Calendar of Events 2025
The Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office, presents its 2025 calendar of events. There are no registration fees unless noted. All events will take place virtually, unless otherwise stated. For more information call 405-521-6249. Note: If you have a disability and need an accommodation, call 405-521-6249 at least two (2) days before the event.
CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES: Many of these programs meet the requirements for HSW hours/State of Oklahoma's Board of Governors of Licensed Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers, and for PDH hours/Oklahoma State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. The SHPO will email certificates of attendance after the event, and participants self-report or document their attendance per policies of the respective boards.
SHPO Lunch & Learns are virtual only - Register here
Saving the Sacred webinars are virtual only - Register here
For more information about SHPO workshops, please contact Tifani Darata at Tiffany.Darata@history.ok.gov or 405-521-6249. You may also register online at okhistory.org/shpo/workshops. Login information for the workshops will be sent the day before the workshop is scheduled to begin.
Check back regularly for updates!
January 2025
1 SHPO Closed
16 Historic Preservation Review Committee Meeting (1:30 p.m./Dr. LeRoy H. Fischer Boardroom, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City; virtually via Teams)
20 SHPO Closed
21 SHPO Lunch and Learn: Care Before It's Gone (Unveiling the New SHPO State Plan) (12 p.m./Shea Otley & Lynda Ozan)
February 2025
17 SHPO Closed
19 SHPO Lunch and Learn: Finding your Native Roots, the Dawes Rolls (12 p.m./Laura Martin)
27 Saving the Sacred: "Preserving America's-Stained Glass: Unveiling Challenges, Myths and Pathways to Sustainability" (2 p.m./Megan McElfresh, The Stained Glass Association of America)
March 2025
25 SHPO Lunch and Learn: Helium Project, Texas to Kansas (12 p.m./Stantec)
April 2025
15 SHPO Lunch and Learn: Register, Research, and Resources: The 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing (12 p.m./Laura Martin and Lynda Ozan)
17 Historic Preservation Review Committee Meeting (1:30 p.m./Dr. LeRoy H. Fischer Boardroom, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City; virtually via Teams)
22 Saving the Sacred: "Albatross or Asset: Adaptive Reuse of Sacred Places" (2 p.m./Rochell Stackhouse, Partners for Sacred Places)
May 2025
4 Oklahoma History Symposium: Oklahoma in Context - Details (Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City)
13 Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (10 a.m. - 11 a.m.)
14 National Register of Historic Places Overview (10 a.m. - 11 a.m.)
15 Best Submittal Practices: Section 106 & NRHP (10 a.m. - 11 a.m.)
16 The Historic Preservation Tax Credit: A Case Study (10 a.m. - 11 a.m.)
26 SHPO Closed
June 2025
19 SHPO Lunch and Learn: The Secrets of the Sanborn Maps (12 p.m./Mike Kertok)
July 2025
4 SHPO Closed
8 SHPO Lunch and Learn: NTHP Grant Funding (12 p.m./Diana Maxwell and Nicole Vann)
17 Historic Preservation Review Committee Meeting (1:30 p.m./Dr. LeRoy H. Fischer Boardroom, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City; virtually via Teams)
August 2025
12 SHPO Lunch and Learn: The Battle of Turkey Springs (12 p.m./Gerry Robinson)
September 2025
1 SHPO Closed
4 Saving the Sacred: "Cemetery Preservation Planning: Session 1" (2 p.m./Jason Harpe, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.)
TBD SHPO Lunch and Learn: Lidar Technology (12 p.m./Jacob Bushong)
October 2025
TBD SHPO Lunch and Learn: Historic Overlay Zoning: What it is and how does it work?(12 p.m./Kathryn Friddle and Felicity Good)
4 Saving the Sacred: "Cemetery Research and Recordation: Session 2" (2 p.m./Jason Harpe, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.)
16 Historic Preservation Review Committee Meeting (1:30 p.m./Dr. LeRoy H. Fischer Boardroom, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City; virtually via Teams)
November 2025
6 Saving the Sacred: "Cemetery Preservation and Conservation: Session 3" (2 p.m./Jason Harpe, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.)
11 SHPO Closed
TBD Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
TBD Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program Overview
TBD National Register of Historic Places: Overview
28 SHPO Closed
29 SHPO Closed
December 2025
24 SHPO Closed
25 SHPO Closed
Last Updated 5/9/2025
