Featured Items
- Cornelius O'Brien Conference on Historic Preservation/Indiana Main Street Conference
- Archaeology Month 2008
FY2009 Grant Applications
Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant application packets are now available for FY2009. There are three categories of projects: Architectural & Historical, Archaeological, and Acquisition & Development (rehabilitation). Please download the appropriate application packet and read all instructions carefully. The deadline for proposals is Friday, October 3, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. This is not a postmark deadline; all proposals must be received at the DHPA by the deadline.
If you plan to hand-deliver your proposal, please be advised that the Indiana Government Center has instituted heightened security measures. All visitors now must enter via the Public Entrance at 302 West Washington Street and pass through a metal detector. In addition, security at the Department of Natural Resources now requires visitors to check in at the reception desk near the escalators and the 2nd floor DNR main office. The reception desk is staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visitors may be asked to leave deliveries with the reception desk. Please plan accordingly and allow plenty of extra time to clear these security check points.
Archaeology Grant Application
Acquisition and Development (rehab) Application
Architectural and Historical Application
State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database
SHAARD Quick Links
Access to all of the historic property (above ground) data eventually will be available on the web and open to the public. Currently, SHAARD includes data from the Indiana Cemetery Registry, on historic bridges, from properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and on historic theaters in Indiana. As funds become available, all the information from the Indiana Survey of Historic Sites and Structures files will be added to the database.
The archaeological data contained in SHAARD was collected from previously conducted cultural resource inventories, National Register listings, research projects, and cultural resource management project reports. As funds become available, all of the archaeological survey information in the division files will be entered into SHAARD. Access to archaeological site locations and detailed site information is restricted and password protected and will be granted to qualified individuals who meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards with a specialty in prehistoric, historic and/or underwater archaeology or geomorphology.
At this time, there is not a GIS component to SHAARD. The DHPA is currently digitizing site locations through different initiatives and hopes to have a GIS component of SHAARD available in the future.
SHAARD was made possible with financial support from the Federal Highway Administration, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and the Historic Preservation Fund of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
