News & Blog
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...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Keeping History Above Water Conference in Annapolis
As a part of Preservation Maryland's commitment to professional development and increasing awareness about the threat sea-level rise poses to historic resources, the organization made a $3,000 grant from the Heritage Fund to support bringing the Keeping History Above...
Six-to-Fix Update: National Historic Preservation Training Center Workday at Shafer Farm
In early October, the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Training Center completed a day of service at the historic Shafer Farm. Nearly 60 craftspeople including carpenters, masons, roofers and their apprentices worked at the historic Shafer Farm, one of...
Parkway Theater Takes Top Honor at AIA Baltimore Awards
On Friday, October 13, 2017, AIA Baltimore honored their annual Excellence in Design awardees with a ceremony and reception in Baltimore City. The majority of awardees for Maryland-based projects well represented rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, and restoration work -...
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...
New Poll Shows Marylanders Support Preservation
A recent poll commissioned by Preservation Maryland identified broad, diverse, and bi-partisan support for preserving Maryland's historic resources. The poll, which was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy between September 27-30, specifically found...
Take Action: Tax Reform Eliminates the Federal Historic Tax Credit
As Congress is poised once again to debate tax reform, the latest plans would eliminate entirely the federal Historic Tax Credit. The recently unveiled Unified Framework for Fixing our Broken Tax Code is a startling blow to preservationists around the nation as it...
Journey Through Maryland History: Exploring the Greenery of Garrett County
On the half-way point of their quest to visit all of Maryland's twenty-four counties, Preservation Maryland supporters Diane and Jeff Caslow, explore the beautiful scenery and state parks of Western Maryland in Garrett County. FROM DIANE'S TRAVELOGUE Our twelfth...
Modern Maryland: Two Futures for the Silver Spring Library
The Montgomery County Department of General Services held a public meeting in October 2017 to share presentations from the two finalists for the redevelopment of the former Silver Spring Library. On the park-like setting, the mid-century structure was designed in the...
New Report: Economic Impact of the Baltimore National Heritage Area
A newly released study that took a comprehensive look at more than 20 National Heritage Areas across the United States found that the Baltimore National Heritage Area generated more than $534 million in economic impact! The study was completed by the consulting firm...
October is Baltimore Architecture Month
October is Baltimore Architecture Month! Led by AIA Baltimore and the Baltimore Architecture Foundation, it's a month-long celebration of good design and opportunity to educate about Baltimore's built environment and heritage through tours, lectures, discussions, and...
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...
National Modern Architecture Tour Day comes to Maryland
With one of the best acronyms around, Docomomo stands for the International Committee for Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement! The organization was founded in 1988 in the Netherlands and currently has 69 chapters in countries around the world. Each...
October is National American Archives Month
Each year in October, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration celebrates American Archives Month to raise awareness about the value of Archives and archivists. This year the theme is Archives Across America and will include taking a closer look at all...
Crowdsourcing History in Southwest Baltimore
The Southwest Partnership is crowdsourcing sites of historic and cultural meaning throughout Baltimore to inform maps, signs, tours, and a mobile app that all promote the neighborhoods of Barre Circle, Hollins Roundhouse, Poppleton, Franklin Square, Union Square,...
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
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...
The Slave Dwelling Project comes to Dorchester County
Joseph McGill founded the Slave Dwelling Project as a Civil War historian and descendant of the enslaved to identify and assist property owners, government agencies and organizations to preserve extant slave dwellings. Since it's founding, he has brought his expertise...
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,...
Federal Grant to Support Maryland Park Service’s Efforts at South Mountain State Battlefield
On the 155th anniversary of the Battle of South Mountain, Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce ambitious plans to support and enhance the Maryland Park Service’s efforts at the historic hillside battlefield. With a grant from the National Park Service’s...
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...
Video: “The Future of History” by Greg Werkheiser
ICYMI: At this year's Old Line State Summit, Greg Werkheiser of Cultural Heritage Partners and ARtGlass presented the awesome opportunities that preservationists have to shape the telling of history well into the future - if, we tap into trends afoot in augmented...
Transforming the Parker Metal Building
The Parker Metal Building in Baltimore City is undergoing an historic transformation. This grouping of five early 20th century brick warehouses are all that remain of the City's metal lithography industry that sprung up in tandem with Baltimore's thriving canneries....
PreserveCast Ep. 22: Preservation Considerations in the Southern Climate
On this episode of PreserveCast, Preservation Maryland spoke with Will Hamilton and Mariah Schwartz of the Historic Charleston Foundation about the historic Aiken Rhett House in Charleston, South Carolina about their preserve-as-found approach to this unique historic...
Advocacy Victory! Preservation Funding Saved
Thanks to the support of hundreds of preservationists from across the state, the Hogan Administration dropped a proposal to eliminate funding to the state’s non-capital preservation grant program. The advocacy effort to save the program began soon after the Maryland...
Video: We Fight for Heritage
Historic places and communities have power because they are real. They are authentic. We are heart-drawn to these places because they represent where we came from and can tell us much about our future. At Preservation Maryland, we’ve been fighting since 1931 to...
Historic Tax Credit Tour of Baltimore’s District 46
On a sunny August afternoon, legislators from Baltimore's state legislative district 46 along with developers, preservationists and representatives of the Maryland Historical Trust, visited two sites enhanced by historic tax credits. Preservation Maryland arranged the...
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