Preservation Maryland received a $20,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation through the Bartus Trew Providence Grant program to bring a team of specialists from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, a program of the...
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Only in Maryland: Old Fashioned Apple Butter Festival Adapts to Online Ordering
Since 1977, the Elk Creek Preservation Society celebrates the region's colonial heritage by inviting Marylanders to their annual Apple Butter Festival held at the Bee Hive — a group of historic buildings nearby Fair Hill in Cecil County. This year, due to COVID-19...
Updated: Five Grant Opportunities for Baltimore-Based History & Cultural Projects
Historic open spaces, museums, and community originations have served as beacons of culture and context for today's challenges. The following five grant opportunities are open to statewide and Baltimore-based organizations, sites, and projects in support of continuing...
Photos & Video: Phoenix Rising 2020: Unique Celebration of Maryland History at Bengies Drive-In
Bengies Drive-In is Maryland’s last drive-in theatre, boasts the U.S.’s largest screen…and hosted this year’s Phoenix Rising fundraiser. As the sunset and a drizzle started on October 1st, dozens of cars lined up to enter historic Bengies Drive-In near the Baltimore...
Best of Maryland: Craftspeople of Enoch Pratt Free Library Restoration Project honored with Preservation Artisan Award
Baltimore City’s ca. 1933 Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Library is the flagship location of one of the oldest public library systems in the United States, and through the work of many skills hands during an extraordinary renovation and modernization project, the...
Best of Maryland: State Department of General Services Presented Stewardship Award for Historic Annapolis Post Office Project
Under the direction of the Maryland Department of General Services, one of Annapolis’s historic post offices just underwent a world-class comprehensive adaptive reuse program to restore the deteriorated Georgian Revival architecture and to convert its interior space...
Best of Maryland Awards: Expert House Movers, Family-Owned Business, Recognized with President’s Award
Did you see the Galloway mansion floating across the Chesapeake Bay on the local news or a viral video clip online? That was the work of Sharptown, Maryland-based, Expert House Movers, a national leader in structural lifting and transport. MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY...
Announcing Three National Inaugural Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellowship Awards
The National Park Service, in partnership with Preservation Maryland, is pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellowship – three awards that will support innovation and professional growth in the field of historic...
Webinar Recording: Creating a Protective Conservation District in a Rural Small Town: Case Study from Brunswick, Maryland
How does a conservation district differ from a historic district - and it is right for your town? The City of Brunswick, Maryland, a town in rural Frederick County, is undertaking an initiative to create protections for their historic communities in the form of a...
Best of Maryland: Cultural Landscape Assessment of Kent County earns Smart Growth Excellence Award
Kent County, Maryland’s picturesque historic and natural resources were the subject of a model report which confirmed the unique and unparalleled opportunities for preservation in this eastern shore county. For their inspired and innovative undertaking of the...
Executive Director Nicholas Redding Named One of Baltimore Business Journal’s 40 Under 40
Preservation Maryland’s Executive Director Nicholas Redding has been named one of Baltimore Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 for his leadership and commitment to his chosen field of work: historic preservation – a field with an ethical and practical focus on saving...
Best of Maryland: CASA de Maryland Recognized with Stewardship Award for Historic Belnord Theatre Project
CASA de Maryland is a Latino and immigration advocacy and assistance organization with satellite offices in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Here in Maryland, the non-profit organization had been serving the community for several years from East Fayette Street, a few blocks...
Best of Maryland: Washington Grove Historic Sign Volunteer Team Celebrated with Community Choice Award
When Washington Grove transitioned from a summer resort to an incorporated town, much of the rustic camp character of this special place carried on including their approach to handcrafting their street signs. Starting in 1937, citizens built, painted, installed, and...
Best of Maryland Awards: James Castle of the Brunswick Heritage Museums Honored With Harrison Volunteer Award
A native of Brunswick, Maryland in Frederick County, James Castle is a model citizen, dedicated volunteers, skilled historian, and stalwart preservationist…sometimes known as Brakeman Jim, while giving free tours to heritage tourists or local senior citizens. In 2015,...
