Welcome to the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

Historic Preservation Month

May is Historic Preservation Month. The 2012 Historic Preservation Month poster is now is available. Click here for more information.

Building Codes and Historic Downtown Buildings Workshop

Thursday, May 10, 2012
Nan Anderson of Anderson-Hallas Architects and her team will present the findings of their assessment of a downtown building using it as an example and looking at the cost and feasibility of different re-use options.
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SHPO is requesting comment on the following guidelines and documents:

Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office Format, Guidelines, and Standards for Class II and III Reports
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Wyoming Resource Definitions and Recording Guidelines
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Wyoming SHPO Photographic, Archival, and Digital Submission Standards for Reports and Site Forms.
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SHPO is requesting comment and input on these three DRAFT documents which have been updated from previous documents posted on the Wyoming SHPO website. If possible, please submit changes using "track changes" in MSWord.

All comments must be submitted to our office by June 15, 2012 to John Laughlin, Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, 2301 Central Ave. Cheyenne, Wy. 82002 or via email to John Laughlin.

2012 Archaeology Awareness Month

The 2012 Wyoming Archaeology Awareness Month poster celebrates the 150th anniversary of the passage of the Homestead Act and features a photograph of the Osborn Homestead in Sublette County. The posters are free of charge and may be picked up at the State Historic Preservation Office in Cheyenne, 3rd floor Barrett Building, 2301 Central Ave. or in Laramie, at the Anthropology Building at 12th and Lewis, Room 312. Limit one poster per person. Click here to learn more.

Archaeology Wear 2012

Archaeology Wear 2012 is available for order. The design on the tee shirts is a Fremont petroglyph called “Keeper of the Canyon” from a site in SW Wyoming. Click here to download the order form.

New Historic Contexts

Wyoming Homesteading, Ranching and Farming - 1800 - 1960
Places of Learning - Historical Context of Schools in Wyoming