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The Impact of the Trump Budget on Preservation
In President Trump's first Budget Blueprint, historic preservation and the humanities could see a major shift in federal support. We've broken down the details to give you a sense for what these changes could mean for preservation. In the 2018 Budget Blueprint,...
Campaign Update: Deconstruct, Don’t Demolish, the Bel-Loc Diner
In June 2016, Preservation Maryland made a stand for the value of the recent past by supporting the rehabilitation and reuse of the Bel-Loc Diner, a Parkville, Maryland landmark for over 50 years. The organization’s position was prompted by a plan to demolish the...
Campaign Update: Cumberland’s Rolling Mill Neighborhood
Preservation Maryland’s involvement in the Rolling Mill campaign began in late 2015 when members of the local community reached out for our support to prevent the demolition of their historic homes in Cumberland. From that point forward, we provided on-going...
Campaign Update: Whites Hall Remains for Sale
In early 2016, Preservation Maryland and the Polm Companies announced their joint intention to preserve Whites Hall, the boyhood home of Johns Hopkins. As a result of that announcement, the property was made available for sale and the Polm Companies began providing...
Campaign Update: Compromise Made to Protect Majority of Princeton Battlefield
In December, the Civil War Trust and Institute for Advanced Study announced a compromise to expand the Princeton Battlefield and provide additional housing for the Institute – ending a battle over the future of this historic site that dragged on several years....
Six-to-Fix Update: The Murals of Main Street in Ellicott City
The road to recovery for Ellicott City has had many milestone moments along the way: emergency stabilization of storefronts, reopening Main Street for holiday shoppers, and progress building-by-building. Some of the smaller moments, too, like recently painted...
Eastern Shore Tax Credit Workshops
Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce it will be hosting several historic rehab tax credit workshops on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Preservation workshops for homeowners AND commercial property owners The workshops will provide attendees with information on...
Op-Ed: A Momentous Day for Preservation
On Friday, March 10, 2017, the National Park Service officially welcomed a new co-managed unit into the 101-year-old agency's collection - the Harriett Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Cambridge, Maryland. Make no mistake, though, this was...
PreserveCast S1E7: Preservation through Lasers with Joe Nicoli of Direct Dimensions
On this episode of PreserveCast, we interview Joe Nicoli from Direct Dimensions, a Maryland-based laser scanning firm that has documented cultural heritage properties down to the nail heads at Mount Vernon. But this technology is within reach for most historic...
Senator Cardin Hosts Preservation Event
At an event in Cambridge, Maryland, United States Senator Ben Cardin joined with Preservation Maryland and the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy to announce his continued support for one of the nation's most important preservation programs, the federal historic tax...
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.