News & Blog
Job Opportunity: Director of Development
Preservation Maryland is currently recruiting for a full-time Director of Development to join our team and lead our philanthropic outreach and engagement. Update: This position has been filled as of July 2020. Preservation Maryland recently announced Katie Parks as...
Maryland’s State Historic Tax Credit is a Ready-Made Tool for Economic Recovery
Maryland's historic tax credit is a ready-made tool for economic recovery in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Preservation Maryland is hard at work to ensure that the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit remains funded for FY21. In light of the immense challenges...
Baltimore Heritage Video Series Shares Charm City History 5-Minutes at a Time
Learn Baltimore City history is as little as 5 minutes a day! Baltimore Heritage, Inc., Baltimore's small and mighty historic preservation organization, has been releasing new videos about Charm City history for the past couple of weeks and have just surpassed two...
Six Grants Open Right Now to Support Maryland’s Historic and Cultural Organizations
The preservation community is coming together to support essential operations and programming of Maryland's cultural and historic organizations during the Covid-19 pandemic. Make the most of Preservation Month, Maryland – by sharing and applying for these grants....
Six-to-Fix Update: Report and Interactive Map Tell Story of Kent County’s Cultural Landscape
With funding from Preservation Maryland, the Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance has prepared and released a report and interactive map about the Eastern Shore county's historic rural landscape. In 2016, Preservation Maryland named the Kent Conservation and...
Op-Ed: Smart Growth is What We Need When Times are Toughest
As America confronts the vast challenges and economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, continued implementation of smart growth policy at all levels of government must remain a priority. Unfortunately, the pandemic has put smart growth on the defensive – at a moment...
Advocates Across America Call For Preservation Priorities to be Included in Recovery and Stimulus Legislation
Preservation Maryland has joined with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to call on Congress to include preservation priorities in the next coronavirus health, recovery, and stimulus legislation. In a letter co-signed by preservation organizations from...
Op-Ed: Maryland Matters Publishes, “Pandemic Shines a Spotlight on the Power of Places to Sustain Us” by Executive Director, Nicholas Redding
Maryland Matters, an independent, non-partisan news site about Maryland government and politics, recently published an Op-Ed by Preservation Maryland Executive Director, Nicholas Redding. PUBLISHED BY MARYLAND MATTERS APRIL 24, 2020 As individuals across the globe...
More Inspiring Stories from Museums Innovating During the Pandemic
Innovative historians across the country have been ramping up engaging online education efforts while museums, visitors centers, and historical societies are closed for safety. Here are just some of the inspiring and interesting stories we've compiled from our friends...
New Report: Advancing the Preservation and Reuse of Maryland’s Historic Complexes
What should the State of Maryland do with large vacant historic complexes? A new report prepared for the Maryland Department of Planning calls for strategic policy changes and increased project funding to advance preservation and reuse. Dozens of stakeholders,...
Three Online Resources for Preservation, Sustainability, and Leadership Training
Whether you're a historic district commissioner, main street manager, board president, architecture student, or a long-time preservationist looking to learn something new – now might just be a good time to check out new online learning opportunities abound. E-LEARNING...
Three Maryland Maritime Museums You Can Tour Today…Virtually
Here are three ways to explore Maryland's maritime culture, virtually: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum maintains historic vessels, like floating artifacts, at their dock in St. Michael's. Their collection represents many of the types...
Deadline Extended: Apply Now for the Baltimore City Historic Preservation Fund
The Baltimore City Historic Preservation Fund is a dedicated source of funding for revitalization work across Baltimore City now in its second funding round. Deadline Extended: The deadline for the Baltimore Preservation Fund has been extended to October 16, 2020....
Smart Growth Maryland Statement: The Power of Open Space
In this unprecedented time, where many people are feeling isolated by the distancing measures needed to stay safe during an international pandemic, many have turned to the natural world for support. Indeed, we have truly seen the value of open space in the weeks under...
Legislation Seeks to Strengthen Frederick County’s Forest Conservation Policies
Smart Growth Maryland helps lead a number of countywide coalitions that advocate for smart growth policy including in Frederick County where several important bills are being considered by the County Council. The Smarter Growth Alliance for Frederick County is a...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Release New Report on Flooding in Ellicott City
A case study of flooding in Ellicott City, Maryland was recently included as part of a larger study by the ResilientAmerica Program of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In December 2019, Preservation Maryland Executive Director Nicholas...
