News & Blog
Director of Government Relations To Depart Organization After Nearly Nine Years
After nearly nine years with the organization, Director of Government Relations Elly Cowan is moving on from her position at Preservation Maryland to begin a new role with Compass Advocacy, an Annapolis-based lobbying firm. Elly has played a direct - and significant -...
In the Field: Hands-On Training with The Campaign for Historic Trades
The Campaign visits the National Association of Women in Construction summer camp for young women The Campaign for Historic Trades and partner National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center staff spent a day teaching historic trades skills to young...
Preservation Maryland Launches New Service to Aid Organizations With Historic Revitalization Projects
The Revitalization Support Center Joins the Nonprofit’s Historic Property Redevelopment Program to Help Preserve Historic Properties in Maryland Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce the launch of a new service line, The Revitalization Support Center, which...
Maryland’s Oldest Sleep Away Camps
Since its inception, summer camp has been an escape for kids in the United States, beginning in the 1870s and 1880s when the first sleep away summer camps were formed. Much like today, sleep away camp was an escape from modern (industrialized) society and a chance for...
Preservation Exchange with The Landmark Trust USA
Preservation Maryland recently sent Historic Property Redevelopment Manager Laura Houston to Vermont to spend a week with The Landmark Trust USA. Supported by grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Peter H. Brink Leadership Fund and the Maine...
Maryland Towns with Unusual Names: Fruitland
Next up in our series of towns with unusual names is Fruitland, Maryland. Located in Wicomico County, Fruitland is home to about 5,300 people. Visitors to the area can visit the Pemberton Historical Park, the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, or the Salisbury Zoo....
New Report Calls for Smart Growth Policy to Prevent Farmland Loss
The American Farmland Trust has just released its "Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing and Abundant Future" report, an ambitious modeling effort to project how climate change and development will affect agricultural land, which clearly demonstrates the need for smart...
Nominations Are Now Open: Best of Maryland Awards 2022
The Best of Maryland Award nomination period is now open for 2022. Nominations are due August 31, 2022. Preservation Maryland's Best of Maryland Awards shine a spotlight on the ceaseless work of Maryland's volunteers, architects, artisans, legislators, and many more...
Maryland’s Role in Vaccine Development
With news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has authorized the Maryland-based Novavax vaccine, the nation's first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19, we are sharing other scientific solutions that have been created right here in the Old Line...
Maryland Road Trip: Exploring Garrett County
Twelve counties down on Diane and Jeff Caslow’s twenty-three counties and Baltimore City day trip explorations. They are halfway through their second round of visiting every county in Maryland – a full year of adventures! Exploring from the lens of landscape...
Preservation News Across Maryland
Preservation Maryland has its finger on the pulse of news affecting the preservation community. Read below for recent news from across the state about historic preservation programming, funding, and advocacy. New Land Conservation Program in Howard County Howard...
Harrison Goodall Grant Recipient Shares Experience
The Harrison Goodall Grant for Innovative Historic Preservation application period is now open! Hear from Benjamin Curran, a 2021 grant recipient (and now The Campaign for Historic Trades' Curriculum Developer!), as he shares his experience with the simple application...
Celebrating National Fried Chicken Day with Classic Maryland Fried Chicken
On July 6th chicken lovers across the country recognize National Fried Chicken Day. In Maryland, Maryland Chicken or Chicken a la Maryland is one of the most famous historic dishes from the Old Line State. Essential to any summer picnic, we present the history of...
This Day in History: The Battle of Gettysburg
In late June of 1863, nearly 150,000 soldiers moved through the narrow and dusty roads of Maryland towards the devastating clash at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, just a few miles north of the Mason-Dixon line. While the battle unfolded on the fields surrounding...
Preservation Maryland Welcomes Preservation Initiatives Manager
Preservation Maryland is pleased to announce the hire of Maria Mougridis as Preservation Initiatives Manager. Maria will oversee the Heritage Fund Grant Program, the selection of the Harrison Goodall Fellowships in partnership with the National Park Service, and the...
