To preserve architecturally and historically significant sites, objects and landscapes in Salem, and to promote educational, artistic, and cultural activities that will increase community awareness of the importance of Salem’s heritage. Salem Preservation's mission is to preserve architecturally and historically significant sites, objects and landscapes in the Salem area, and to promote educational, artistic and cultural activities that will increase community awareness of the importance of the preservation of Salem's heritage.Located in Salem Ohio and founded in 1994, Salem Preservation is a historic preservation group. Historic preservation preserves our cultural and historical past. Preserving and maintaining aspects of our past, whether it is home, a barn, a church or a tree allows us to maintain a sense of continuity and relationship with the past. It lets us view the changes that have taken place against a backdrop of what has gone before. This helps us to appreciate where we are in time, to understand how we got here, and perhaps to decide where we should be going.