Maryland’s African American Soldiers at Appomattox
On April 9, 1865, the long and bloody fighting in Virginia came to its dramatic conclusion at Appomattox Court House. The story has been told many times — but often overlooked is the story of Maryland's African American soldiers present for the surrender of the...
The Green Book in Maryland: The Blue Star Motel and The Blue Jay Hotel in Southern Maryland
The Green Book was a guide created by and for African Americans in the 1930s through 1960s to safely find everyday amenities like restaurants and hotels during a period of intense institutionalized racism across America. Over 100 sites were listed in the Green Book in...
Exploring Green Book Sites in Maryland: Interview with Anne Bruder
The Green Book was created as a guide by and for African Americans to safely find everyday amenities like restaurants, stores, pharmacies, and motels in a time of intense segregation across America. Researching Green Book sites documents the physical legacy of Jim...
The Green Book in Maryland: The Watson Tourist Hotel in Baltimore City
The Green Book was created as a guide by and for African Americans to safely find everyday amenities like restaurants, stores, pharmacies, and motels in a time of intense segregation across America. Researching Green Book sites documents the physical legacy of Jim...
The Green Book in Maryland: The Harmon Hotel on Jonathan Street in Hagerstown
The Green Book was created as a guide by and for African Americans to safely find everyday amenities like restaurants, stores, pharmacies, and motels in a time of intense segregation across America. Researching Green Book sites documents the physical legacy of Jim...
The Green Book in Maryland: The YMCA and the YWCA in Baltimore City
In this installment of Preservation Maryland's series on the history of Green Book site in Maryland, we're looking at the impact of the Colored YMCA and Colored YWCA in serving Baltimore's African African local populations and travelers. In 1936, New York City mail...
The Green Book in Maryland: The Makel, Grinage, and Roberts Tourist Homes in Western Maryland
The Green Book is a document of a racialized America that required segregated locations for African American travelers to find safe accommodations, including rooms in private homes, often called tourist homes. In this dispatch of The Green Book in Maryland blog...
Capacity Building Grants for Maryland Cultural Groups Announced
The Maryland Historical Society recently announced the recipients of the state's inaugural round of Pathways grants, a state-funded program that strategically provided funding for building capacity amongst Maryland's many museums and cultural organizations. HOW THE...
Inspiring Stories as Museums Across the Country Respond to the Pandemic
As the nation responds and works to overcome the impacts of COVID-19, museums across the country and globe are standing out as inspirational beacons for their communities. victory gardens at old salem While Old Salem Museums & Gardens in North Carolina is closed...
Boundary Expansion Hearing for Patapsco Valley Heritage Area Will be Held Virtually
The Maryland Heritage Areas Authority will hold a virtual public hearing in mid-April, rescheduled from the originally planned in-person meeting this month, to hear a request to expand the geographic boundaries of the Patapsco Valley Heritage Area. The Patapsco Valley...
The Role of the Old Line State in Vaccine Development
As the world confronts COVID-19 and searches for a vaccine and a cure – researchers here in Maryland are working around the clock – as they have for decades before – to find a scientific solution to the challenge. Some of the world's most frightening diseases have met...
Most Endangered Update: New Report on Annapolis City Dock Calls for Resiliency and Preservation
Earlier this year, the City Dock Action Committee presented their recommendations for Annapolis’ City Dock in a public meeting, illustrated report, and a video of architectural rendering. The City Dock Action Committee was formed following recommendations from...
Advocacy Update: Hard-Fought Successes in an Abbreviated Session in Annapolis
The 441st Session of the Maryland General Assembly came to an abrupt close on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. As Maryland and the rest of the nation grappled with the outbreak of COVID-19, leaders in Annapolis decided to adjourn the legislative session early – something...
Preservation Maryland’s Free Online Photography Collection Expands Online
Preservation Maryland has just substantially expanded the number of archival images available for public use on our Flickr account. Hundreds of digitized photos from our physical photography collection will append the thousands of more recent born-digital images...
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