Preserving historic places preserves the soul of the community.

Services & Resume

DOCUMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE
National Register of Historic Places
Determinations of Eligibility
Reconnaissance Survey and Historic Resource
Inventory Intensive Level Survey
Measured Drawings and HABS/HAER Documentation
General Historic Research
Authorship (booklets, pamphlets, historic markers, etc.)
Grant project management
Section 106 mitigation

PLANNING AND PROMOTION
Community Preservation Planning
Preservation Feasibility Study
Permitting and Certificates of Appropriateness
Public Process Facilitation
Organizational Policies and Procedures
Program and Project Feasibility Analysis
Facilitation of RFP / RFQ Process Marketing
Public Relations

REHABILITATION
Project Advisement per Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation Federal and State Historic Tax Credits

OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE UPON RETAINER

The KHPS Team

Kirk has worked in the historic preservation field for over 30 years and in more than a dozen states. He began consulting in order to service communities in a different way than in his previous advocacy and non-profit career. 

Mason started at Kirk Huffaker Preservation Strategies in December 2023 after working for most of the year in cultural resources at Hill Air Force Base (Utah). He brings deep passion for historic preservation along with experience in research, writing, working with archives, creating public education activities and public engagement, preparing NRHP nominations and historic tax credit applications, working with the SHPO, Section 106 compliance, and producing maps in ArcGIS. He holds a B.A. in History from Weber State University and an M.A. in History from Utah State University. 

Jessica holds a BA in journalism from Brigham Young University and an MA in history from the University of Utah. She is a proud Utah native and especially loves the beauty of historic structures surrounded by Utah’s magnificent scenery. Jessica enjoys all kinds of historical research, with experience in topics from the cultural significance of maize in the Aztec empire to the iconic role of Dinah, the pink dinosaur sculpture of Vernal, UT. She values highlighting the role of diverse populations in Utah’s history. Jessica profiled Utah’s African American businesses for the national Green Book project under the auspices of the University of Virginia. She also worked as a public relations consultant for Utah Dine Bikeyah, a charitable organization of the Navajo tribe, focused on retaining protection for Bears Ears National Monument. Jessica particularly enjoys observing the role of the environment in the places we inhabit within the landscape. She continues her association with the University of Utah as an adjunct instructor in the History Department.

John is an environmental historian of the American West. He specializes in 19th and 20th century Indigenous history, public lands, the Atomic West, and outdoor recreation. As a public historian John has collaborated with Native American Tribes, National Park Service, Department of Energy, USDA Forest Service, and nonprofits. He has produced book-length research reports, treaty reports, ethnohistories, oral history collections, NRHP and NHL documentation, and geospatial humanities projects. In his academic and public history work he has conducted nearly 150 oral histories with tribal elders, Downwinders, politicians, scientists, federal land managers, and peace activists. He holds an MA in history from Brown University and a BA in history from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently he is finishing his PhD in American history at the University of Utah. 

Robert is an experienced genealogist and historian that specializes in African American history. He and his wife Alice are the founders of the Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation. During his professional career, Robert was a seasoned manager with 10+ years of full-time compliance and customer service experience, and a leader in creating and molding community organizations and planning events. He used leadership positions as an opportunity to serve team members and ensure the team has the resources they need to reach individual goals. In all aspects of his work and passions, Robert is a creative problem solver resolved issues effectively and timely. Robert was instrumental in creation of the revolving fund feasibility study for the Dryborough Neighborhood of New Bern, NC.

 Community Leadership

Crown Colony Baseball, Board of Trustees, Past President

Sema Hadithi African American Heritage & Culture Foundation, Managing Director, Board of Directors

 Land Acknowledgement

The office of Kirk Huffaker Preservation Strategies is located within and operates on the ancestral lands of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Goshute Indian Tribe, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, Ute Indian Tribe, and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (land colonially known as the Salt Lake Valley).*

We support and actively work towards restorative justice for the concerned Native communities to make this community whole.

*Language courtesy of Seven Canyons Trust.

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