Historic preservation isn't only about preserving historic buildings, structures, and sites. It's also about preserving our intangible heritage - the music, dress, oral traditions, crafts, festivals, and cuisines that define our state's culture. One of the earliest...
The Dorchester County Historical Society celebrates the County’s commercial and agricultural heritage - and former distinction as "The Tomato Canning Capital of the World," with the quirky Great Eastern Shore Tomato Festival. WHY TOMATOES? Throughout the mid-19th and...
On August 17, 1964 Maryland Governor J. Millard Tawes cut the ribbon to officially open the final stretch of the just-completed Capital Beltway, I-495. Buckle up for a brief history of the Capital Beltway! RING ROAD CONCEPTS As early as the 1880s, planners had floated...
As the weather cools and weekly routines return after summer break, fall is the ideal time for a day trip or weekend getaway. Plan an autumn outing to one of these events at some of Maryland’s most scenic historic sites, recommended by Preservation Maryland and the...
Maryland will host a national symposium on the future direction of historic house museums using Annapolis as a real-world class-room, and bringing together keynote speakers on enlivening collection, interpreting the whole story, and creative community outreach. Join...
We recently learned about a cool adaptive reuse project underway in historic downtown Frederick. Sky Stage is scheduled to open in September. It will temporarily transform a boarded-up historic building into an open-air theater that will host arts and cultural...
Love local history? Check out these three books highlighting historic communities around the state, published with the help of Preservation Maryland’s support: HISTORIC ST. MICHAEL'S ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY Historic St. Michaels: An Architectural History (1996)...
Preservationists from around the state are cautiously optimistic about the future of two historic buildings after the Structural Group completed the first round of emergency stabilization. The historic buildings, which some research suggests may date to the early...
Preservation Maryland welcomes voices from across Maryland to head to the Facebook group, Maryland Preservation Forum to take part in discussions, to share ideas and events, and ask questions and offer solutions about preservation in the Old Line State! MARYLAND...
European settlement of the area today known as Ellicott City began as early as 1766 when James Hood built a grist mill along the banks of the Patapsco River. One of the earliest recorded floods in 1768 destroyed the original mill, which his son Benjamin Hood...
The Maryland heritage and cultural tourism network has an opportunity to assure that our priorities are well represented in an current study by the Maryland State Office of Tourism Development, they're calling DestinationNEXT. Here's more about the survey and the...
Like all Marylanders, we here at Preservation Maryland watched with shock and sadness as photos documented the disastrous flooding in Ellicott City, one of our state’s crown jewels of history and heritage. The raging floodwaters, which inundated some buildings to the...
So you work at a historic site and want to take advantage of Pokémon Go, but you have no idea where to start. Maybe you’ve never tried to integrate an app with your exhibits, or perhaps your Pokémon knowledge is so slight you don’t know a Mankey from a Magnemite - do...
If you have time on a weekend, and you enjoy historic sites, you absolutely must drive along some of Maryland’s eighteen Scenic Byways each with their own unique sights and stories. One of our Waxter Interns, Ben Israel, decided to explore the Scenic Byway nearest...
Does living in a historic house located within one of Maryland’s scenic State Parks, Natural Resource Management Areas or other protected state lands sound like a dream come true? The Gittings-Baldwin House in Gunpowder Falls State Park near Baldwin is now available...
Each year July 24 is recognized as National Amelia Earhart Day, the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, who was born on that day in 1897. In 1933, Amelia Earhart and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt flew together from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore,...
Preservation Maryland's local partners at the Preservation Alliance of Baltimore County put together a phenomenal Op-Ed on the role, value, and point of preservation -- and have made yet another great case for adaptively reusing the iconic Bel-Loc Diner. Timothy...
The Maryland Humanities Council invited our Director of Communications, Meagan Baco, to read and record an essay on the history and some of the architectural losses of historic Ocean City, Maryland - by natural disasters and by demolition - a place visited by many...
In an effort to help document and market Whites Hall, the boyhood home of Johns Hopkins, Preservation Maryland has teamed up with Elevated Element, a full service commercial drone operator to scan the historic home. The scanning was completed in mid-July and was...
Listen up! In ever progressive, Takoma Park, the city-wide historic preservation non-profit Historic Takoma, Inc has just gone live with Takoma Radio, a hyper-local radio station whose programming will include stories on local history, vibrant legacy, and new...
Does living in a historic house located within one of Maryland’s scenic State Parks, Natural Resource Management Areas or other protected state lands sound like a dream come true? Gray's Mill in Patapsco Valley State Park is now available through Maryland’s Resident...
We know that having a viable use for a historic structure is a key component to it's preservation, but that mounting an adaptive reuse project has inherent challenges from finding financing to finding a tenant. Preservation Maryland's Summer School attendees...
Preservation Maryland was honored to host members of the Maryland General Assembly and the Hogan Administration to celebrate their successful efforts to reauthorize Maryland’s historic tax credit on July 14, 2016. Dozens of supporters and partners from the Maryland...
Take a bite out of history by visiting one of these classic hot dog stands in Maryland: ANN'S DARI-CREME Ann’s Dari-Creme in Glen Burnie opened its doors in 1950, when a hot dog cost only thirty cents. Despite pressure from developers to close its doors when the...
As the Tony award-winning musical, Hamilton: An American Musical continues to entertain audiences across the country, it’s important to remember the moment the actual Hamilton came to Maryland in 1786 to address the profound challenges of the Articles of...
Advocacy matters, and your advocacy is helping us make the case for saving the iconic Bel-Loc Diner! Since announcing our concern regarding Starbucks plans to demolish the iconic Bel-Loc Diner, the response from Marylanders of all stripes has been fast and very...
Preservation Maryland was pleased to host Storm Cunningham to be our keynote speaker, whose international research brought about the concept of the restoration economy. "Restoration is the business and the spirit of the 21st century. We are redeveloping our nations,...
Maryland is home to many historic fire companies, some of which date as far back as the early nineteenth century. Most old firehouses now serve as other multi-purpose uses, but in old cities like Baltimore, there are still a fair amount of older ones that are still...
Preservation Maryland strongly supports the rehabilitation and reuse of the Bel-Loc Diner, a Parkville, Maryland landmark for over 50 years. We believe that Starbucks and Baltimore County officials can achieve the laudable goal of revitalization without the demolition...
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January 22, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pmPreservation Maryland participates in and hosts many events in and around Maryland. Take a look at our upcoming events to see where we’ll be next.