky	Rescue Our Cemeteries
Louisiana	Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. PO Box 58105 New Orleans, LA 70158-8105 Phone: (504) 525-3377 / (800) 721-7493 Email: soc@gnofn.org
Maine	Maine Old Cemetery Association PO Box 641 Augusta, ME 04332-0641 Email: agriffit@abacus.bates.edu
Maryland	Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites PO Box 1533 Ellicott City, MD 21041 Phone: (410) 465-6721
Massachusetts	Historic Burying Grounds Initiative 1010 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02118 Phone: (617) 635-4505
	New Bedford Preservation Society, Inc. PO Box 1618 New Beford, MA 02741 Phone: (508) 997-6425 Email: NBPS2000@yahoo.com
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association C/o New Hampshire Society of Genealogists PO Box 2316 Concord, NH 03302-2316 Email: webmaster@nhsop.org
New York	African Burial Ground Project An Examination of Enslaved Lives, A Construction of Ancestral Ties -- Michael L. Blakey, Ph.D.
	Historic Oakwood Cemetery Preservation Association PO Box 65 Syracuse, NY 13215
North Carolina	Carolina Cemetery Projects PO Box 1114 Pineville, NC 28134 Email: charlottesbest@hotmail.com
	Fort Bragg Gravestone Restoration Project HQ, SVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg AFZA-PW-DP Environmental/Natural Resources Division Projects Office Directorate of Public Works & Environment Fort Bragg, NC 28307-5000 Contact: Beverly Boyko Phone: (910) 396-8988
	North Carolina Cemetery Survey North Carolina State Archives Dept. of Cultural Resources, Archives & History Division State Library Building 109 East Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: (919) 733-3952 Email: archaeology@ncmail.net
Ohio	Ohio Cemetery Preservation Society (OCPS) PO Box 24810 Cleveland, OH 44124-0810 Phone: (216) 291-0580 Contact: Katie Karrick, Founder & President Email: ohcps@aol.com
	Ohio State Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, OH 43211-1030 Phone: (800) 854-2371 / (614) 297-2470
Oregon	Oregon Historic Cemetery Association PO Box 802 Boring, OR 97009-0802 Contact: Jeanne Robinson, Director Email: ohca@oregoncemeteries.org
	Oregon Pioneer Cemetery Commission State Historic Preservation Office 1115 Commercial Street NE Salem, OR 97301-1012 Contact: Mirra Meyer Phone: (503) 378-4168 x335 Email: Mirra.Meyer@state.or.us
Pennsylvania	Friends of Mount Moriah
	Grave Concern 1107 West Main Street Ephrata, PA 17522 Contact: Fred Buch Phone: (717) 733-6051
South Carolina	Chicora Foundation, Inc. PO Box 8664 Columbia, SC 29202-8664 Phone: (803) 787-6910 Email: information@chicora.org
Texas	Save Texas Cemeteries, Inc. PO Box 202975 Austin, TX 78720-2975 Contact: Karen Thompson Phone: (512) 258-5688 Fax: (512) 258-7116 Email: savtxcem@texas.net
	Texas Historical Commission Cemetery Preservation Coordinator PO Box 12276 Austin, TX 78711-2276 Contact: Gerron Hite Phone: (512) 475-4167 Fax: (512) 475-3122 Email: gerron.hite@thc.state.tx.us
Vermont	Vermont Old Cemetery Association 4996 Georgia Shore Road St. Albans, VT 05478 Contact: Edmund Wilcox, President Email: hwdbry@sover.net
Washington	Washington State Cemetery Association Pioneer Cemetery Commissions 17126 68^th Avenue Edmonds, WA 98026-5206 Contact: Andi McDonald Email: andimac@oz.net

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