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Pledge to Help Save Maryland History with an Annual Fund Gift

Pledge to Help Save Maryland History with an Annual Fund Gift

With the winter holiday rush closing in, I wanted to give you a quick update on an exciting recent accomplishment, reflect on our goals, and ask you to support our Annual Fund for the work ahead of us. From the desk of Nicholas A. Redding An Update At Preservation...

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....

Giving Tuesday: Maryland Women’s Suffrage History Project

In advance of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Preservation Maryland is raising funds to support the Maryland Women’s Suffrage History Project. Your donation will help bring this big project to fruition. LEARN ABOUT THIS PROJECT GIVE NOW The Women’s...

Video: Six-to-Fix Impact Report

Preservation Maryland’s Six-to-Fix program began with a simple question: Could we do more to help save threatened history across our state? Update: On the afternoon of May 27, 2018, Ellicott City, Maryland endured yet another devastating flood — the second time in...

Six Great Reasons to Give to Preservation Maryland on Giving Tuesday

Six Great Reasons to Give to Preservation Maryland on Giving Tuesday

Much like there’s Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Museum Shop Sunday, and Cyber Monday, non-profits have organized a special day to support deserving projects and causes called Giving Tuesday. This year for Giving Tuesday on November 28, 2017, here are six...

Preservation Maryland to Lead Panel Discussion in Historic Brunswick

On Wednesday, December 6, 2017, local citizens and Preservation Maryland will host a panel discussion at Smoketown Brewing Station entitled, “Revitalizing Brunswick: Using our Heritage to Create a More Prosperous Future.” Organizations which specialize in economic...

Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group proposes Commemorative Postage Stamp

The Turner Station-based Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group recently launched a campaign to support the issuance of a commemorative U.S. postage stamp of Henrietta Lacks of the famed HeLa cells. SUPPORT THIS EFFORT Marylanders can help the Legacy Group campaign for a...

The Maryland House that Inspired Disney’s Haunted Mansion

When Disneyland opened for the season in 1969, a new spookier attraction was included on the park map – Disney's Haunted Mansion – inspired by the Shipley-Lydecker House in Baltimore City. While developing the concept for the attraction, Disney’s imagineers searched...

Heritage Fund Highlight: Anne Arundel County Archaeology Video Series

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...

Six-to-Fix Update: Meet the New Class of Major Projects

The new class of Six-to-Fix projects represent the next step for Preservation Maryland's proactive preservation program and are one of the broadest, most diverse and inclusive collection of projects we have ever tackled. We are accepting big, bold and complex...

Preservation Maryland Elects Five New Board Members

At the 2017 Six-to-Fix Benefit and Annual Meeting held in the historic Parker Metal Building, the membership of Preservation Maryland elected five new Board members to help lead and guide the organization with its expanded focus and mission. The new Board members...

Six-to-Fix Update: New Major Projects Revealed at Benefit Event

Six-to-Fix Update: New Major Projects Revealed at Benefit Event

On Thursday, October 19, 2017, Preservation Maryland hosted its annual Six-to-Fix Benefit to support the award winning program. Now in its third year, the program has amassed a collection of over 18 distinct and unique projects – each with their own set of challenges...

Best of Maryland: Scouts put Cozy Cabin on New Foundation

The Thurmont-based Boy Scout Troop #270 recently donated their time, materials, and energy to providing a new foundation a ca. 1930 roadside tourist cabin. The Cabin was saved and moved to the property of the Thurmont Historical Society when the Cozy Inn was...

Only in Maryland: Surrender Dorothy Graffiti

If you lived in the Maryland area in the 1970s you may remember the infamous Surrender Dorothy graffiti on the CSX railroad bridge over I-495. The prank (and later tags) referenced the architecture of the nearby Mormon Temple - that with six golden spires may think...

Only in Maryland: Castle Angelo in Ellicott City

Only in Maryland: Castle Angelo in Ellicott City

Castle Angelo holds court atop a slope overlooking the Patapsco River and the B&O Railroad Tracks an extremely unique site in Maryland! The castle-like Gothic building built in the 1830s still stands and is much of a landmark now as it was when special rail...

Video: We Fight for Prosperity

Revitalizing our historic communities isn’t just a way to save our heritage; reusing existing buildings is also great for the economy. Historic rehabilitation has created millions of jobs and generating billions in private investment. Studies show residential...

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...

Maryland History: The First Pirate of the Chesapeake

In 1635, William Claiborne gained notoriety as the first documented pirate in Maryland history. Claiborne, who held a leadership role in the Virginia colony, setup a trading post and settlement on Kent Island which was later redrawn into the new colony of Maryland....

Tour Recap: Kayaking Antietam Creek

Tour Recap: Kayaking Antietam Creek

On the 155th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, a group of intrepid paddlers explored the meandering Antietam Creek on a Preservation Maryland-led tour. The tour began at the location of the historic Middle Bridge, on the recently rehabilitated Newcomer Farm on...

Historic Ellicott City Decorator Show House Announced

Since 1984, Historic Ellicott City, Inc., has worked closely with designers, artisans, and tradespeople to restore a historic property into that year's Decorator Show House. The goal of the program is engage history and preservation in all aspects of the construction,...

Journey Through Maryland History: The Stories of Charles County

Time travelers and Preservation Maryland members, Diane and Jeff Caslow, recently explored all the history and stories the Charles County has to offer. If you've been keep track they are about half way through their goal to visit every county in Maryland in a two year...

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.