Preservation Maryland

Help Preserve Maryland’s Culinary History

Help Preserve Maryland’s Culinary History

The Great Maryland Recipe Hunt, a project by The Hammond-Harwood House and the Maryland State Archives, is aiming to collect and preserve Maryland's delicious, diverse, and distinctive fare. You can help by submitting favorite Labor Day recipes and food memories (but...

Preservation Maryland Awarded Community Investment Tax Credit

Preservation Maryland Awarded Community Investment Tax Credit

Support our work to revitalize, rehabilitate, and adaptively reuse the historic Ellicott City Jail and Virginia Snoots House. Preservation Maryland has been awarded a Community Investment Tax Credit from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development to...

In the Field: Hands-On Training with The Campaign for Historic Trades

In the Field: Hands-On Training with The Campaign for Historic Trades

The Campaign visits the National Association of Women in Construction summer camp for young women The Campaign for Historic Trades and partner National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center staff spent a day teaching historic trades skills to young...

Preservation Exchange with The Landmark Trust USA

Preservation Exchange with The Landmark Trust USA

Preservation Maryland recently sent Historic Property Redevelopment Manager Laura Houston to Vermont to spend a week with The Landmark Trust USA. Supported by grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Peter H. Brink Leadership Fund and the Maine...

Maryland Towns with Unusual Names: Fruitland

Maryland Towns with Unusual Names: Fruitland

Next up in our series of towns with unusual names is Fruitland, Maryland. Located in Wicomico County, Fruitland is home to about 5,300 people. Visitors to the area can visit the Pemberton Historical Park, the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, or the Salisbury Zoo....

New Report Calls for Smart Growth Policy to Prevent Farmland Loss

New Report Calls for Smart Growth Policy to Prevent Farmland Loss

The American Farmland Trust has just released its "Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing and Abundant Future" report, an ambitious modeling effort to project how climate change and development will affect agricultural land, which clearly  demonstrates the need for smart...

Nominations Are Now Open: Best of Maryland Awards 2022

Nominations Are Now Open: Best of Maryland Awards 2022

The Best of Maryland Award nomination period is now open for 2022. Nominations are due August 31, 2022. Preservation Maryland's Best of Maryland Awards shine a spotlight on the ceaseless work of Maryland's volunteers, architects, artisans, legislators, and many more...

Maryland’s Role in Vaccine Development

Maryland’s Role in Vaccine Development

With news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has authorized the Maryland-based Novavax vaccine, the nation's first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19, we are sharing other scientific solutions that have been created right here in the Old Line...

Maryland Road Trip: Exploring Garrett County

Maryland Road Trip: Exploring Garrett County

Twelve counties down on Diane and Jeff Caslow’s twenty-three counties and Baltimore City day trip explorations. They are halfway through their second round of visiting every county in Maryland – a full year of adventures!  Exploring from the lens of landscape...

Preservation News Across Maryland

Preservation News Across Maryland

Preservation Maryland has its finger on the pulse of news affecting the preservation community. Read below for recent news from across the state about historic preservation programming, funding, and advocacy. New Land Conservation Program in Howard County Howard...

Harrison Goodall Grant Recipient Shares Experience

Harrison Goodall Grant Recipient Shares Experience

The Harrison Goodall Grant for Innovative Historic Preservation application period is now open! Hear from Benjamin Curran, a 2021 grant recipient (and now The Campaign for Historic Trades' Curriculum Developer!), as he shares his experience with the simple application...

Preservation Maryland Welcomes Preservation Initiatives Manager

Preservation Maryland Welcomes Preservation Initiatives Manager

Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce the hire of Maria Mougridis as Preservation Initiatives Manager. Maria will oversee the Heritage Fund Grant Program, the selection of the Harrison Goodall Fellowships in partnership with the National Park Service, and the...

Spring 2022 Heritage Fund Recipients Announced

Spring 2022 Heritage Fund Recipients Announced

The Heritage Fund, a cooperative effort of Preservation Maryland and the Maryland Historical Trust, provides direct assistance for the protection of historical and cultural resources and promotes innovative demonstration projects that can be successfully replicated to...

Maryland Towns with Unusual Names: Accident

Maryland Towns with Unusual Names: Accident

Next up on our feature of “Maryland Towns with Unusual Names” is Accident, Md. Located in Garrett County, in the plateau region of the Appalachian Mountains, this town has a unique history. Visitors to the town can go to the James Drane House or one of the town's...

Request for Proposals: Fort Tonoloway Archaeological Services

Request for Proposals: Fort Tonoloway Archaeological Services

Preservation Maryland, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is soliciting competitive proposals for archaeological services from qualified consultants to conduct an archaeological investigation within Fort Tonoloway State Park to locate the...

Maryland Road Trip: Exploring Kent County

Maryland Road Trip: Exploring Kent County

Eleven counties down on Diane and Jeff Caslow's twenty-three counties and Baltimore City day trip explorations. The pair are trying to visit each county in the opposite season from the one they did during their first tour around the state. Last time they visited Kent...

Governor Hogan Signs Historic Tax Credit Bill Into Law

Governor Hogan Signs Historic Tax Credit Bill Into Law

Preservation Maryland’s Director of Government Relations Elly Cowan joined Senator Katie Fry Hester and Isaac Meyer from Compass Government Relations Partners in Annapolis May 16, 2022 as the Historic Revitalization Tax Credit – Funding and Extension (SB289/HB27) was...

Asset Mapping: Community-based Planning in Support of Revitalization

Asset Mapping: Community-based Planning in Support of Revitalization

In the world of historic preservation, the practice of asset mapping makes a regular appearance. Asset mapping is a process through which information and input is gathered regarding a location’s current and potential assets - be it people, neighborhood features,...

Internship Opportunity at South Mountain State Battlefield

Internship Opportunity at South Mountain State Battlefield

Preservation Maryland is recruiting for a 3-month paid internship that will be based at the South Mountain State Battlefield in Frederick/Washington County, Maryland. This unique internship will focus on researching and interpreting underrepresented and untold stories...

Recognizing the 234th Anniversary of Maryland’s Statehood

Recognizing the 234th Anniversary of Maryland’s Statehood

On April 28, 1788, Maryland became the seventh state of the United States of America. After the Articles of Confederation had failed, the U.S. needed a new governing document. The nation’s leaders proposed a federal Constitution to replace it. The U.S. Constitution...

Monitoring the Impacts of Sea Level Rise

Monitoring the Impacts of Sea Level Rise

Earth Day was first celebrated on this day in 1970 when 20 million people attended events at sites across the United States. Originally designed to fight for environmental causes, today’s Earth Day mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental...

Preservation Maryland Elects Five New Members to Its Board of Directors

Preservation Maryland Elects Five New Members to Its Board of Directors

Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce the election of five new members to our Board of Directors. The new Board members represent diverse backgrounds and interests, and will help support the organization with important efforts now and into the future. “We are...

Celebrating the International Day for Monuments and Sites

Celebrating the International Day for Monuments and Sites

Today is the International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day. Created as a way to celebrate diversity and cultural heritage around the world, Preservation Maryland and our program The Campaign for Historic Trades are celebrating the value...

Events

Preservation 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.