Investing in the Historic Jonathan Street Community
Preservation Maryland will work in partnership with members of the historic African American Jonathan Street neighborhood to lead a community-driven planning effort that will identify the places and resources that matter to the people who live there. Additionally, Preservation Maryland will deploy new resources and develop new partnerships to help invest in threatened historic resources that can be reused and revitalized to support the needs of the historic community.
THE PROBLEM
Hagertown’s historic African American commercial corridor along Jonathan Street has seen a long period of disinvestment and recent demolitions.
THE FIX
Preservation Maryland will work in partnership with local citizens to facilitate a community-driven planning effort to identify and support areas of strategic reinvestment.
Updates
SEPTEMBER 2020
At the invitation of Preservation Maryland, the Maryland State Highway Administration conducted an archaeological investigation of 417 North Jonathan Street – a property purchased by Preservation Maryland as a part of the organization’s property redevelopment program.
MAY 2020
After several years of thoughtful planning and listening to the needs of communities around the state, Preservation Maryland is proud and excited to announce the planned acquisition of 417 North Jonathan Street is an historic circa 1830s small log home in the heart of the historic Jonathan Street community of Hagerstown, one of the state’s oldest African American neighborhoods and nearby well-documented Green Book sites.
RESOURCES
2002
Heritage Preservation Project: Jonathan Street, Hagerstown, Maryland
Prepared for the Department of Planning & Economic Development by Heritage Resources Group, Inc.
1982
Hagerstown Commercial Core Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
NEWS
11/13/2019
Retired professor investigates Jonathan Street Community History
LocalDVM
07/30/2019
The historic Jonathan Street building has been demolished
LocalDVM
05/07/2019
Hagerstown agrees to halt demo of Jonathan Street building, pending engineer’s assessment
The Herald Mail
05/06/2019
Statement: Future of Historic Jonathan Street Community in Hagerstown
Preservation Maryland
04/24/2019
Jonathan Street building demolition delayed; proposal to save building expected May 7
The Herald Mail
06/16/2017
Maryland’s African American Community Strives to Preserve Heritage
VOA News
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