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Last week we shared that the Maryland Department of Planning announced the 10 projects that were awarded more than $20 million in historic revitalization tax credits, leveraging more than $84 million in additional investment. Learn more about each of the 10 projects and plans for their future use |
The Maryland Department of Planning today announced that the Maryland Historical Trust has awarded 10 projects totaling more than $20 million in historic revitalization tax credits, leveraging more than $84 million in additional investment.
The Frederick County Landmarks Foundation has brought back a popular free series of how-to seminars on how to obtain a plaque for a historic home. At each event, staff from the Frederick County Public Library’s Maryland Room, which specializes in local history, will introduce the basics of how to document your home’s past. Volunteers from the Landmarks Foundation will also be on hand to answer questions.
In re-launching the popular series, which had been suspended during the pandemic, FCLF is helping celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its historic plaque program. More than 400 structures, including public, religious and commercial structures as well as houses, have won the recognition over the years.
The Landmarks Foundation awards the familiar cast-iron oval plaques to owners of structures that are more than 100 years old, possess historical and/or architectural significance by themselves or as part of a streetscape, and have retained physical integrity. Each plaque bears a brass plate with the property’s unique registry number.
The remaining seminars will be held:
For more information about the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation and its programs, visit https://www.fredericklandmarks.org/ .
Historic London Town and Gardens along the South River in Anne Arundel County will be featured on the Travel Channel’s Booze Traveler program this month! The waterfront historic site that originally included a circa 1760 upscale tavern and boarding house was the perfect location to experience where travelers and townspeople would come together.
Tune In: This Chesapeake Bay-themed episode of the Booze Traveler is set to air on the Travel Channel on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 9am. Check your local listings for more information!
During filming, Booze Traveler’s host Jack Maxwell was game to dress up in colonial-style clothing for the episode. In addition to exploring colonial mixed drinks, he also learned the proper way to bow and enjoyed a demonstration on how to fire a black powder musket. Silhouette artist Lauren Muney even created a silhouette of him drinking from a punch bowl.
If this whets your whistle, you’ll want to sign up for news from London Town about their Build the Bar campaign starting this spring.