How would George Washington have felt about his beloved home becoming a place for selfies? Rob Shenk, Senior Vice President of Visitor Engagement at George Washington's Mount Vernon thinks that the President would be very interested! Learn about innovative engagement...
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PreserveCast S1E1: The Drone Zone with Elevated Element
PreserveCast is where historic preservation meets technology, and this episode features Belinda Kilby, of the Maryland-based drone photography and videography company, Elevated Element. They have already put their expertise to great use in partnership with...
What Maryland Looked Like the Last Time the Cubs Won the World Series
On November 2, 2016, the Chicago Cubs have recently made baseball history by ending the longest ever championship drought by winning the World Series after 108 years. In 1908 there were 46 U.S. states, Thomas Edison was still alive, and the FM radio, sliced bread, and...
Maryland State Historic Tax Credit Projects
Maryland has a competitive state historic tax credit application program, now known as the Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit. Rehabilitation projects are selected based on merit and adherence to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and awarded tax...
History of the Bel-Loc Diner
Marylanders have an undeniable connection to the time spent and memories made at the Bel-Loc Diner in Baltimore County - but there is a question about the Diner's architectural significance. Preservation Maryland is happy to share two essays on the architectural...
Project Spotlight: Sky Stage Art Installation in Frederick
We recently learned about a cool adaptive reuse project underway in historic downtown Frederick. Sky Stage is scheduled to open in September. It will temporarily transform a boarded-up historic building into an open-air theater that will host arts and cultural...
Drone Scans of Johns Hopkins’ 18th Century Boyhood Home
In an effort to help document and market Whites Hall, the boyhood home of Johns Hopkins, Preservation Maryland has teamed up with Elevated Element, a full service commercial drone operator to scan the historic home. The scanning was completed in mid-July and was...
Ten Historic Fire Houses in Maryland
Maryland is home to many historic fire companies, some of which date as far back as the early nineteenth century. Most old firehouses now serve as other multi-purpose uses, but in old cities like Baltimore, there are still a fair amount of older ones that are still...
Historic Yoga Studios in Maryland
The goal of adaptive reuse of a historic building is to bring new life to an existing building, and maybe, a totally new purpose - all while preserving the essence of that place. If we know that places have energy and affect mood, then yoga studios are a creative fit...
James Rouse’s Vision for Columbia, Maryland
In 1933, British author James Hilton published Lost Horizon, a novel about a mysterious, fictional utopia named Shangri-La. Over time, the term became synonymous with idyllic but isolated places. In 1962, Shangri-La became the code name for a secret proposal to build...
Discover Historic Cumberland this Preservation Month: Historic Brewing in Cumberland
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. Proponents...
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 plans...
Best of Maryland Awards
Congratulations to all of this year’s Best of Maryland preservation awardees. Thank you for letting us recognize your hard work, and thank you for all that you do for preservation. Learn more about the awardees below, and check out the event photos on Facebook.
From the Desk of the Executive Director: A Summer of Action
This summer has been a busy one for all of us here at Preservation Maryland. In between trips to the shore and much needed vacations, staff has also been active planning for the many programs, events and projects that lie ahead of us this fall and beyond in 2016....
Endangered: Morris A. Mechanic Theater
The Morris A. Mechanic Theater in Baltimore City was listed as an Endangered Maryland site in 2014. HISTORY When the Morris A. Mechanic Theater in downtown Baltimore open in 1967, it was heralded as the centerpiece of Charles Center. Developers and politicians alike...
Endangered: Hyattsville Library
The Hyattsville Library in Prince George's County was listed as an Endangered Maryland site in 2014. HISTORY The asymmetrical footprint, clean lines, and reduced ornamentation are just some of the characteristics that qualify the Hyattsville Library as mid-century...
Preservation Basics
Join Preservation Maryland and the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled for Pres...
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Events
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