Funding Restored by Governor Hogan Allows Two National Historic Landmarks and Five Other Notable Projects to Receive Funding
(July 17, 2018) EASTON, MD - As part of Governor Larry Hogan’s Regional
Cabinet Meeting in Cambridge, Special
Secretary for Smart Growth Wendi Peters and Maryland Department of Planning
(Planning) Secretary Robert McCord today announced seven projects selected to
receive Historic Preservation Capital Grants from the Maryland
Historical Trust (MHT) at a ceremony in nearby Easton. The event was held at
one of the seven sites receiving an award - the historic Easton Armory, which is
owned and operated by Waterfowl Chesapeake and serves as the home of the
Waterfowl Festival, a yearly event first held in 1971.
“The State of Maryland is rich in its
historically significant and diverse architecture, proud heritage, and cultural
traditions,” said Governor Hogan. “It is
important that we recognize and preserve our history all across the state, and
our administration is pleased to restore this vital funding.”
For the first time in nearly a decade, Governor
Hogan restored funding for the Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program,
which assists bricks-and-mortar historic preservation projects. MHT received
more than 70 applications for projects competing for the $600,000 in available grants,
demonstrating strong demand for the funding within communities across the
state. Organizations can request up to $100,000 per project; awards range from
$34,000 to the full $100,000.
The Capital Grant Program provides support for
physical preservation projects as well as for architectural, engineering, archeology,
and consulting services needed in the development of a construction
project. Acquisition of properties can also be funded. All assisted
properties are either listed on or eligible for National Register of Historic
Places designation.
Since its inception in 1978, the Capital Grant
Program has awarded nearly $15 million for physical preservation measures to
more than 500 historic properties in every county and Baltimore
City. Non-profits, local jurisdictions, business entities, and individuals
are all eligible applicants, encouraging a wide range of property owners or
site stewards to apply.
MHT,
an agency of the Maryland Department of Planning, was formed in 1961 to assist
the people of Maryland in identifying, studying, evaluating, preserving, protecting,
and interpreting the state's significant prehistoric and historic districts,
sites, structures, cultural landscapes, heritage areas, cultural objects, and
artifacts, as well as less tangible human and community traditions. Through
research, conservation, and education, MHT assists the people of Maryland in
understanding their historical and cultural heritage.
Online
applications for Fiscal Year 2019 Capital Grant funding will be available this
fall 2018 on MHT’s website at http://mht.maryland.gov/grants_capital.shtml. Application deadlines and workshop
dates will also be announced later this year.
For
more information about the grant program, contact Courtney Hotchkiss at
(410) 697-9514 or Courtney.hotchkiss@maryland.gov.
Details on the projects receiving grants are listed
below.
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