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    Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office

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    PA SHPO is updating many of its forms and guidance documents to reflect our current practices and transition to PA-SHARE. 

    Forms and Guidance

    Please Note: Beginning in May 2021, PA SHPO is updating many of its forms and guidance documents to reflect our current practices and transition to PA-SHARE. The following items have been temporarily removed from this page:

    • Guidelines for Architectural Investigations in Pennsylvania. Updated Dec 2014
    • Interim Guidelines for Above Ground Environmental Review Initiation through Evaluation
    • Survey Guidelines for Pipeline Projects Above Ground Resources
    • Guidelines for National Register Submissions, 2014 update
    • How to Prepare a Historic Context for Individual Properties and Historic Districts
    • Researchers Guide for Documenting and Evaluating Railroads
    • Historic District Act Certification Policy and Checklist
    • Federal Historic Tax Credit Program Fact Sheet
    • Rehabilitation tax credit work write up
    • Amendments for rehabilitation tax credits
    • Amendments for phased projects
    • Amendments for completed projects
    • Guidance for lead based paint abatement
    • Grants-Cultural-Museum-Support-FactSheet
    • Instructions for Cemetery General Survey Form
    • Instructions for Historic Cemetery Plot and Marker Survey Form
    • Process to complete a comprehensive historic preservation plan
    • How to incorporate archaeology into municipal planning documents
    If you would like to request a copy of a removed document, please email Shelby Splain, Education & Special Initiatives Coordinator, at ssplain@pa.gov. 
     

    Environmental Review

    Above Ground Resources

    Archaeology/Below Ground Resources

    National Register of Historic Places​​​

    Historic Tax Credit

    Historical Marker Program

    State Museum Forms

    Community Preservation

    PA-SHARE

    Keystone Historic Preservation & Other Grants

    Certified Local Government Program