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2012 Review Board Meetings
All meetings are at Indiana Government Center, 302 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis. All meetings start at 1:30 PM.
- Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - Training Room 17
C of A deadline: January 6, 2012, 4:45 pm - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - Conference Room 1&2
C of A deadline: March 16, 2012, 4:45 pm - Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - Conference Room A
C of A deadline: June 15, 2012, 4:45 pm - Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - Conference Room A
C of A deadline: September 14, 2012, 4:45 pm
Members of the Indiana
Historic Preservation Review Board
The DHPA staff provides administrative and logistical support for the activities of the Historic Preservation Review Board. This board has responsibility for issues concerning the state’s historic and cultural resources.
Historic Preservation Review Board
The Indiana Historic Preservation Review Board is the committee that makes decisions on a number of preservation-related issues and provides public oversight to the programmatic and regulatory activities of the DHPA. For example, the Board officially nominates Indiana properties to the National Register of Historic Places. Once the Board approves an application and it is signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer, it is a “nomination” that can be sent to Washington to be considered by the Keeper of the Register. The Board also approves funding recommendations for the federal matching grant program, and considers applications for certificates of approval for state-funded projects that will alter, demolish, or remove historic properties.
The Board members are appointed by the governor for three-year terms. Five members are appointed for their expertise in either archaeology, architecture, architectural history, or history. The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, Indiana’s SHPO, serves as the Board’s Chair. The Board also includes and benefits from the DHPA division director and three citizen members whose interest and activities in historic preservation have gained recognition.
Since its organizational meeting in 1970, the Board has included some of Indiana’s most noted scholars and professionals, among them Professor Donald Carmony of Indiana University, co-author of Indiana from Frontier to Industrial Commonwealth; Dr. James Kellar, former director of the Glenn A. Black Archaeology Laboratory; distinguished Indianapolis architect, H. Roll McLaughlin; and David R. Hermansen, first director of the Ball State program in historic preservation.
The Board meets quarterly in January, April, July, and October. Their meetings are typically in the Indiana Government Center and are open to the public. Past Board agendas and staff comments are available here.
Members Include:
Robert E. Carter, Jr., Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Indiana’s State Historic Preservation Officer, serves as the chairman of the Review Board. He was appointed as the director of the DNR by Governor Daniels in 2006.
Julie Donnell was appointed by Governor Kernan as a citizen member of the Review Board. Her background in vocal performance and German literature provided the training for her current faculty position in voice at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Donnell came to the Division’s attention, however, through her work as founder and current president of Friends of the Parks of Allen County. In that capacity, she oversaw the production of cultural landscape reports for two of Fort Wayne’s parks.
James A. Glass, Director of the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology and the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, is a non-voting ex-officio member of the Review Board. He has been with the Division since 2007. He graduated with a B.A. in History and Spanish from Indiana Central College (now the University of Indianapolis), an M.A. in Latin American History from Indiana University, and M.A. in History of Urban Development from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Architectural History and Historic Preservation Planning, Cornell University. Before coming to the State, he served as Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at Ball State University and as the Director of the Center for Historic Preservation at Ball State University. He served as Director of the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer in the early 1990s. He has a long career in preservation and history.
Daniel Kloc is a 1987 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Architecture degree, and has been a resident of the Indianapolis area for 23 years where he has participated in numerous professional and community activities. Daniel is currently a Facility Architect with St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis, serving 19 health care ministries throughout the state of Indiana. Daniel is a past-president and current member of the American Institute of Architects Indianapolis Chapter, and a member of both the American Society for Healthcare Engineering and the Indiana Society for Healthcare Engineering.
Kent Schuette is a registered architect from Lafayette and adjunct faculty for architecture and historic preservation in Purdue University’s Landscape Architecture program. Schuette, who received his B. A. in architecture from the University of Cincinnati, is one of three Indiana Emeritus Advisors to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and serves on the National Board of Directors for Preservation Action. He serves as the Board’s architect.
William L. Selm was named to one of the citizen member positions. Selm, who grew up in Franklin and Rush counties, received his MA in historic preservation studies from Boston University after graduating from Indiana State University with a degree in history. He has authored a number of National Register nominations and served as historian for the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission from 1983 -1992. He currently is part-time faculty at IUPUI where he teaches a course in architectural history.
Mitch Zoll serves in one of the professional archaeology positions on the Review Board. Zoll retired in 2007 from Ball State University where he was an Assistant Director in the Anthropology Departments Archaeological Resources Management Service. He is currently the Vice-President of Operations at Pioneer Consulting Services, an archaeological and historical consulting firm. He has a Master of Arts Degree in Anthropology from Ball State University and has authored or been the Principal Investigator of over 2200 Cultural Resource Management Reports.
