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Best of Maryland: B-More Kitchen and the Accelerator Space
On York Road in Baltimore, a 95-year-old former car dealership was transformed with style into an incubator for food entrepreneurs known as B-More Kitchen and the Accelerator Space for events. While not a designated historic building, the renovation was executed in...
Best of Maryland: Legislative Champions
Our recent successes in increasing state support for preservation could not have been possible without a strong commitment from legislators in the General Assembly, including Del. Brooke Lierman, Sen. Bill Ferguson, Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne Jones, and Del. Brett...
Best of Maryland: Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center and Maryland Milestones Heritage Center
The City of Hyattsville, with creative regional non-profits including the Maryland Milestones Heritage Area, adapted an existing structure into a vibrant arts and cultural center in the heart of Hyattsville. This project showcases preservation partnerships and will...
Maryland Tradition: The 44th Annual Sheep and Wool Festival
Maryland hosts the largest and longest-running sheep and wool festival in the United States! It's a Maryland tradition that teaches us about heritage breed conservation, historic spinning and weaving, and - it's a fun and entertaining event taking place this month...
Jane’s Walk: Exploring Urbanism and Preservation in Silver Spring
As the great urbanist and author, Jane Jacobs, spent her life challenging citizens, planners, and architects to design better, safer, and more interesting cities, it's fitting that an annual celebration of her work takes form in an international day for...walking!...
Six-to-Fix Tour: Burkittsville House and Garden Tour
On Saturday, May 20, the Burkittsville Preservation Association invites you to explore Burkittsville, Maryland, an historic, virtually unchanged example of an American village of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The walking tour will include 10 stops...
Maryland Historical Trust Survey and Research Grant Program Workshops
On May 22 and June 8, the Maryland Historical Trust will host a workshop for local governments and non-profit organizations interested in pursuing funding from the agency's non-capital grant fund. Thanks to advocacy led by Preservation Maryland, the non-capital...
Best of Maryland: Dr. G. Ray Thompson of Salisbury University
Dr. G. Ray Thompson dedicated his professional life to the preservation of buildings and artifacts of the Eastern Shore and been a professor and mentor at Salisbury University for 44 years. Upon his recent retirement, Preservation Maryland will recognize Dr....
Future of Historic Mount Airy Flat-Iron Building
Officials in Mount Airy, Maryland are currently debating the future of the historic flat-iron building and are considering a costly demolish-and-replace proposal that would degrade their "remarkably cohesive historic downtown." Preservation Maryland understands,...
Best of Maryland: C&O Canal Trust Volunteers
Offering a the unique experience of staying overnight in an historic lockhouse, the C&O Canal Trust runs the popular and acclaimed Canal Quarters program dedicated volunteers known as the Quartermasters. A team of 35 have provided over 2000 hours of service,...
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.