Spring 2022 Heritage Fund Recipients Announced
The Heritage Fund, a cooperative effort of Preservation Maryland and the Maryland Historical Trust, provides direct assistance for the protection of historical and cultural resources and promotes innovative demonstration projects that can be successfully replicated to...
Apply Now: The Harrison Goodall Grant for Innovative Historic Preservation
The Harrison Goodall Grant for Innovative Historic Preservation gives graduate students and enterprising professionals the opportunity to undertake a focused pursuit that makes a meaningful contribution to the field of historic preservation and support the stewardship...
Save the Date! Phoenix Rising 2022: Authentically Maryland
Save the Date for our largest event of the year Phoenix Rising. Join us Saturday, October 1st from 4-6p at Jerusalem Mill Village, the historic grist mill along the Little Gunpowder Falls River for locally sourced food and drinks, live bluegrass music, a blacksmith...
The History of Juneteenth with Dr. Dennis Doster
On this week's PreserveCast, Preservation Maryland's weekly podcast, we’re talking with Dr. Dennis Doster, who runs the Black History Program for the Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation. In 2021, 158 years after the first Juneteenth, the...
Request for Proposals: Feasibility Study in Old Ellicott City
Preservation Maryland is soliciting proposals from qualified consulting firms to complete a feasibility study for the Old Ellicott City Jail, located at 1 Emory Street, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043. As part of project due diligence, Preservation Maryland is seeking...
Maryland: Where Inspiration Was Sewn
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white,” and that “the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." More than 100 years...
Preservation Maryland Goes Crabbing: Sustaining Watermen Heritage in MD
The Chesapeake’s blue crabs are part of Maryland’s identity. This week, our weekly podcast, PreserveCast, talks to first-generation waterman Luke McFadden about crabbing, social media, and how Maryland can sustain its iconic watermen heritage. Blue crabs are native to...
Maryland Towns with Unusual Names: Accident
Next up on our feature of “Maryland Towns with Unusual Names” is Accident, Md. Located in Garrett County, in the plateau region of the Appalachian Mountains, this town has a unique history. Visitors to the town can go to the James Drane House or one of the town's...
Baltimore-Built Bombers Cleared the Way for D-Day
On June 6, 1944 the free men of the world marched on fortress Europe in a dramatic effort aimed at setting free those suffering under Nazi tyranny. Among the nearly 12,000 planes engaged in D-Day, hundreds of B-26 Martin Marauders played a pivotal role in softening...
The Story of Memorial Day is Written Across Maryland’s Landscapes and Buildings
Memorial Day, the day Americans set aside to remember those who fell in the service of the nation, is a day filled with parades, speeches and moving remembrances of the loved and lost. The holiday, which began as "Decoration Day," a day to literally decorate the...
Request for Proposals: Fort Tonoloway Archaeological Services
Preservation Maryland, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is soliciting competitive proposals for archaeological services from qualified consultants to conduct an archaeological investigation within Fort Tonoloway State Park to locate the...
Iconic Maryland Creations: The Man Behind Enchanted Forest, Frontier Town, and the Giant RCA Dog
Once upon a time, in 1955 to be exact, the Enchanted Forest, a nursey rhyme-themed amusement park, opened in Ellicott City, Maryland. The park was owned by the Harrison family, but the magical pieces – like Willie the Whale, the Old Woman’s Shoe, and Cinderella’s...
Preservation Maryland Recognized by Hagerstown Historic District Commission
The Hagerstown Historic District Commission recognized Preservation Maryland with a 2022 Preservation Award for "saving, researching, documenting, and restoring the historic Jonathan Street log cabin." Through our efforts it was determined that the modest log home at...
Public Input Needed: Draft Study Report on Historic African American Cemeteries in Maryland
The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Trust, with the help of several partner organizations, including Preservation Maryland and descendant communities, have recently released a draft study report on Maryland's...
Maryland Road Trip: Exploring Kent County
Eleven counties down on Diane and Jeff Caslow's twenty-three counties and Baltimore City day trip explorations. The pair are trying to visit each county in the opposite season from the one they did during their first tour around the state. Last time they visited Kent...
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