Have you ever walked past a vacant lot in an otherwise intact streetscape and wondered "why is that lot not built on?" The answers may surprise you. Infill development is one of the main strategies of Smart Growth and focuses on building on underutilized land in...
This week we shared program highlights and more about the value of preservation in our everyday lives. Take a look at our HPRP feature content and make sure to follow along on social each week this month! Rock Run Mill Rock Run Mill - and check out this custom sketch!...
Preservation Maryland, Historic Annapolis, and the Maryland Center for History and Culture joined forces on March 25th at St. Anne’s Cemetery in Annapolis Md. to clean historic grave markers. Preservation Maryland has led cemetery preservation workshops across the...
As we recognize the first day of Black History Month, Preservation Maryland is highlighting our current advocacy work supporting a bill that would establish the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland (HB133). This new commission would be...
Preservation Maryland is excited to release the complete Building Communities paper model series, highlighting projects we've touched through grants, technical assistance, and our Historic Property Redevelopment Program. Each paper model features...
Preservation Maryland is soliciting proposals from qualified workshop facilitators to host a series of workshops across the Chesapeake Bay watershed in select gateway communities and to compile a summary report with the goal of facilitating the networking, planning,...
Featured image: The Berlin house circa 1900, when S. Maple Avenue was known as Third Street. The postcard misidentifies the street. Image courtesy of the Brunswick History Commission. Image directly above: The Berlin house in 2023. While some changes are evident, such...
If you saw our social media post last week featuring our handcrafted holiday mini "Maryland Main Street" you probably recognized some of the buildings that lined our historic cobblestone street. Today we're excited to release three of those paper model projects from...
Pictured above: Mid-century modern holiday houses at In Watermelon Sugar in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood. Each year the Preservation Maryland team compiles a holiday gift guide filled with unique local merchants and makers so you can shop small and support local...
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.