Save the Date for the 2019 Architectural Fieldwork Symposium!
MHT will host this year's symposium on October 24, 2019 from 9 AM to 4 PM in Crownsville. This one-day event will feature presentations on current research and survey activities in Maryland, and will provide plenty of opportunities to talk informally and network with your peers.
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New Executive Director at Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
Please join us in welcoming Greg Pierce, the new Executive Director of Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum! A native of Pennsylvania, Greg holds a BA in Anthropology and History from the University of Arizona, an MA in Anthropology from East Carolina University, and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Wyoming. Since 2014 he has served as both the Wyoming State Archeologist and as an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wyoming.
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Historic Preservation Capital Grants Awarded
Ten projects received $600,000 through the Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program, which assists "bricks-and-mortar" projects as well as architectural, engineering, archeology, and consulting services needed in the development of a construction project. Since its inception in 1978, the Capital Grant Program has awarded nearly $15 million to more than 500 historic properties, benefiting nonprofits, local jurisdictions, businesses and individuals. The 2019 awards are listed below.
Westminster Cemetery
Westminster Preservation Trust for Westminster Cemetery, Baltimore City ($100,000). The Westminster Cemetery is an important cultural landscape that illustrates changing burial customs and attitudes toward death, as well as the personal toll of infant and childhood mortality, since its founding in the late 18th century. It is also the burial place of several notable people, including Edgar Allan Poe. The grant will help restore the c. 1815 cemetery wall and entryway, which features a Greek Revival gate and neo-Egyptian sandstone posts.
Historic Ships in Baltimore, Inc. for the USCGC TANEY ($29,000). Commissioned in 1936, United States Coast Guard Cutter TANEY had over 50 years in active service. It is the only United States fighting ship afloat that fought during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. It is currently used as a memorial and museum ship. The TANEY is currently scheduled for dry docking in the fall of 2019, and grant funds will be used to make repairs to corroded areas of rooms that flank the ship’s hull.
Archaeological Conservancy for Iron Hill Cut Jasper Quarry Archaeological Preserve, Cecil County ($50,000). Likely the only remaining Native American quarry of its type in Maryland, the National Register-listed Iron Hill Cut Jasper Quarry provided prized jasper used in flint knapping. The archeological site was part of a larger parcel slated for residential development but remains undisturbed, offering significant research potential. Grant funds will assist in the acquisition the site for conservation.
Hays House
Aberdeen Room Archives and Museum, Inc. for Aberdeen B&O Railroad Station, Harford County ($100,000). The Aberdeen B&O Train Station was constructed in 1885 according to a standard design created by Frank H. Furness for the B&O Railroad, and is the last of this design still standing. The canning industry depended on the station for shipping products to Baltimore and nationwide. The grant will fund permanent stabilization of the building and roof replacement.
Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation, Inc. for Evergreen House Museum, Allegany County ($100,000). One of fourteen historic buildings on a 167-acre parcel, the Evergreen House Museum consists of an original ca. 1780 stone cellar, a two-story Federal-style addition from the 1820s, and a late 19th century building with Victorian embellishments (including an unusual roof with crow’s-foot stamped metal shingles) that replaced the original log structure. The roof has reached the end of its useful life, and grant funds will assist in replacing it with matching metal shingles.
The Historical Society of Harford County, Inc. for Hays House ($15,000). Constructed c. 1788, the Hays House has remained largely unaltered since the time of its original owner Thomas A. Hays, the cartographer of the earliest known map of Bel Air. As the town's oldest private residence, Hays House now serves as the headquarters of the Historical Society of Harford County and as a living history museum. The grant will fund the repair of the property's unique hand-riven wood siding.
Hagerstown Fairgrounds Entrance Building
Ebenezer Kingdom Builders Inc. for Ebenezer A.M.E. Church and Parish House, Baltimore City ($100,000). Built in 1865 for a congregation organized in 1836, Ebenezer A.M.E. Church in Federal Hill is thought to be the oldest standing church in Baltimore that was erected by African Americans and continuously occupied by the descendants of the same congregation. Grant funds will help replace the slate roof, which has reached the end of its useful life.
Frederick County Landmarks Foundation, Inc. for Beatty-Cramer House, Frederick County ($16,000). In the 1860s, property owners joined an existing 18th-century saltbox-style structure to a new east wing, creating the Beatty-Cramer House. This unique building features exposed and decorated interior timber framing and showcases H-bent construction, a method characteristic of New York's Hudson Valley. The grant will fund exterior work to prevent water intrusion, including repairs to exterior walls and the roofs of the porches.
Lost Towns Project, Inc. for Chesapeake Lodge No. 147, Somerset County ($30,000). Constructed in 1926, the neoclassical Chesapeake Masonic Lodge No. 147 features a commanding temple front portico. The lodge is associated with Crisfield's heyday as one of Maryland's largest seafood producing centers and important maritime commercial port. Grant funding will help repair and prevent water damage to the building.
City of Hagerstown for Fairgrounds Entrance Building & Keeper's Residence, Washington County ($60,000). The Fairgrounds Entrance Building, constructed c. 1913, and the Keeper's Residence, constructed sometime between 1891-1907, historically functioned as the major gateway to the Hagerstown Fair, which grew from a small-scale, rural venture, to a nationally known exhibition and entertainment attraction. The entrance building may be the last of its kind in Maryland. The grant will fund repairs to the roof, windows and structure.
OUR HISTORY, OUR HERITAGE: BLOG ROUND-UP
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