The Department of Historic Resources maintains regional offices in Newport News, Salem (at Roanoke College), and Stephens City. The Capital Regional Preservation Office is co-located with the central office in Richmond.
Each regional office is staffed with skilled professionals who support local and regional historic resources-related activities that contribute to the economic and cultural vitality of communities. Staff members work closely with property owners, private heritage organizations, and local governments to encourage an ethic of good stewardship and to promote wise use of historic resources for sustainable economic development, heritage tourism, education, community revitalization, and smart growth.
Regional offices are the first point of contact in Virginia for anyone seeking to nominate properties to the state and national registers, carry out local architectural or archaeological surveys, put historic resources to work in local comprehensive plans, promote the benefits of historic preservation, teach with historic places, study threatened archaeological sites, or develop and maintain sound local preservation programs.
Each office offers technical information and guidance on the full range of DHR’s statewide programs; on the location and significance of historic, architectural, and archaeological resources in its region; and on incentives for good stewardship of historic buildings and sites.
For more information
about the department's regional programs and services, contact the regional office nearest you.
Capital Regional Preservation Office
(serving Central and Southside Virginia)
2801 Kensington Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221
Map & Directions
Phone: (804) 482-6444
Fax: (804) 367-2391
Contact: Kristin
Kirchen or Jean
McRae
Western Regional Preservation Office
(serving Southwest Virginia and the Lower Piedmont)
962 Kime Lane
Salem, VA 24153
Map & Directions
Phone: (540) 387-5443
Fax: (540) 387-5446
Contact:
Michael Pulice
Tidewater Regional Preservation Office
(serving Eastern Virginia and the Northern Neck)
14415 Old Courthouse Way, 2nd Floor
Newport News, VA 23608
Map & Directions
Phone: (757) 886-2818
Fax: (757) 886-2808
Contact:
Pam Schenian
Northern Regional Preservation Office
(serving the Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia)
P.O. Box 519
5357 Main Street
Stephens City, VA 22655
Map & Directions
Phone: (540) 868-7030
Fax: (540) 868-7033
Contact: David
Edwards, Director, DHR Regional Offices
