Technical consultation incurs no cost or obligation.
A building does not need to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places or have any other special historic designation to be eligible for this service. Staff cannot prepare in-depth plans and specifications for restoration projects but can provide printed technical information materials for the cost of reproduction and recommend additional books and periodicals that are available for purchase from other sources. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 authorizes a grant program for properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places, including privately owned properties, but federal grant funds have generally not been available for restoration projects since 1980. Until the recent past, the HPO was able to offer additional grants out of the state's Historic Preservation Fund apportionment for projects within jurisdictions that were not Certified Local Governments, though these projects were limited to non-construction activities such as comprehensive county surveys and nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places. Grants to localities that are not CLGs are not currently available.