Conference

For more than 50 years, the IU Committee on Historic Preservation has been a proud sponsor of Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s official statewide conference on historic preservation.

This annual event provides a forum for critical examination and discussion of historic preservation research, policy, techniques, and activities relevant to Hoosiers in big cities, small towns, and rural areas. Indiana University joins Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, and the Indiana Office of Community & Rural Affairs as co-sponsors of the annual conference.

The 2026 Preserving Historic Places Conference will be held in Franklin, Indiana, on September 29-October 2, 2026. For more information, please visit Indiana Landmarks.

The 2025 Preserving Historic Places Conference will be held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on September 30-October 3, 2025. For information on this year’s conference, please visit the Indiana Landmarks site.

Historic Preservations Conference List
AnnualYearTitleLocation
11969First Annual Indiana Conference on Historic Preservation: “Preserving Indiana’s Architectural Heritage”Bloomington, Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union
21970Second Annual Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington, Indiana University
31971Third Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington, Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union
41972Fourth Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington, Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union
51973Fifth Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington, Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union
61974Sixth Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington
71975Seventh Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington
81976Eighth Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationVincennes, Campus of Vincennes University
91977Ninth Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington, Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union
101978Tenth Annual Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington
111979Eleventh Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationIndianapolis, IUPUI
12198012th Annual Indiana Conference on Historic Preservation: “The Preservation of Public Buildings”Bloomington, Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union
13198113th Annual Indiana Conference on Historic Preservation: “Neighborhood Conservation”South Bend, St. Mary’s College
141982Fourteenth Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington, Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union
15198315th Annual Conference on Historic PreservationMadison
16198416th Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationJasper
171985Seventeenth Annual Indiana Conference on Historic Preservation: “A New Look at Main Street”Muncie, Ball State University
181986Eighteenth Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington, Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union
191987Nineteenth Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationBloomington, Indiana University
20198820th Annual Indiana Conference on Historic PreservationNew Harmony
211989The 21st Annual Indiana University Conference on Historic Preservation-Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic Preservation: “The Legacy of the Ohio River” Vevay, Ogle Haus Inn
221990Indiana University Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationPorter County
231991Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationRichmond
241992Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationFrench Lick/West Baden
251993Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationSouth Bend
261994Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationMadison
271995Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationFort Wayne
281996Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationNashville, Brown Co. State Park
291997Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationLafayette
301998Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationNew Harmony
311999Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationWarsaw/Winona Lake
322000Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationFrench Lick/West Baden
332001Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationSouth Bend
342002Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationTerre Haute
352003Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic PreservationFort Wayne
362004First Joint Meeting of the Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic Preservation & Indiana Main StreetMadison
372005Second Joint Meeting of the Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic Preservation & Indiana Main StreetLafayette
382006Third Joint Cornelius O’Brien Conference on Historic Preservation & Indiana Main StreetWabash
392007Cornelius O’Brien Historic Preservation & Indiana Main Street ConferenceRichmond
402008Cornelius O’Brien Historic Preservation & Indiana Main Street ConferenceBloomington
412009No conferenceN/A
422010Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceNew Harmony
432011Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceIndianapolis
442012Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceWhiting
452013No ConferenceN/A
462014Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceNew Albany
472015Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceKokomo
482016Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceVincennes
492017Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceWabash
502018Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceColumbus
512019Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceEvansville
522020Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceVirtual
532021Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceVirtual
542022Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceSouth Bend
552023Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceMuncie
562024Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceMadison
572025Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceFort Wayne
582026Preserving Historic Places, Indiana’s Statewide Preservation ConferenceFranklin