Brunswick, located in Frederick County, has a legacy as a town instrumental to American transportation history with busy canals and fast railroads fueled by the residents of the town. In early 2015, the City of Brunswick contacted Preservation Maryland with a request...
Events
Maryland Music: Old-Time and Bluegrass Music in Maryland
Music has existed in many ways and in many contexts in Maryland’s history, but one style that has made a big mark on the state’s history is American folk music, and later bluegrass. Please read and listen on to the next installment of Preservation Maryland's blog...
Four Historic Places to Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Maryland
Take your pick of historic New Year locales in Maryland: a family-friendly event in downtown Annapolis, an oak bar in an historic paddleboat or a Prohibition-era bar in Baltimore, or on Berlin's Main Street, one of America's Coolest Small Towns. At any location,...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Archaeology in Search of Thomas Gerard
In 2002, Dr. James and Gena Clifton were constructing new outbuildings on their farm in Bushwood, when they discovered old shards of pottery. They did the right thing in contacting local archaeologists, and future professional digs supported by the Heritage Fund...
Gearing up for Session: Preservation Advocacy Schedule
The Maryland General Assembly sessions opens on January 11, 2017 - and Preservation Maryland wants you to be ready to advocate for historic preservation from day one! Please join us for one of our Preservation Town Halls happening across the state in early January:...
Six-to-Fix Workshop: “How to Protect your Local Burial Grounds”
With the inclusion of Maryland's sacred burial places as a statewide focus for Preservation Maryland's Six-to-Fix program in the coming year, we are proud to continue our partnership with the Coalition for the Protection of Maryland's Burial Sites by sponsoring their...
Journey Through Maryland History: Washington County Bridges
If you follow our blog, you may remember that the Preservation Maryland Board Vice President Diane Caslow has a goal to travel to all of Maryland's 24 counties in the next 24 months. And her adventure continues with a scavenger hunt for stone bridges in Washington...
Remembering the Fallen: Antietam National Battlefield Memorial Illumination
The Battle of Antietam remains the bloodiest one-day battle on American soil. On September 17, 1862, 23,000 soldiers became casualties in the first major Confederate attack on the Union during the Civil War. Every year, the National Park Service honors their sacrifice...
Giving Tuesday and the Great Maryland Road Trip
Much like there's Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, non-profits have organized a special day to support deserving projects and causes called Giving Tuesday. This year, Preservation Maryland is hitting the road to make the case to our fellow...
Preservation Maryland to Speak at inaugural Grow Maryland Summit
Grow Maryland is a new non-profit that formed to support small and value-added food producers, as well as, agritourism throughout Maryland. Partnering with the Rural Maryland Council, they will host the first ever Grow Maryland Summit this December to bring together...
Six-to-Fix Update: Lending a Hand to Document Historic Cemeteries
Preservation Maryland staff joined the Patapsco Heritage Greenway Heritage Area during their volunteer clean-up at Oella Cemetery in Catonsville in mid-November. Here's what we learned and how we're going to apply it to our Six-to-Fix work: Lending a hand to our...
Maryland Music: Colonial Music in St. Mary’s City, Maryland 1634-1776
With the 1634 arrival of two ships, The Ark and The Dove, on the shores of a tribal tributary of the Potomac River, near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the fourth Colony in North America was founded as a Baroque planned settlement called St. Mary’s City. Who were...
Marking Veterans Day in Maryland
Across the country, Veterans Day is a day to acknowledge, thank, and remember, the women and men who have served to protect the United State. It is celebrated every 11th of November, and this year we're honored to provide you here with four events around Maryland in...
Twenty-Four Maryland Counties in Twenty-Four Months
In this first of a series of blog posts, Preservation Maryland Board Vice President Diane Caslow will provide a travelogue of her journey across the state to visit some of Maryland's most historic places in all twenty-four counties over the next twenty-four...
Telling the African American Story in Maryland
Some of the very first people to arrive to the land that would be come Maryland in 1634 were of African descent. In Maryland, there are many cultural landscapes and historic sites that hold and interpret the varied history of African Americans from slavery and war to...
