Ever wonder who decides if a city building gets demolished or not? Why that rehab down the street was shut down for not having historic looking windows?
That would be the Preservation Board.

If you have a free Monday afternoon around 4 PM on the 4th Friday of the month, why not drop in and see how the process works.

The Preservation Board is a 9-member panel of citizens and design professionals. The Mayor appoints eight for 4-year terms; the ninth member is Chairman of the Aldermanic Committee on Public Safety. The Board is required to have:

-a registered structural or civil engineer;
-a registered architect;
-a landscape architect or urban planner;
-a real estate broker; and
-an art or architectural historian.

The Board acts as an administrative law judge and is governed by state law. The City Counselor represents the Board and its members.

Current Board Members

Board Meetings

The Preservation Board meets at 4:00 P.M. the fourth Monday of the month at:

1520 Market Street
Boardroom – Second Floor
St. Louis, Missouri 63103

The Board may change its meeting time or date, or schedule a special meeting. These changes are published on this web page and posted in our office. Notification is sent to applicants, City officials and citizens on our mailing list. For more information, contact the Board’s Secretary, Adona Buford, at buforda@stlouis-mo.gov  or at 314-657-3865.