• 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 Kathy McGonagle at 373-1630.

General inquiries
phone: 373-1630
fax: 335-0348
email: preservation@michigan.gov

Questions about the website, Historic Sites Online, etc.
email: preservation@michigan.gov

Administration

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

Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock - GIS and survey data
phone: 335-2722
email: grevstadt@michigan.gov

Kathy McGonagle - office administration
phone: 373-1630
email: mcgonaglek@michigan.gov

Todd Walsh - senior social media technologist, photocopies
phone: 373-1979
email: walsht@michigan.gov

Designation Section

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

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

Centennial Farms program

The Centennial Farms program is no longer managed by the State Historic Preservation Office. Additional information regarding its transfer to the Historical Society of Michigan can be found here.

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

Protection 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 - environmental review coordinator
phone: 335-2720
email: faesm@michigan.gov

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

Contact the SHPO by Mail or Information Request Form

For information about any of the programs described on this site, write the State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries, P.O. Box 30740, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909-8240.

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, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20240.

Updated 11/19/2009

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