One-third of archaeological sites in Anne Arundel County are threatened by weather and other natural hazards. The Lost Towns Projects used a recent Heritage Fund grant to get the word out through a series of public videos, called "A Race Against Time: Maryland...
Funding
Heritage Fund Highlight: Keeping History Above Water Conference in Annapolis
As a part of Preservation Maryland's commitment to professional development and increasing awareness about the threat sea-level rise poses to historic resources, the organization made a $3,000 grant from the Heritage Fund to support bringing the Keeping History Above...
Six-to-Fix Update: Preserving the Rural Landscape of Kent County
Recently, the Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance received a Heritage Fund grant from Preservation Maryland, as well as a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Bartus Trew Providence Preservation Fund, to conduct an inventory of the...
Video: Heritage Fund Grant FAQ Answered
Does your Maryland preservation project need funding? The Heritage Fund grant program recently surpassed the $1 million dollar mark providing direct funding to historic preservation projects across Maryland! And there are two application periods each year. FAQ...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Historical Society of Harford County
The Historical Society of Harford County is headquartered in the ca. 1936 former U.S. Post Office for the Town of Bel Air. Since 2012, the Society has been fundraising and working towards restoration and rehabilitation of the building. The Heritage Fund recently...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Church Hill Theatre
The Church Hill Theatre in Queen's Anne County recently received a Heritage Fund grant to repair cracks in it's exterior stucco work. As a cultural and entertainment hub for the community, the organization turned their performances into fundraisers, too, to continue...
Help Restore Vandalized St. Thomas Cemetery
In early June 2017, vandals damaged dozens of historic gravestones in the cemetery of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The congregation is now reaching out to preservationists and the community to help make the needed repairs. Prince George's...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Relocating “The Ark” in Calvert County
In order to preserve the historic and unique Ark of Hungerford Creek, it needed to be relocated to the Calvert Marine Museum to serve as it's permanent home and stewards. This effort was partially funded by the Heritage Fund, and Preservation Maryland was onsite to...
Heritage Fund Grant Recipients of 2016
Since it's creation, the Heritage Fund has supported hundreds of local and regional historic preservation, community development, and educational projects in Maryland with nearly $1 million of financial support. Along with our partners, the Maryland Historical Trust,...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Now Entering Historic Brookeville
There is a small town in northeastern Montgomery County that calls itself the United States Capital for a Day; Brookeville, Maryland was founded as a Quaker community in 1807, played an important defensive role during the War of 1812, and is a beautifully preserved...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Preserving Berlin Cemetery
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...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Preserving Historic St. Vincent de Paul Church
St. Vincent de Paul Church has been a Baltimore institution since 1841 and is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in Baltimore to operate continuously in its original church structure. The church’s slender, 150-foot, Georgian style tower capped with a copper dome is a...
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...
2016: Preservation Maryland’s Year in Review
A look back over the past year at Preservation Maryland's biggest challenges, accomplishments, partnerships and victories. In our 2016 Year-in-Review Report see how your support helped us to save more of Maryland's irreplaceable heritage and what we have planned for...
Heritage Fund Highlight: The Beautiful Bones of Rich Hill Revealed
Significant progress has been made in rehabilitating, understanding, and interpreting the 18th century Rich Hill farm and house in Charles County. Recipients of a Heritage Fund grant, Preservation Maryland is pleased to share recent updates as described by Cathy...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Swains Lockhouse on the C&O Canal
In October 2015, Preservation Maryland presented the C&O Canal Trust with a Heritage Fund grant to assist in creative marketing and fundraising strategies in support of the rehabilitation of the Swains Lockhouse in Potomoc, MD. As part of that grant, the C&O...
Heritage Fund In Action: Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Ellicott City
Perched on hillside outside downtown Ellicott City is Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, a historic African American church constructed in 1890. It was the recent recipient of a Heritage Fund Grant that helped rehabilitate its historic roof. Throughout the years, Mt....
Evergreen Heritage Center: Preserving the Past for the Future
With a vision and passion for telling the story of rural Maryland, and the professional expertise of preservation architects and engineers, the Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation will embark on a 21st century adaptive rehabilitation project of their 200 year old...
Evergreen Heritage Center: Exploring a Hidden Treasure
Over 200 years ago, in the heart of Allegany County, Edward Grimes built a Pennsylvania-style barn from the rich timber and stone resources available on the four 50-acre Western Maryland 'military lots' awarded to him for his Revolutionary War service. Now it's being...
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.