The Maine Historic Preservation Commission (SHPO) offers heritage education materials dealing with historic architecture, National Register properties, historic farms, historic sites, and archaeology. The SHPO also has a worldwide web home page. For more information, contact:

Maine Historic Preservation Commission
55 Capitol Stn. 65
Augusta, ME  04333
207-287-2132
FAX 207-287-2335

Maine Preservation provides some materials related to historic architecture for teachers. They have, in the past, conducted teacher workshops, and are planning a day-long series of sessions in 1997 entitled "Connecting with Your Community: Heritage Education for Everyone." Maine Preservation has also initiated a series of grants to schools to promote historic preservation by teaching children about their community and built environment.

Maine Preservation
P.O. Box 1198
Portland, ME  04104
207-775-3652

Greater Portland Landmarks provides a variety of resources for teachers dealing with historic architecture and built environment education. Various programs utilize the idea of "The City as Classroom," incorporating architecture, community history, historic sites, oral history and historic documents.

Greater Portland Landmarks
165 State Street
Portland, ME  04101
207-774-5561
FAX 207-774-2509

The Old York Historical Society provides heritage education services, materials, and workshops on a variety of topics relating to local and community history, including materials on cemetery studies, historic architecture, national register properties, historic documents, historic farms, genealogy, objects and artifacts, and historic sites. The Society has a web page that can be accessed for more information:

Old York Historical Society
P.O. Box 312
York, ME  03909
(207)-363-4974
Fax  207-363-4021
Jennifer Lapp, Director of Education