Webinar Recap: Considering Authenticity in Researching & Interpreting the Underground Railroad
Given the illegal nature of its operations, sites of the Underground Railroad across the United States were often hidden and secret. That necessity now presents a challenge to preservationists dedicated to identifying, preserving, and interpreting these important...
Best of Maryland: The Center for Health Care and Healthy Living at the Baltimore Hebrew Orphan Asylum Earns the Phoenix Award
Preservation Maryland recently presented the organizations 2020 Best of Maryland “The Phoenix Award” to the project team and community stakeholders of the large-scale renovation project at the Center For Health Care and Healthy Living at the Baltimore Hebrew Orphan...
Partners for Open Space Launches #MDopenspaces Social Media Campaign
Partners for Open Space is launching a social media campaign to generate statewide support for Maryland's parks, nature, outdoor spaces, as well as its rural and historic heritage, all with a strong nod toward Maryland's Program Open Space. Preservation Maryland and...
Best of Maryland: Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation Recognized With Stewardship Award
The Evergreen Barn in Allegany County is believed to be the last remaining 18th-century barn in Western Maryland and was the site of concerted preservation and reuse effort to reimagine the future of this stunning barn. Kickstarted by a feasibility study in 2015,...
Best of Maryland: Odenton Heritage Society Recognized with Best of Maryland Community Choice Award
Preservation Maryland recently presented members of the Odenton Heritage Society with a Best of Maryland award for their well-established commitment to promoting the town’s railroad history and leading the charge to preserve and reuse three of the town's historic...
Best of Maryland Awards Announcement: Celebrating the Best of Maryland’s History and Heritage in 2020
In these difficult times, Preservation Maryland is honored to shine a spotlight on the ceaseless work of our Best of Maryland Award winners - volunteers, architects, artisans, and legislators doing the essential work of protecting the places that make Maryland such a...
Best of Maryland: Historic London Town & Gardens Recognized with Community Choice Award
Historic London Town & Gardens in Anne Arundel County is a long-established living history site tackling every day and extraordinary challenges head-on. The waterfront historic site is flush with gardens, trails, and wildlife; it hosts the County’s archaeology lab...
New Partnership with CIRCA Old Houses Supports Preservation Maryland’s Revolving Fund
Under the new partnership, CIRCA will donate all proceeds from the sale of their extremely popular “Save All The Old Houses” enamel pin to Preservation Maryland’s revolving fund rehabilitation of 417 North Jonathan Street. The building is an historic circa 1830s small...
Six-to-Fix Update: Old Orchard Street Church Receives State Heritage Area Funding
The Greater Baltimore Urban League are stewards of the Old Orchard Street Church and have recently received critical capital funding from the Maryland Heritage Area Authority to repair one of the historic structure's iconic windows. The Orchard Street Church is noted...
Draft Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan Available for Public Comment
The Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning has invited the public to read and comment on the draft Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan being prepared by lead firm, Mahan Rykiel Associates. Public Meeting: Join the Howard County Department of Planning and...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Carriage House at Mt. Pleasant Farm Restored by Howard County Conservancy
The Howard County Conservancy stewards over three centuries of history at Mt. Pleasant Farm, including a newly restored Carriage House, funding in part by the Heritage Fund grant program. Historic Mt. Pleasant farm was donated for preservation by sisters Ruth and...
Maryland Eats: Baltimore Coddies
A Maryland favorite with unknown origins, the Baltimore coddie, essentially a codfish cake, was ubiquitous in the city in the 50s and 60s. Made with a mixture of salt cod, potatoes, milk, and crackers, and served with mustard between two saltines, this tasty snack...
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...
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...
Maryland Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, four white men, Charles Carroll, Samuel Chase, William Paca, and Thomas Stone, represented Maryland's interests in breaking away from Great Britain's colonial rule and to embark on the creation of a new...
[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...
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