• Don’t forget to look over the HPS’s guide to Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, offering detailed tax benefit information, printable certification applications, and information on historical preservation easements.
  
  
• Again, the S.F. Planning Department’s “San Francisco Preservation Bulletins” can supply you with the particulars on “Preservation Incentives” and designated “Historic and Conservation Districts” within the City.
  
  
• You've no doubt heard of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, “a privately funded non-profit organization that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities.” Call the trust’s Western Office for further information at (415) 956-0610 or send an email to wro@nthp.org. Sign up for The Western Office’s Free E-Newsletter online, as well as the Trust’s national magazine, Preservation.
  
  
• San Francisco Architectural Heritage— a local organization dedicated to “appreciation of the built environment and understanding of the value of preserving significant San Francisco architecture” — can also provide you with information on preservation easements. Call Bill Beutner at (415) 441-3000, ext. 10.
  
  
• You’ll find Preservationdirectory.com useful, too. The site is a comprehensive resource that aims “to foster the preservation of historic buildings [and places]… by facilitating communication among preservationists, historical societies, State and Federal historic preservation offices, and the general public.” You can also reach them by email at preservationdirectory@comcast.net.
  
  
• The Victorian Alliance of San Francisco, another local non-profit preservation group, will be able to provide you with helpful information. See their Web site or call them at (415) 824-2666.
  
  
• Finally, About.com’s "Historic Preservation: Research, Restore, and Preserve" is worth browsing through. Don’t miss the “Old-House Tool Kit” or the articles and resources on how to research the architectural history your own home.