Partner / Architectural Historian
- M.S. Historic Preservation, Columbia University, New York
- B.A. History and B.A. Music, University of Rochester, New York
- 13 Years Experience
- Qualifies as historian/architectural historian under the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (as defined in 36 CFR Part 61)
Mr. McMorris specializes in conducting historic resource studies for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the California Environmental Quality Act as well as other historic preservation projects. He has served as a lead historian / architectural historian, principal investigator, and project manager on projects for federal, state, and local government as well as for engineering/environmental consulting firms. Many of these projects have involved inventory and evaluation of historic resources under the criteria for the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources, along with analysis of effects projects may have on historic properties and measures to mitigate those effects. Based on his level of education and experience, Mr. McMorris qualifies as a historian/architectural historian under the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (as defined in 36 CFR Part 61).
Mr. McMorris joined JRP in 1998 and became a Partner in 2006. He is a lecturer at California State University, Sacramento’s Public History Program, and he has conducted multiple historic resources compliance training seminars. Mr. McMorris also has presented at conferences including the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preserving Historic Roads in America conference and at California Preservation Foundation conferences. Mr. McMorris is a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation/National Trust Forum, California Preservation Foundation, and San Francisco Architectural Heritage. Mr. McMorris received a MS in Historic Preservation from Columbia University, New York where he won the Award for Outstanding Thesis. He received a BA in History and a BA in Music from the University of Rochester, New York.