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Our Work Will Outlast Us All
If you're like Preservation Maryland staff and supporters, you know that our work is never done. Everyday we learn about one more historic place that needs our help - and your help. Preservation Maryland came to the aid of those historic places in need in 2016,...
Four Historic Places to Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Maryland
Take your pick of historic New Year locales in Maryland: a family-friendly event in downtown Annapolis, an oak bar in an historic paddleboat or a Prohibition-era bar in Baltimore, or on Berlin's Main Street, one of America's Coolest Small Towns. At any location,...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Archaeology in Search of Thomas Gerard
In 2002, Dr. James and Gena Clifton were constructing new outbuildings on their farm in Bushwood, when they discovered old shards of pottery. They did the right thing in contacting local archaeologists, and future professional digs supported by the Heritage Fund...
Gearing up for Session: Preservation Advocacy Schedule
The Maryland General Assembly sessions opens on January 11, 2017 - and Preservation Maryland wants you to be ready to advocate for historic preservation from day one! Please join us for one of our Preservation Town Halls happening across the state in early January:...
Six-to-Fix Workshop: “How to Protect your Local Burial Grounds”
With the inclusion of Maryland's sacred burial places as a statewide focus for Preservation Maryland's Six-to-Fix program in the coming year, we are proud to continue our partnership with the Coalition for the Protection of Maryland's Burial Sites by sponsoring...
Now is the Time: Giving Tuesday Redux
Preservation Maryland is the first and foremost historic preservation organization in Maryland. We work to bring technical assistance, capacity building, and economic revitalization to communities across the state - and we want to show you. Earlier this month, we...
Six-to-Fix Update: Focusing on the Shafer Farm Barn
There are five structures on the Civil War-era Shafer Farm property located in Frederick County that would have served distinct purposes for the running of a farm business and household. Preservation Maryland and the Burkittsville Preservation Association have...
Maryland’s Historic Tax Credits are Most Effective Tool for Revitalization
Preservation Maryland attended the announcement of the recipients of the Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Competitive Commercial Tax Credit for 2017. These were the first projects to be awarded the tax credit since the reauthorization of the program last session...
2016: Preservation Maryland’s Year in Review
A look back over the past year at Preservation Maryland's biggest challenges, accomplishments, partnerships and victories. In our 2016 Year-in-Review Report see how your support helped us to save more of Maryland's irreplaceable heritage and what we have planned...
Heritage Fund Highlight: The Beautiful Bones of Rich Hill Revealed
Significant progress has been made in rehabilitating, understanding, and interpreting the 18th century Rich Hill farm and house in Charles County. Recipients of a Heritage Fund grant, Preservation Maryland is pleased to share recent updates as described by Cathy...
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.