Preservation Maryland’s latest historic property redevelopment project – the rehabilitation of an 1830s historic log cabin – involved an extensive archaeological dig in partnership with the Maryland State Highway Administration which was recently chronicled by Maryland Public Television.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, through its HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative, awarded more than $650,000 in grants to eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities to fund Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plans.
On February 2, 2021, during Black History Month, the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Trust announced newly awarded African American Historic Preservation Program Grant recipients.
Interior view of the Orchard Street Church/Greater Baltimore Urban League.
The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA) has recently announced eight deserving projects and organizations that will receive vital preservation funding through the agency’s Small Capital Grant Award program.
In a press release on their website about the grant awards, Shauntee Daniels, Executive Director of BNHA, says that the purpose of the Small Capital Grant program is to “provide small, but strategic investments in capital projects at cultural heritage sites to create economic development through heritage tourism.” Daniels continued “This grant program has leveraged an additional $13 in investment for every dollar granted. That’s over $14 million invested within the boundaries of the Baltimore National Heritage Area in the last ten years. We like to call this a small, but a mighty, capital resource for our most significant yet smaller architectural gems in Baltimore.”
The next round of Small Capital Grants will be Fall 2021.
Historic illustration of the interior of The Peale.
Critical Interior Plaster Renovations
The Peale Center for Baltimore History & Architecture
$15,000
Architectural drawing of St. Mary’s, Baltimore, MD.
Window Replacement for the 1808 Historic Windows in the Lower Chapel
St. Mary’s Spiritual Center & Historic Site
$13,137
Historic image of Patterson Theatre, 1930s.
Preservation of The Patterson Marquee
The Creative Alliance
$15,000
The Greater Baltimore Urban League operates out of the historic Orchard Street Church.
Orchard Street Church Conditions Assessment
Greater Baltimore Urban League/Historic Orchard Street Church
$13,695
Aerial view of the BMI’s expansion waterfront campus.
Repair of the BMI’s Outdoor Pavilion for Events
Baltimore Museum of Industry
$3,700
Grace Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD. Photo from Grace Baptist Church.
Roof Critical Repair
Grace Baptist Church
$15,000
The Irish Railroad Workers Museum in Baltimore. Photo by Baltimore Heritage.
Historical Facade Restoration
Irish Railroad Workers Museum
$15,000
Flag medaillon above the stage at Lith Hall. Photo from Lithuanian Hall.
Main Hall Bathroom Renovation & Public Access
The Lithuanian Hall Association, Inc.
$10,000
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