Historic Phillips Packing Plant Open to New Tenants
Our partners at the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy and Cross Street Partners are collaborating on a major rehabilitation project, that once complete, will revitalize the Cannery District of Cambridge, MD with 60,000 square feet of mixed-use space in a historic...
Preservation Group Announces Effort to Preserve Six Important Places Across Maryland
Preservation Maryland’s class of 2016 Six-to-Fix projects were revealed to a packed room on Thursday, October 13th at the Maryland Zoo’s historic Mansion House. Six-to-Fix, an innovative impact-focused program, is designed to help provide real solutions to big...
Tour Recap: Behind the Scenes at the Conowingo Dam
Last weekend, on October 1st, Preservation Maryland members and supporters were treated to a behind-the-scenes tour at the Conowingo Dam, a hydroelectric dam in the lower Susquehanna River situated between Cecil and Howard counties. Special thanks to Exelon, current...
Ellicott City Flood Recovery Announced as Six-to-Fix Project
Following the disastrous July flood, Preservation Maryland staff moved quickly to support the rebuilding effort in Ellicott City and have been on the ground since. In late July at a press conference, Preservation Maryland announced their intention to make the effort a...
October is Baltimore Architecture Month
AIABaltimore and the Baltimore Architecture Foundation present the 13th annual celebration of Baltimore Architecture Month: a series of events that recognize Baltimore’s built environment and architectural heritage. Explore the legacy Baltimore’s historic...
Get the Inside Scoop on Doors Open Baltimore
Have you had this familiar experience? You are walking around Baltimore and catch a glimpse inside a beautiful building that you have always wanted to visit. Even though the lights are on, the building isn’t open to just anyone, so you resign yourself to never seeing...
Six-to-Fix Update: Architects Visit Holly Hall
Our Six-to-Fix program brings together the resources, people, and intention to make real impact at threatened historic places. Last year, we accepted the ca. 1810 Holly Hall house and grounds in Cecil County into the program because of the tremendous local political...
Training Recap: Historic Window Workshop
On Saturday, September 17, 2016, Preservation Maryland hosted a dozen enthusiastic homeowners, DIYers, and preservationists at half-day workshop on historic window restoration led by historic preservation expert Douglas Claytor that took place at the Cozy Inn tourist...
Do Good and Get Dirty on National Public Lands Days
On this Centennial of the National Park Service, we as Marylanders can appreciate not only our national parks like Assateague Island or Antietam Battlefield, but the many public lands that we enjoy. Whether large parks, local greenspaces, or community gardens, we all...
Three Easy Ways to Celebrate the National Park Service Centennial
It's a big year for the National Park Service as the agency celebrates its centennial anniversary of its establishment in 1916. Here are three easy ways to keep the celebration and appreciation going! THROUGH THE MAIL Earlier this year in June, the United States...
19th Century Foodie’s Story Preserved in Ellicott City
Ellicott City’s flood-damaged historic buildings hold many stories of the people and events that have animated the city over its long history. Culinary historian Patricia Bixler Reber recently linked the severely damaged frame structure at 8113 Main Street, which...
Register Now for this Year’s Six-to-Fix Reveal Gala
Purchase your tickets to be present this October 13 at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore as Preservation Maryland announces six more important and threatened sites and learn about our successes and advances over the past year through the Six-to-Fix program. It will be an...
Preservation Resource Center established in Ellicott City to Help Property Owners Rebuild and Recover
At a press event with Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman, Preservation Maryland announced its decision to establish a Preservation Resource Center in Ellicott City, Maryland to directly assist property owners with the difficult task of repairing and...
National and State Parks and Forests in Maryland
The National Park Service recently celebrated 100 years of exemplary park service, preservation of natural resources, and conservation efforts nationwide. By working to preserve our national parks, current and future generations can appreciate the beauty of our...
A Brief History of the Capital Beltway
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...
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.