Earlier this month, the Baltimore Museum of Industry held a public unveiling of the newly repaired and repainted WWII-era shipbuilding crane towering over their campus on the Baltimore harbor. The celebratory event was a milestone to a multi-year and on-going campaign...
Preservation News
Smart Growth Maryland Announces New Smarter Growth Alliance for Howard County
Smart Growth Maryland is proud to have partnered with the Howard County Sierra Club and The People’s Voice, LLC to create the Smarter Growth Alliance for Howard County, which brings together organizations focused on sustainable development, healthy communities, and...
Preservation Maryland Statement on the Selection of Sen. Bill Ferguson as President of the Senate
Following the selection of Senator Bill Ferguson as the next President of the Senate of Maryland, Preservation Maryland Executive Director Nicholas Redding issued the following statement: "Today, history was made yet again in Maryland with the end of Senator Thomas V....
Preservation Maryland Releases New Report on South Mountain Battlefield
The Public Consensus Building Plan for the South Mountain Battlefield is the first in-depth study of the preservation status of the critical battlefield in a generation. With funding from the American Battlefield Protection Program of the National Park Service, the...
Workshops Announced for New Maryland Historical Society Grant Program
Workshops have been announced for a new grant program administered by the Maryland Historical Society through an annual recurring allocation to the state's Preservation of Cultural Arts Fund. Preservation Maryland was supportive of the state's allocation of funds for...
Six-to-Fix Event: Public Meeting About New Development Opportunities at Glenn Dale Hospital
As part of a major multi-year public and private initiative to rehabilitate the historic Glenn Dale Hospital in Prince George's County, the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) has commissioned Alexander Company to complete a new...
Six-to-Fix Event: Public Archaeology Day at Shafer Farm in Western Maryland
Preservation Maryland has been working in support of a preservation solution for the historic Hamilton Willard Shafer Farm in Burkittsville, Maryland since the organization announced a Six-to-Fix partnership with the Burkittsville Preservation Association in 2016. As...
Campaign for Historic Trades Apprentices in the Field at Manassas Battlefield
Since the launch of the Campaign for Historic Trades, a unique new partnership between Preservation Maryland and the National Historic Preservation Training Center, nearly 60 apprentices have been placed across the country in some of the nation's most historic and...
Second Community Charrette Held to Help Find New Use for Historic Newtowne Manor
Earlier this month, Preservation Maryland attended a second community charrette meeting in support of exploring and finding a new use for the historic Newtowne Manor in Southern Maryland. The Friends of Newtowne Manor House, comprised of parishioners of St. Xavier's...
Preservation Maryland Receives Award from Historic Annapolis for PreserveCast
Outreach is an integral part of Preservation Maryland's mission and while it is one of the nation's oldest historic preservation organizations, we regularly embrace new technology and opportunities to share our ethos of preservation and conservation. One of those...
Six-to-Fix Event: Cemetery Documentation Training in Anne Arundel County
Preservation Maryland actively supports the documentation and preservation of Maryland's sacred burial sites and will co-host a free cemetery documentation training workshop in Anne Arundel County later this month. Recently, Preservation Maryland has worked to...
Woodberry Neighborhood’s Local Historic District Designation Moving Forward in Baltimore City
The Woodberry neighborhood's request for local historic district designation will have its first hearing in front of the Baltimore City Commission For Historical & Architectural Preservation (CHAP) on October 8, 2019. This is an essential step in protecting the...
[CLOSED] RFP: Nominations and Amendments to the National Register of Historic Places for Sites Associated with LGBTQ History in Maryland
Preservation Maryland is seeking proposals for the preparation of National Register of Historic Places nominations and amendments for sites related to LGBTQ history in Maryland. Closed: Preservation Maryland has selected Dr. Susan Ferentinos to complete the work...
Two Grant Opportunities for Preservation Projects in the Baltimore National Heritage Area
The Baltimore National Heritage Area administers four different grant programs each year that support historic preservation, heritage tourism, neighborhood greening, and economic development in Baltimore City. Two of those grants are open now. SMALL CAP GRANTS...
Heritage Fund Highlight: New Visitor Service Plan for the Newcomer House at Antietam Battlefield
The Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area received a Heritage Fund grant to craft a visitor experience plan for the historic Newcomer House on Antietam Battlefield. The historic 18th-century home served as a makeshift hospital during the battle and is now a visitor...
