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Here's “What's New!”
at the Maryland Historical Trust....
 The Working Group on Native American Human Remains will hold its third meeting on Saturday, January 3, 2009, from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM at the Anne Arundel County Library, Eastport-Annapolis Neck Branch, 269 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403. The meeting is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. Documents related to this task are available by clicking here. For additional information, please contact Charlie Hall, Maryland State Terrestrial Archeologist, at 410.514.7665 or by email at chall@mdp.state.md.us. Click here to download a meeting notice.
Nominations for the 34th Annual Maryland Preservation awards are now being accepted. MHT invites you to continue this tradition by nominating people and projects for awards in any of the following six categories: Heritage Book Award, Preservation Project Award, Preservation Service Award, Stewardship Award, Educational Excellence Award, and the Calvert Prize. Nominations may recognize activities in historic preservation, architecture, archaeology, museums, cultural conservation, education, or related fields and should represent the best of preservation in Maryland.
MHT will present its awards May 30, 2009 during the Annual Preservation and Revitalization Conference in Baltimore. See www.preservationmaryland.org for information about the 2009 Annual Conference. Applications must be postmarked by Friday, January 23, 2009. Please contact Cory Kegerise at ckegerise@mdp.state.md.us or (410) 514-7635 with questions.
Click here to download the application materials (MS Word)
The Section 106 Essentials Course - February 10-11, 2009, Washington, DC.
The only Section 106 course taught by the federal agency responsible for administering the National Historic Preservation Act’s Section 106 review process, this two-day course is designed for those who are new to Section 106 review or those who want an in-depth refresher on its basic operation. The course explains the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which applies any time a federal, federally assisted, or federally approved activity might affect a property listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The Madison Hotel.Sponsored by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.Complete information as well as registration procedures can be found at www.achp.gov/106.
Questions: Contact Cindy Bienvenue, Meeting and Event Manager, at cbienvenue@achp.gov or 202-606-8521. Click here to download a PDF flier with more details, dates, and locations.
Applications for grant funding from The Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) for capital and non-capital projects are now being accepted. The MHAA Grant Program is a source of funding designed to assist and encourage preservation and economic development within heritage areas certified by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. Heritage area grant awards are made from the MHAA Financing Fund, a nonlapsing, revolving fund into which up to $3 million is deposited annually. Awards are contingent on the appropriation of funds.
Applicants must be located within a Certified Heritage Area and should consult with the designated Management Entity for the Heritage Area before preparing their applications. Application deadlines vary by Heritage Area, so please contact the management entity to determine when your application will be due.
Click here to download the application as a MS Word document. Save this version to your computer by right clicking on the link or use the "Save As" feature in the File Menu.
More than $10 million in Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credits have been awarded to 15 commercial projects across the State. The Heritage Preservation Tax Credit Program, administered by the Maryland Historical Trust, provides Maryland income tax credits equal to 20% of the qualified capital costs expended in the rehabilitation of a “certified heritage structure.” The FY2009 tax credit awards will leverage over $42 million in privately supported community revitalization activity in historic neighborhoods ranging from Cumberland in Western Maryland to the town of Centreville on the Eastern Shore. Click here for the press release and full listing.
Examples of funded projects include:
The rehabilitation of the former Kennard School in Centreville, Queen Anne's County will turn this former Rosenwald School, built in 1936, into a community center. The Kennard Alumni Association will recieve a $44,888 tax credit toward this project, which is estimated to cost more than $224,440.
(Photo courtesy of the Kennard Alumni Association)
The former Klots Throwing Mill, a c.1902 industrial building in Cumberland, Allegany County will be be rehabilitated into affordable loft apartments. The project will recieve $1,101,809 in tax credits toward the total project cost of $5,509,045.
The 1903 Mayfair Theater on the 500 block of Howard Street in Baltimore will be rehabilitated into apartments and retail spaces using a $2,850,000 tax credit. The total project is expected to cost more than $14 million.
The Consultant Lists have been updated and are available for downloading in the Preservation Services section of the MHT website. The lists are updated annually and all additions and corrections should be forwarded to Kathy Opferman.
Museums, non-profit groups and local governments around Maryland have received 53 grants totaling over $2 million through three Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) financial assistance programs. The MHT Grant Fund provides support for Capital and Non-Capital Historic Preservation Grants as well as Museum Advancement Grants. Click here for the press release and full list of grant awards.
 Since enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, archeological resource management studies have proliferated in Maryland. Consideration and treatment of archeological resources have become increasingly sophisticated, and voluminous data on the archeological record has been amassed; unfortunately, this data is often inaccessible and not widely disseminated, buried in “grey literature.” To address these shortcomings, the Maryland Historical Trust (in its role as State Historic Preservation Office) has embarked on an ambitious, multi-year program to synthesize Maryland’s archeological data. The project will examine Phase II and Phase III investigations undertaken during the past four decades, cull out the most important findings of those studies, and organize the archeological data in searchable databases. In 2007, the MHT Board of Trustees provided initial funding of $90,000 to launch the project, and the research work is now underway. For a more detailed look at MHT’s archeological synthesis project, click here.
 The “card catalog” of the Maryland Historical Trust Library is now publicly accessible online. The Trust's library—with more than 10,000 volumes—is the State’s principal repository for information relating to Maryland’s architectural, archeological, and cultural heritage. The following types of resources are available to researchers: books, journals, site-specific reports, historic maps, written and photographic documentation about Maryland’s architectural and archeological sites, oral histories which capture the State’s cultural traditions through written transcripts as well as audio and video recordings, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and architectural drawings. Browse the catalog now.
 Maryland Archeological Conservation Laboratory Director Patricia M. Samford's new book, Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia, has just been published by the Univeristy of Alabama Press. Subfloor pits were a common characteristic of Virginia slave quarters. Samford reveals a wealth of data on these features based on her examination of 103 examples dating from the 17th through mid-19th centuries. The most common explanations of the functions of these pits are as storage places for personal belongings or root vegetables, and some contextual and ethnohistoric data suggest they may have served as West Africa-style shrines. Based on her study, Samford hypothesizes how West African cultural traditions were maintained and transformed in the Virginia Chesapeake. For information on how to order this book, see the University of Alabama Press website.
 MHT and the Maryland State Highway Administration received a 2007 Partnerships with a Public Entity Award at the recent National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO) annual meeting in Washington, DC. The award recognizes the partnership the two agencies have forged, which has helped the agencies fulfill their respective historic preservation responsibilities and advance preservation efforts throughout Maryland.
J. Rodney Little (Second from right), Maryland State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and MHT Director, and Bruce Grey (Second from left), Maryland Department of Transportation Deputy Director of Project Planning, received the award from Jay D. Vogt (Left), NCSHPO President and South Dakota SHPO, and James McConaha (Right), NCSHPO Treasurer and New Hampshire SHPO.
For more about the award, please see this Press Release.
Last updated: December 11, 2008
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