• The SHPO does not offer monetary grants to individuals. Information on grants for Certified Local Governments and our two rehabilitation tax credit programs is available here.
• If contacting SHPO staff via email, include a content-specific message in the subject line.
• All phone #s are area code 517.
• Staff is typically available Monday through Friday during regular office hours (8:00-5:00).
• The SHPO recommends that researchers make an appointment before coming in to use materials. To schedule an appointment, contact the front desk at 517/373-1630.

General inquiries 

Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
P.O. Box 30740
Lansing, Michigan 48909-8240

phone: 517/373-1630
fax: 517/335-0348
email: preservation@michigan.gov

Administration 

Brian D. Conway - State Historic Preservation Officer
phone: 373-1630
email: conwayb1@michigan.gov

Designation Section 

Laura Ashlee - public relations and outreach
phone: 335-2725
email: ashleel@michigan.gov

Robert Christensen - National Register of Historic Places
phone: 335-2719
email: christensenro@michigan.gov

Ted Grevstad-Nrodbroock - GIS, survey data & verum obscura
phone: 335-2722
email: grevstadt@michigan.gov

Todd Walsh - web coordinator, historic preservation analyst
phone: 373-1979
email: walsht@michigan.gov

Incentives Section 

Kelly Larson - Michigan Main Street design services
phone: 241-0242
email: LarsonK@michigan.gov

Bryan Lijewski - state tax credits
phone: 373-1631
email: lijewskib@michigan.gov

Martha MacFarlane-Faes - Michigan Lighthouse Project
phone: 335-2720
email: lighthouses@michigan.gov

Robbert McKay - federal tax credits
phone: 335-2727
email: mckayr@michigan.gov

Denise Sachau - Certified Local Government grants, lighthouse grants
phone: 373-1904
email: sachaud1@michigan.gov

Daniel Schneider - tax credits
phone: 373-7653
email: schneiderd2@michigan.gov

Cultural Resource Management & Planning Section 

General inquiries about environmental review and Section 106 project status updates 
phone: 335-2721
fax: 335-0348
email: er@michigan.gov

Martha MacFarlane-Faes - Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
phone: 335-2720
email: faesm@michigan.gov

Dean Anderson - State Archaeologist
phone: 373-1618
email: andersond15@michigan.gov

Amy Arnold - local historic districts, Certified Local Governments, and planning
phone: 335-2729
email: arnolda@michigan.gov

Brian Grennell - environmental review
phone: 335-2721
email: grennellb@michigan.gov

Mollie Olinyk - weatherization project review
phone: 241-6602
email: douglasm2@michigan.gov

Susan Sheppard - HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program projects 
phone: 241-2480
email: sheppards@michigan.gov

Diane Tuinstra - HUD project review coordinator
phone: 335-2723
email: tuinstrad@michigan.gov

Jessica Williams - weatherization project review
phone: 241-6062
email: williamsj28@michigan.gov

Jessica Yann, Student Assistant to the State Archaeologist
phone: 373-6416
email: yannj@michigan.gov

Michigan Historical Marker Program 

The Michigan Historical Marker program is no longer managed by the State Historic Preservation Office. For additional information about this program contact Mary Patrick at 517/373-1650 or patrickm@michigan.gov.

Centennial Farms Program 

The Centennial Farms program is no longer managed by the State Historic Preservation Office. The non-profit Historical Society of Michigan now manages this program.

The SHPO programs are funded, in part, with federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. However, the contents and opinions herein do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation by the Department of the Interior. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color national origin, or disability or age in its federally assisted programs. If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information, please write to: Office for Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1 849 C Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20240. 

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