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Maryland Budget Provides Boost to Preservation Efforts
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's latest budget provides additional funding to critical preservation efforts underscoring the value of sustained advocacy. The budget, which was released earlier this week, is a blueprint for spending that will next be taken up by the...
Six-to-Fix Update: Architectural Documentation at the Dielman Inn Complex
Architectural documentation is often one of the first steps to a preservation rehabilitation project! At the nearly 200 year old structure of the Dielman Inn in New Windsor, Maryland, documentation was essential to understanding the evolution of the building over...
Making the Connection: Addressing Affordable Housing with Historic Preservation
To address the affordable housing crisis in the United States and Maryland, historic preservation can be utilized to convert existing historic structures into quality affordable housing — and address some of the shortfalls that come from new construction. According...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Video Series on Anne Arundel County Archaeology
Anne Arundel County has a very active archaeology program and community working to unearth important and forgotten history. The Lost Towns Project received a Heritage Fund grant to help share their work in two short documentary-style videos. Award-Winning Project:...
Video: Queen Anne’s County Courthouse Featured before Super Bowl LI
Before kickoff of Super Bowl LI, Fox Sports aired a special reading of Johnny Cash's "Ragged Old Flag," in which Maryland's Queen Anne's County Courthouse is prominently featured. And we've found the videos! The Courthouse dates to the 1790s and is believed to the...
Mallows Bay announced as National Tresure awaits Marine Sanctuary Status
With the completion of the public period comment in 2017, advocates anticipate that Maryland's Mallows Bay, the location of a WWI-era ghost fleet of ships, may be announced as a National Marine Sanctuary within the next two years. A NATIONAL TREASURE On October 26,...
Preservation Priorities for this Maryland Legislative Session
Today marks the start of the 438th Session of the Maryland General Assembly and Preservation Maryland is poised to continue to be the voice of historic preservation in Annapolis from this day forward through the end of session. We have a full slate of priorities in...
New Legislation to Enhance Maryland’s State Historic Tax Credit Announced
On January 8, 2018, Senator Bill Ferguson of Baltimore City's District 46 announced two new pieces of legislation that, if passed, will strengthen this key revitalization and community development tool. Senator Bill Ferguson made this announcement at an event...
Preservation Maryland Opens Legislative Affairs Office in Annapolis
As a part of Preservation Maryland's broader legislative advocacy strategy, the statewide organization has signed an agreement to lease an office for the upcoming session of the Maryland General Assembly in the state capital, Annapolis. The office space will be...
Six-to-Fix Update: New Project Website for Glenn Dale Hospital
The neighborhoods nearby the historic Glenn Dale Hospital have been a vital force in advocating for its reuse and evolution to again serve the community. In a responsive effort to keep stakeholders informed, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning...
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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.