The municipal planning process can intimidating and inequitable, but many of the most critical decisions that impact a community are made in the planning process. In order to create new resources for Maryland communities, planners, and citizens, Preservation Maryland...
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Banneker-Douglass Museum Wins Grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation Action Fund
The Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis is the only Maryland historic site to receive a 2020 African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Located in the historic Mt. Moriah AME Church, the Banneker-Douglass...
Webinar Recap: The Next Frontier of Preservation: The Moon
Unique environmental characteristics, global political impact, and growing development pressure from private companies are real concerns for the preservation of the Moon - and the human ingenuity that got us there. To ponder preservation on the Moon, Preservation...
Maryland Heritage Area Authority Announces Over $5 Million in New Tourism Grants
The Hogan administration recently announced that 114 matching grants totaling $5.1 million were awarded to Maryland non-profits, local jurisdictions, and other heritage tourism organizations by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority in support of heritage tourism...
Maryland Receives Federal Grant to Study State History of Asian American Communities
The Maryland Historical Trust, in the Maryland Department of Planning, has received a National Park Service Underrepresented Communities Grant to study Asian American communities in the state. Since the National Park Service program's creation in 2014, almost $3...
Katie Parks Strengthens Preservation Maryland Team as New Director of Development
Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce Katie Parks as the organization's new Director of Development. Katie Parks is a formidable development and real estate professional, and as the organization’s new Director of Development, she will bring expertise in...
Webinar Recap: Historic/Self Preservation with the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
In the first of many free webinars to replace our annual Old Line State Summit, Preservation Maryland hosted over 100 registrants to learn about the work of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture for a one-hour webinar titled, "Historic...
House Passes Federal Historic Tax Credit Improvements in Infrastructure Package
The House of Representatives has passed The Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2), a comprehensive infrastructure bill that includes enhancements and temporary emergency measures for the federal Historic Tax Credit, thanks in part to the advocacy of Preservation Maryland and...
[CLOSED] RFP: Documenting and Exploring the Interpretive Potential of St. George Island: Maryland’s Largest Revolutionary War Battlefield
Preservation Maryland is seeking Proposals from a consulting firm with demonstrated expertise in the preparation of historic preservation and planning reports as applied to land protection, historic preservation and battlefield sites. Update: Out of many interested...
[CLOSED] RFP: Preservation Maryland Seeks Consultant for Branding Project at South Mountain Battlefield
Preservation Maryland is seeking Proposals from a consulting firm with demonstrated expertise in the development of graphic design, branding, design guidelines and branding implementation plans for large landscapes, preferably with experience in historic and...
New National Rehabilitation Guidelines for Covered Bridges Announced in Maryland
Late in 2019, the Historic American Engineering Record celebrated the release of new rehabilitation guidelines for covered bridges at a reception at the Historic Preservation Training Center in Frederick, Maryland. The well-illustrated publication of over 230 pages...
Preservation Maryland Purchases Building in Historically African American Neighborhood of Hagerstown
At a socially distant closing held on Wednesday, June 24, Preservation Maryland Executive Director signed on the dotted line – formally acquiring 417 N. Jonathan Street in Hagerstown as a part of the organization's re-launched historic property redevelopment program....
State Preservation Grants Support Relocation of Historic B&O Railroad Tower in Brunswick
Gov. Hogan recently announced $600,000 in grants for capital historic preservation projects across the state, including a grant to relocate the historic B&O WB Tower in Brunswick, Maryland – also a Preservation Maryland Six-to-Fix project and recipient of a...
Support Future Historians by Sharing Your Pandemic Stories and Starting an Archive
During today's global pandemic, many of us are looking to history, including the Flu of 1918 for context and guidance. One hundred years from now, historians may be looking to understand the impact of COVID-19 on life in Maryland. Here's how to support future...
Reinvesting in Older Homes Can be Part of a Post-Coronavirus Solution to Affordable Housing
A leading consulting firm in the study of preservation, revitalization, and reinvestment economics, PlaceEconomics, has just released a clear case for including historic preservation principles squarely into COVID-19 recovery efforts. Event Recording: Del. Brooke...
Preservation Maryland Receives Grant to Support Maryland’s First LGBTQ National Register Nominations
With a grant from the Maryland Historical Trust through the Certified Local Government Program of the National Park Service, Preservation Maryland has selected Dr. Susan Ferentinos to begin work on the state’s first National Register nominations for properties...
