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Top 11 Preservation Victories of 2019

Top 11 Preservation Victories of 2019

In 2019, Preservation Maryland achieved several important victories across our major programs, including advocacy, grantmaking, smart growth, historic trades, and all of our research and education efforts. At any one-time, our staff is working on many active and...

Heritage Fund Supports Seven New Preservation Projects

Heritage Fund Supports Seven New Preservation Projects

Preservation Maryland and the Maryland Historical Trust are pleased to announce the newest grantees of the Heritage Fund grant program. The Heritage Fund is one of few stable sources of preservation funding in Maryland and has provided over $1.4 million dollars in...

Heritage Fund Highlight: Cambridge Community Radio’s Vintage Studio

Heritage Fund Highlight: Cambridge Community Radio’s Vintage Studio

Cambridge Community Radio in Dorchester County used a Heritage Fund grant to transform a vintage ca. 1930 storefront restaurant into a music venue and radio studio as a new home for their all-volunteer, local radio station. Cambridge Community Radio, WHCP 101.5, is a...

Financing Available for Preservation & Infill Projects

Financing Available for Preservation & Infill Projects

Preservation Maryland has partnered with a national leader in energy conservation and efficiency financing to help provide flexible funding for preservation and infill projects throughout the state and beyond. The financing is known as C-PACE (Commercial Property...

Preservation Trades Network will Host Hands-On Conference in Maryland

Preservation Trades Network will Host Hands-On Conference in Maryland

Preservation Trades Network will host their annual International Preservation Trades Workshop in partnership with the National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center in Frederick, Maryland this year at the end of October.  This annual hands-on conference...

Heritage Fund Highlight: Roof Repairs at the Friend Family Association

The Town of Friendsville in Garrett County, Maryland was a recipient of a Heritage Fund grant to repair and replace the roof at the ca. 1900 headquarters of the Family Friend Association, an international genealogical resource to the Friendsville community and the...

Heritage Fund Highlight: Historic Sign Recreation at Sis’s Tavern

Heritage Fund Highlight: Historic Sign Recreation at Sis’s Tavern

North Brentwood was the first African American town to become part of Prince George's County when it was incorporated in 1924. Over time and out of necessity, this historic enclave has been home and host to famous citizens, athletes, and musicians — like Sis's Tavern...

Video: Brief History of the Movies in Maryland

The Old Greenbelt Theatre is using a Heritage Fund grant to create a docuseries on interesting aspects of Maryland history that run before shows at the historic National Historical Landmark theatre in Prince George's County. A HISTORY OF MOVIEGOING IN MARYLAND For...

Heritage Fund Highlight: Skipjack Wilma Lee Arrives in Annapolis

After a positive conditions assessment support by the Heritage Fund, the historic Skipjack Wilma Lee was transported from North Carolina to it's new — and rightful — home back in Maryland at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. On Tuesday, June 19, 2018, the Wilma Lee...

Best of Maryland: Church Hill Theatre on the Eastern Shore

The vernacular Art Deco architecture of the Church Hill Theatre in rural Queen Anne’s County is a rare site – and its home to a local performing theatre company that also well cares for their historic theatre. Preservation Maryland will recognize Church Hill Theatre...

Heritage Fund Highlight: Chimney Repair at Steppingstone Farm Museum

Heritage Fund Highlight: Chimney Repair at Steppingstone Farm Museum

Last winter, one of the historic chimneys at Steppingstone Farm Museum in Susquehanna State Park collapsed due to wind and weather. Preservation Maryland issued an emergency Heritage Fund grant to address the immediate need. Steppingstone Farm Museum is a collection...

Heritage Fund Highlight: Roof Repairs at St. Thomas Episcopal Church

Heritage Fund Highlight: Roof Repairs at St. Thomas Episcopal Church

St. Thomas's Episcopal Church's Chapel of the Incarnation is a very unique example of Mission-style church architecture in Maryland. It was built in 1916 by designer William J. Palmer for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. With a Heritage Fund grant, the Church was...

Heritage Fund Grants Awarded to Ten More Deserving and Unique Projects

Heritage Fund Grants Awarded to Ten More Deserving and Unique Projects

Since 1997, the Heritage Fund grant program has distributed over a million dollars in direct support for historic preservation projects in Maryland! This November, the selection committee awarded nearly $150,000 to ten deserving and unique projects across the state....

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