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PreserveCast receives Statewide Award for Excellence in Media
PreserveCast, a podcast powered by Preservation Maryland, was recently honored with a statewide award for excellence by the Maryland state agency for historic preservation, the Maryland Historical Trust. Preservation Maryland Executive Director — and PreserveCast...
Heritage Fund Highlight: Roof Repairs at St. Thomas Episcopal Church
St. Thomas's Episcopal Church's Chapel of the Incarnation is a very unique example of Mission-style church architecture in Maryland. It was built in 1916 by designer William J. Palmer for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. With a Heritage Fund grant, the Church...
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...
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