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Discover Historic Rolling Mill: Kingsley Methodist Church
The City of Cumberland and the Cumberland Economic Development Corporation, an instrumentality of City government, plan to demolish portions of the historic Rolling Mill neighborhood to build incompatible and economically unsustainable low-density sprawl....
Legislative Update: What’s in Senator Madaleno’s Reauthorization?
On Monday, February 1st, the Maryland General Assembly's Tax Credit Evaluation Committee (TEC Committee) met to review the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) report on the state's historic rehabilitation tax credit. The credit received a favorable review, and...
Statement Concerning the Proposed Demolition of Whites Hall, the Boyhood Home of Johns Hopkins
Preservation Maryland strongly supports the rehabilitation and reuse of Whites Hall, the 18th century boyhood home of Maryland icon Johns Hopkins. We emphatically oppose the current effort to demolish this nationally significant structure and believe many prudent...
Preservation Maryland Offers Assistance to City of Cumberland & Opposes Costly Demolition Project
ALTERNATIVES TO EMINENT DOMAIN AND COSTLY DEMOLITION PROJECT EXIST Preservation Maryland, the state’s oldest and largest historic preservation advocacy organization, joined a growing chorus of concerned local citizens in announcing their serious concern today over...
Sponsor Spotlight: Colonial Dames of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Two like minds, working towards a single goal, to preserve our state's great history. These were the thoughts on the National Society of Colonial Dames of America - State of Maryland, Committee for the Eastern Shore. We have chosen to give our support to...
Legislative Update: FY17 Operating Budget is Mixed Bag for Preservation
Governor Hogan's proposed FY17 operating budget is a mixed bag for historic preservation. While cuts to the Maryland Heritage Area Authority have been avoided - and full-funding preserved at $3M - this budget marks the sixth straight year that no funding has been...
At the Helm of Maryland’s Last Skipjacks Project
Cyndy Carrington Miller is an inspired-Marylander, starting the Last Skipjacks Project in order to answer the question she most frequently heard as crew and first mate on the Skipjack Nathan of Dorchester: “How many skipjacks are left?” Beginning in 2009, Cyndy set...
Preservation in Progress: Update on Six-to-Fix
2015 was a busy year. In addition to our ongoing advocacy work, grantmaking efforts and education programming, we also launched our Six-to-Fix program, which has been quietly picking up steam. The next big announcements will include opportunities for Marylanders to...
State of Preservation 2015: Is Maryland’s History being Protected for Future Generations?
The Future of Maryland’s Past is a visual report prepared by Preservation Maryland that attempts to answer the question: “Is Maryland’s history being protected for future generations?” Since 1931, Preservation Maryland has been at the front-lines of preservation,...
Rosenwald Schools: A Great Partnership for Education
The Rosenwald School building program played a prominent and pivotal role in the education of African Americans in the early 20th century. A result of a partnership between Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute and Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck...
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.