304 days ago- Silver Spring residents were right when they complained to The Examiner and Montgomery County permitting officials that a downtown storefront with historic protection had been altered on the outside, officials said this week.
311 days ago- Silver Spring residents are livid that crews have reportedly started to alter the facade of a building on a registered historic block of their city without approval by Montgomery County’s preservation commission.
320 days ago- After years of focusing on political land use lobbying, Friends of Harford is seeking to boost its community outreach and spread its message to average citizens.
343 days ago- The D.C. Preservation League is taking a broad tack this year with its list of the most endangered historic properties and places in Washington: In general, if it’s owned by the District government, sought by the federal government or desired by developers, then it’s imperiled.
349 days ago- Fairfax City will break ground early next month on a $1.5 million project to preserve a house whose walls bear more than 100 inscriptions from Union soldiers and erect a historical Civil War center next to it.
350 days ago- The redevelopment of NoMa — the area north of Massachusetts Avenue in Northeast Washington — has brought hope of economic revitalization to the area, but has sparked a debate about whether revitalization would destroy the neighborhood’s historic character.
357 days ago- The stone walls of the Woodlawn Slave Quarters had become nearly unrecognizable, covered in vines and debris, and crumbling from decades of neglect.
360 days ago- With rebuilt stone walls or a restored timber frame, three historic properties have been spared from the endangered list: the Woodlawn Slave Quarters, Montjoy outbuildings and Clarksville Mile Marker.
364 days ago- A plan to use state Program Open Space money to buy Belmont Manor House would still allow Howard Community College to be involved, but would help ensure the preservation of the land, a state official said.
375 days ago- The challenges of historical preservation in Alexandria will be a key focus at a conference this weekend touted as a chance to plan how best to move the city into the future.
397 days ago- A recent Baltimore County ruling will force a prominent retirement company to alter expansion plans at its Catonsville campus, a decision neighbors are celebrating as the savior of a historic farmhouse once in jeopardy of demolition.
397 days ago- Baltimore County preservationists Tuesday warned that proposed changes to the review of historic properties slated for demolition could facilitate a loss of the county’s “historic fabric.”