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Recap: Maryland History Advocacy Day
On February 23, 2016 Preservation Maryland joined together advocates and partners from across the state to make the case to State decision-makers for the value of Maryland’s history. Speaking with one voice, Marylanders joined together to let their state...
Maryland Preservation News Weekly
Each week we compile news in preservation and history from around the state, and publish it on Storify, and here on our blog:...
Evergreen Heritage Center: Two Hundred Years of History
Nestled in the hills of Allegany County, the Evergreen Heritage Center preserves early American history from a time when the first settlers migrated westward to mountain land rich in natural resources, fish, and game. On the Maryland Inventory of Historic...
The Preservation Heartbomb Was Invented in Maryland in 1993
Preservation Maryland proclaims the earliest known occasion of preservation heartbombing in Maryland to be 1993 at the Wire Hardware Store in Rockville saved with love by Peerless Rockville, Inc. When the likely buyer of the historic Wire Hardware building had...
Preservation Maryland Loves Cumberland
After we announced our concern over a project that proposes demolishing owner-occupied historic homes in Cumberland, we received some critical barbs from the proponents of the project – comments in the press and local media that suggested we have never cared about...
Legislative Update: The Big Issues for Preservation
The pace of activity in Annapolis has picked up over the past few weeks with a flurry of new bills introduced each day and many hearings and briefings taking place on a variety of important issues. Preservation Maryland has been on the ground almost every day for...
Glenn Dale Hospital: Pressing Play on a Stalled Project
Situated on a wooded campus of over 200 acres in Prince George’s County, the majority of the two dozen Georgian Revival buildings of the Glenn Dale Tuberculosis Hospital and Sanatorium date from the 1930s. Once the area’s largest employer, Glenn Dale hospital was...
Preservation Maryland Applauds Delegate Lierman
During the February 8, Maryland House of Delegates Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and the Environment hearing on the Maryland Historical Trust budget, Baltimore City, District 46 Delegate Brooke Lierman addressed the difficult funding situation for...
Testimony: Operating Budget Bill Impacts to the Maryland Historical Trust
Executive Director of Preservation Maryland, Nicholas Redding, testified today at a hearing of the Maryland House of Delegates Appropriation’s Subcommittee on Transportation and the Environment concerning funding for critical preservation programs. Specifically,...
Testimony: Oppose Division and Development of Stemmer House Property
In early February, at the invitation of the Valley Planning Council, Preservation Maryland's Director of Preservation Services, Margaret De Arcangelis, testified in opposition to a redevelopment project that would infringe on the historic setting of the Stemmer...
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.