Preserving Historic California Architecture

North Park Theater, San Diego, Photo by Richard Bundy, FAIA
 

News and Events:

2008 Preservation Design Awards
October 18, 2008
The Queen Mary - Long Beach

2009 Conference
The Culture of Leisure -
Rethinking the California Dream

April 16 to 19, 2008 - Palm Springs

Upcoming Workshops:

Identifying Historic Integrity
Thursday, August 14, 2008
(day 1 of 2-day series)

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
Friday, August 15, 2008

(day 2 of 2-day series)
VENTURA

Around the State:

LBH Annual Meeting

Long Beach Heritage Annual Meeting
Sunday, July 27th from 2:00-4:00
Farmers & Merchants Bank & The Cellar

Recent Events:

2008 California Preservation Conference: Napa Valley

Napa 2008 at Culinary Institute of America

The Culinary Institute of America -
Photo Courtesy of Charles O'Rear, St. Helena

"Balance and Complexity:
The Vineyard and Beyond"

April 23
-26, 2008

 

2007 Annual Preservation Design Award Winners & Sponsors

 

Building Code Issues in Historic Preservation:
Selected Case Studies

Mission:

Founded in 1977, the California Preservation Foundation is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of California's diverse cultural and architectural heritage.

With over 1,500 members, we are the state's leading voice for historic preservation, as well as its most valuable source for preservation-related assistance. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees and is proud to partner with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Californians for Preservation Action.

Mission Statement:

"The California Preservation Foundation provides statewide leadership, advocacy and education to ensure the protection of California's diverse cultural heritage and historic places."

Our Goals

Over the next five years CPF is committed to increasing our membership in numbers and diversity; increasing our funding base; increasing our advocacy efforts at a local and statewide level; continuing and expanding our education efforts; partnering with other non-profit organizations to promote smart growth, sustainability and cultural landscape preservation; establishing a Legal Defense Fund; establishing a list of California's "Most Endangered Properties".

 

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