Maryland Historical Trust Releases New Statewide Preservation Plan
The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) recently released the new Statewide Preservation Plan, PreserveMaryland II, intended to guide preservation efforts across the state for the next five years. Preservation Maryland was part of the plan's advisory committee, and we...
Site-Specific Art Installations Sought for Historic Alleys in Downtown Frederick
Working in partnership with the Potomac Valley Architecture Foundation, AIA Potomac Valley, and the Frederick Arts Council, the Downtown Frederick Partnership is hosting a design competition for site-specific art installations to transform and activate three historic...
Smithsonian Magazine Offers Free Admissions to Maryland Historic Sites for Museum Day
Museum Day is this Saturday, September 21, 2019. Sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine, the public is invited to request two free general admission tickets to any participating site. There are currently 39 participating museums across Maryland. SELECT SITES IN MARYLAND...
Pratt Library Celebrates Grand Reopening After Three Year Historic Renovation
The historic ca. 1930s Central Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore City reopened last weekend after undergoing a $115 million dollar building renovation and technology upgrade project. The project was completed under the supervision of the Maryland...
The Aftermath of Antietam
As the sun set on September 17, 1862, Sharpsburg, Maryland had just witnessed the single bloodiest day in American history – a day that also forever changed the tiny rural town. Much has been...
Structural Work on Iconic Phillips Packing Stacks Nears Completion
International experts are nearing completion of structural repairs to the iconic smokestacks of the Phillips Packing House in Cambridge, Maryland visible all the way from Route 50. This August, Preservation Maryland toured the active preservation-site of the Phillips...
Six-to-Fix Update: “Finding Fellowship” Documentary Tells the Story of Pleasant View Historic Site
In 2016, Preservation Maryland announced the Pleasant View Historic Site in Montgomery County as one of the organization's first Six-to-Fix projects and working with the site's Trustees to complete essential repair work. In tandem, the Trustees and the broader Quince...
Bay Crossing Study: Smart Growth Maryland Encourages Advocacy for No-Build Option
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) has narrowed the potential third Chesapeake Bay bridge to three corridors, all of which originate in Anne Arundel County. Smart Growth Maryland supports the no-build option. Support the No-Build Option: For decades the...
Victory Update: Smart Growth Win in Southern Maryland
In a major win for the environment and smart growth, earlier this week the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) denied a controversial application to construct two utility-scale solar developments proposed for forested land in western Charles County. Both...
Preservation Maryland Announces New Class of Six-to-Fix Projects
Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce the new class of Six-to-Fix projects. The Six-to-Fix program is an innovative impact-focused effort designed to help provide real solutions to big preservation challenges across the state. For 2019, Preservation Maryland...
Support for New and Expanded Rural Legacy Areas in Charles County
Smart Growth Maryland and our partners in the Smarter Growth Alliance for Charles County are supporting a proposed expansion of the Zekiah Rural Legacy Area, as well as creation of a new Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area in 2020. Show Your Support: The County...
Maryland State Fair: The Best Days of Summer
Step right up, folks! Don’t be shy! It’s time for the Best Days of Summer; the Maryland State Fair. Maryland’s State Fair has operated from the same fairgrounds in Lutherville since 1879, when fairgoers arrived via wagons and carts driven along the York Turnpike,...
Six-to-Fix Update: WWII-Era Crane Repainted on Baltimore Museum of Industry Campus
One of the largest and most visible artifacts of the Baltimore Museum of Industry (BMI) is the WWII-era shipbuilding crane towering over the campus. In partnership with the BMI through our Six-to-Fix program, Preservation Maryland successfully advocated for state...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Historic Swains Lockhouse Reopens along C&O Canal
Earlier this summer, the C&O Canal Trust reopened the historic Swains Lockhouse after a three-year rehabilitation project supported in part by the Heritage Fund grant program. The Lockhouse dates to ca. 1916 and now open to the public as part of their very popular...
Comment on the Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan Online
As part of the continued public outreach and comment period related to the Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan, Howard County has created an interactive website that allows the public to review changes to the plan and make comments to be integrated into future changes...
Statewide Smart Growth Workshop
December 10 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pmPreservation Basics with Talbot Historical Society
SAVE THE DATE! More information and registration page coming soon.
January 8, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pmHeritage Fund FY25 Information Session
Save the Date! Join Preservation Maryland on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, to learn more about the He...
January 22, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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.