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.

Amy is a graduate student in Utah State University’s Master’s degree program in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning with an emphasis on historic landscapes. Amy has conducted research and produced documentation on dozens of historically and architecturally significant properties with widely varying character-defining features. Her thesis is an NRHP nomination of the Spiral Jetty in Box Elder County, Utah.  Independently, she was the lead researcher and author of the local historic district nomination for the Lower Harvard Historic District in Salt Lake City, and is also active in documenting historic architecture of rural Romania, teen anti-vape advocacy, and the Utah movement for better mental health through nature and art. As a consultant with KHPS she has been engaged in research and writing for the Allen Park Cultural Landscape Report, Kearns (Utah Governor’s Mansion) Cultural Landscape Report, Pocatello Downtown Historic District Design Standards and the NRHP nomination for the Salt Lake City LDS 15th Ward Meetinghouse.

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.

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Saves

The greenest building is the
one that’s already built.

I’ve led or made significant contributions to the following saves and rehabilitation projects.

Amanda Knight Hall, Provo
Beggs House and National Garage (High West Distillery), Park City (pictured above)
Boyle Furniture Co. Warehouse, Ogden
Bridgeland Bridge, Bridgeland
Burtch and Susan Beall House, Millcreek
Cache County Courthouse, Logan
Cramer House, Salt Lake City
Deseret Bank Building, Salt Lake City
Douglas School, Salt Lake City
First Security Bank Building, Salt Lake City
Garfield School, Salt Lake City
Grafton, Washington County
Harlan and Marie Nelson House, Salt Lake City
Ladies’ Literary Club, Salt Lake City
Kimball Boarding House, Park City
Maeser School, Provo
Northwest Pipeline Headquarters, Salt Lake City
Oddfellows Building, Salt Lake City
Ogden High School, Ogden
Provo Community Congregational Church
Roberta Sugden House, Millcreek
Rockville Bridge, Rockville
SLC Main Library (1964), Salt Lake City
Scowcroft Warehouse, Ogden
Shafer House, Moab
Stockyards Exchange Building, Ogden
The “Train” Buildings, Helper
Utah State Fairpark Barns, Salt Lake City
Van Wagenen House, Provo
World Map at SLC International Airport, Salt Lake City

 Community Leadership

Crown Colony Baseball Association, President, Board of Trustees

Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and 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).

Language courtesy of Seven Canyons Trust.

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