• Weather It Together: Protecting Maryland’s Historic Buildings from Floods

    Maryland Historical Trust 100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD, United States

    Please join the Weather It Together workshop hosted by the Maryland Historical Trust to address flooding and historic buildings. The workshop will cover how to plan for nuisance flooding and flood events, discuss professional perspectives on flood mitigation and adaptation, and share tools and resources that you can use in your own community. Sessions will be interactive with [...]

    $20
  • MHT Non-Capital Grant Program Workshop

    Maryland Historical Trust 100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD, United States

    Register Now to Learn about the Maryland Historical Trust's New Non-Capital Grant Program! The Maryland Historical Trust Non-Capital Grant Program provides competitive grants to nonprofit organizations and local governments for research, survey, planning, and educational activities involving architectural, archeological and other cultural resources.  Eligible activities may include architectural, archeological, or cultural resource surveys; the development of preservation [...]

  • Replacement Materials Symposium

    Rockville City Hall 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD, United States

    The full-day Replacement Materials Symposium for historic preservation commissioners, city and county staff, historic property owners, and preservationists will tackle the frequently controversial issue of substitute materials in historic places. Attendees will participate in interactive sessions led by leading practitioners in the field to consider: Why do preservationists have a tradition of retaining historic materials and [...]

    $65 – $75
  • Old Line State Summit

    Naval Academy Annapolis, MD, United States

    Preservation Maryland’s Summer School is now the Old Line State Summit! Mark your calendar for Wednesday, July 12, 2017 and plan to join this statewide gathering at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. (Registration fees and associated travel costs are eligible for CLG Education Grant reimbursement.)

  • Innovative Historic Resource Survey Tools and Techniques

    Webinar

    Historic resource surveys are the foundation of all good preservation planning. They provide a comprehensive picture of a city or county’s historic properties, are a fundamental tool of project review and permitting, and are an important component of a streamlined planning process. With the rise of new technologies, including cloud storage, open source databases, smartphones [...]

    $150
  • Beyond the Building: Challenges and Opportunities in Evaluating Recent Past Resources

    Webinar

    This online panel discussion will use case studies to address the challenges and opportunities regarding the documentation and evaluation of properties from the recent past. Questions addressed will include the following: Should we apply lower thresholds of integrity to properties associated with people and events? How do historians evaluate buildings and sites associated with people [...]

    $40 – $60
  • A Methodology for Large Scale Rural Landscapes

    Webinar

    The webinar will be a discussion of methodology pertaining to large scale rural landscapes. Attendees will be introduced to the survey, documentation, and evaluation of large scale cultural landscapes and learn how to survey a large scale cultural landscape, methods for photo documentation of a large number of built environment resources, elements of cultural landscapes [...]

    $40 – $60
  • Windows in Historic Buildings: Considerations for a Reasonable Approach to Preservation

    Newton White Mansion 2708 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville, MD, United States

    Please join the Prince George’s County Historic Preservation Commission and MAHDC for a presentation by John Sandor, Architectural Historian, Technical Preservation Services Division National Park Service. The session will address: Windows as character-defining features of historic buildings Compatibility How the National Park Service assesses when a window needs to be retained and when a window may be replaced How [...]

    Free
  • Shared Use Webinar

    Webinar

    "The shared use model for Cooper-Molera in Monterey, California was developed with replicability in mind. With the project now underway, we will hear from Douglas Wiele of Foothill Partners, Inc., along with Katherine Malone-France and Paul Edmondson of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as they talk about what’s happening at Cooper-Molera and how other [...]

    Free
  • Bmore Historic

    Baltimore Museum of Industry 1415 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD, United States

    Bmore Historic is a participant-led unconference for scholars, students, professionals and volunteers who care about public history, historic preservation and cultural heritage in the Baltimore region. This year, Bmore Historic takes place at the Baltimore Museum of Industry in Federal Hill. Special thanks to the UMBC Orser Center for continuing their support for Bmore Historic. Bmore Historic is [...]

    $10 – $15
  • Maryland Historical Trust Rehabilitation Tax Credit Workshop

    Allegany Museum 3 Pershing Street, Cumberland, MD, United States

    The Maryland Historical Trust is pleased to announce our Rehabilitation Tax Credit Workshop Series, starting this fall in Western Maryland. Stay tuned for additional workshop dates across the State! If you own a certified historic property in Maryland, you may have the opportunity to earn a state income tax credit on qualified rehabilitation expenditures. Whether [...]

    Free
  • Maryland Historical Trust Rehabilitation Tax Credit Workshop

    Oakland Community Center 14 N. 8th Street, Oakland, MD, United States

    The Maryland Historical Trust is pleased to announce our Rehabilitation Tax Credit Workshop Series, starting this fall in Western Maryland. Stay tuned for additional workshop dates across the State! If you own a certified historic property in Maryland, you may have the opportunity to earn a state income tax credit on qualified rehabilitation expenditures. Whether [...]

    Free
  • Keeping History Above Water Conference

    Annapolis Waterfront Hotel 80 Compromise Street, Annapolis, MD, United States

    Keeping History Above Water: Annapolis is an international gathering hosted by the City of Annapolis in partnership with the Newport Restoration Foundation. Conference discussions will examine the increasing and varied risks posed by sea level rise to historic coastal communities, their built environments and traditional ways of life. Leaders in the fields of historic preservation, [...]

  • Maryland Historic Preservation Commissions Annual Party

    Woman's Clubhouse of Washington Grove 316 Grove Avenue, Washington Grove, MD, United States

    Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions invites you to the Maryland Historic Preservation Commissions Annual Party held in charming Washington Grove, a leafy and rural oasis in Montgomery County founded by Methodists as a summer revival camp in 1873. We invite all Maryland historic preservation commissioners, their local government staff, and our preservation friends to [...]

    Free
  • Commercial Rehabilitation Tax Credit Workshop

    Owners of certified historic properties in Maryland may be eligible to earn a state income tax credit on qualified rehabilitation expenditures. Join the Maryland Historic Trust for a free workshop to learn more about the Maryland Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program and the opportunities that may be available.

    Free
  • Legislative Preview Meeting in Silver Spring

    Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station 8100 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, United States

    Join Preservation Maryland and the Maryland League of Conservation Voters and their local partners at an important town-hall style meeting to learn about local, state, and federal advocacy efforts to help save places that matter and how you can be a force for reinvestment and redevelopment.

    Free
  • Maryland History Advocacy Day

    On Thursday, February 1, 2018, Preservation Maryland will convene a statewide delegation of history, humanities and preservation advocates in Annapolis to let their elected officials know that our state’s history is worth protecting. We will be advocating for the policies, programs, and funding that makes our collective work possible.

  • Digital Fabrication Techniques for Historic Preservation

    Open Works 1400 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States

    Please join APT DC for an exciting event: Digital Fabrication Techniques and Historic Preservation!  The event will be held at Open Works, a former distribution warehouse converted into a fabrication space for professionals, located in downtown Baltimore. Four speakers will provide short talks on different digital fabrication techniques and will participate in a panel-style question [...]

    $15
  • Social Hour at Mt. Aventine Manor House

    Chapman State Park 3452 Ferry Place, Indian Head, MD, United States

    You are invited to: Social Hour at Mt. Aventine Manor House Sunday, February 25, 2018 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions and Charles County Historic Preservation Commission invite you to a Social Hour at one of Southern Maryland's most significant antebellum houses. All Maryland historic preservation commissioners, their local government staff, and our [...]

    Free – $10