Sykesville, Maryland Wins America’s Main Streets Contest
Sykesville, Maryland won America's Main Street contest with an unprecedented number of votes – the town of 4,400 with 44 small businesses garnered more than 125,000 votes in the national contest run by Independent We Stand, an organization that supports and promotes...
Preservation Maryland Statement on Racial Injustice
As Maryland and the rest of the nation protests racial injustice, Preservation Maryland issued the following statement: "Along with the rest of the nation, we here at Preservation Maryland are bearing witness to the widespread protests in response to the murders of...
Nicholas Redding, Preservation Maryland Executive Director, Will Serve on Federal Trades Training Task Force
Preservation Maryland Executive Director, Nicholas Redding was selected by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to serve as vice chairman of the Council’s recently formed Traditional Trades Training Task Force. The Task Force is led by Aimee Jorjani, Chairman...
Harford County is Designated a Certified Local Government by National Park Service
Harford County was recently designated a Certified Local Government by the National Park Service and the Maryland Historical Trust recognizing the County's commitment to local preservation and equally as importantly, opening the county to new preservation funding...
Maryland Heritage Area Authority Releases $600,000 in Emergency Operating Grants to Cultural Institutions
Preservation Maryland commends the Maryland Heritage Area Authority for its swift response to the needs of Maryland's historic and cultural institutions through the Covid-19 Emergency Grant Program. The Maryland Historical Trust recently announced the grants, sharing...
Preservation Maryland Receives Two Battlefield Preservation Grants to Help Tell Maryland’s Military Story
On May 18, 2020, The American Battlefield Protection Program, a unit of the National Park Service, announced Preservation Maryland was the recipient of two competitive battlefield protection planning grants. The grants support Preservation Maryland's campaign aimed at...
Recent Federal Report Shows Positive Impact of Historic Tax Credit Program
In March, the National Park Service released their latest Annual Report on the Historic Tax Credit program, the largest Federal investment in historic preservation. Twenty-five Historic Tax Credit projects received their final application approvals in Maryland in 2019...
Announcing the Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellowship
2022 Update: Click Here for the 2022 Application The National Park Service, in partnership with Preservation Maryland, is pleased to announce the Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellowship to promote innovation and professional growth in the field of historic...
The Origin Story of Preservation Maryland’s Revolving Fund
For the first time in many years, Preservation Maryland is set to purchase a property with its recently rekindled revolving fund – but the history of the revolving fund goes back to 1973 and included a visit with a famous visitor from Savannah, Georgia. According to...
Job Opportunity: Director of Development
Preservation Maryland is currently recruiting for a full-time Director of Development to join our team and lead our philanthropic outreach and engagement. Update: This position has been filled as of July 2020. Preservation Maryland recently announced Katie Parks as...
Baltimore Heritage Video Series Shares Charm City History 5-Minutes at a Time
Learn Baltimore City history is as little as 5 minutes a day! Baltimore Heritage, Inc., Baltimore's small and mighty historic preservation organization, has been releasing new videos about Charm City history for the past couple of weeks and have just surpassed two...
Six Grants Open Right Now to Support Maryland’s Historic and Cultural Organizations
The preservation community is coming together to support essential operations and programming of Maryland's cultural and historic organizations during the Covid-19 pandemic. Make the most of Preservation Month, Maryland – by sharing and applying for these grants....
Six-to-Fix Update: Report and Interactive Map Tell Story of Kent County’s Cultural Landscape
With funding from Preservation Maryland, the Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance has prepared and released a report and interactive map about the Eastern Shore county's historic rural landscape. In 2016, Preservation Maryland named the Kent Conservation and...
More Inspiring Stories from Museums Innovating During the Pandemic
Innovative historians across the country have been ramping up engaging online education efforts while museums, visitors centers, and historical societies are closed for safety. Here are just some of the inspiring and interesting stories we've compiled from our friends...
Statewide Smart Growth Workshop
December 10 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pmPreservation Basics with Talbot Historical Society
SAVE THE DATE! More information and registration page coming soon.
January 8, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pmHeritage Fund FY25 Information Session
Save the Date! Join Preservation Maryland on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, to learn more about the He...
January 22, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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.