$600,000 For Maryland Historic Preservation
His Lordship's Kindness And Bostwick House In Prince George’s County Among 10 Project Award Recipients
The Hogan Administration announced that 10 projects were recently awarded funds by the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) through the Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program, which assists brick-and-mortar historic preservation projects across Maryland. MHT, an agency of the Maryland Department of Planning (Planning), received more than 40 applications for projects competing for $600,000 in available grants, demonstrating strong demand for the funding across the state.
“The program encourages restoration and rehabilitation of historic properties across the state and is one more way we can preserve and protect Maryland’s history and culture” said Governor Larry Hogan. He restored funding for this program in 2018; the first time funding was made available in nearly a decade.
Two of the grant recipients are located in Prince George’s County:
His Lordship's Kindness (Prince George’s County) ($100,000)
Grantee: John M. and Sara R. Walton Foundation, Inc. (nonprofit)
His Lordship's Kindness, a National Historic Landmark, is known for its landscape, variety of original outbuildings, and the main house, Poplar Hill. The two-story brick, five-part house is an exemplary specimen of Georgian architecture. The grant funds will be used for urgent work on both the main house and outbuildings, where priorities have been identified including woodwork and roof repairs.
Bostwick House (Prince George’s County) ($76,000)
Grantee: George A. and Carmel D. Aman Memorial Trust (nonprofit)
Bostwick House is one of four pre-Revolutionary war structures in Bladensburg. Built in 1746 for a prominent merchant, the two-and-a-half-story brick house dominates the property that overlooks the Anacostia River at the former Port of Bladensburg. Grant funds will be used to repair the buttress at the south elevation, which includes a structural analysis. The buttress was damaged by a microburst weather event in 2012, and then partially deconstructed and studied to understand its purpose as a structural element.
The additional grant recipients include:
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church (Baltimore City) ($100,000)
Grantee: The Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the City and Precincts of Baltimore (nonprofit)
Schifferstadt Architectural Museum (Frederick County) ($40,000)
Grantee: Frederick County Landmarks Foundation, Inc. (nonprofit)
Mount Clare Museum (Baltimore City) ($11,000)
Grantee: The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland, Inc. (nonprofit)
National Park Seminary (Montgomery County) ($100,000)
Grantee: Save Our Seminary at Forest Glen Inc. (nonprofit)
Ebenezer A.M.E. Church and Parish House (Baltimore City) ($100,000)
Grantee: Ebenezer Kingdom Builders Inc. (nonprofit)
Calvin B. Taylor House (Worcester County) ($45,000)
Grantee: Berlin Heritage Foundation, Inc. (nonprofit)
B&O WB Tower (Frederick County) ($15,000)
Grantee: Mayor and Council of Brunswick (local government)
Christ Rock M.E. Church (Dorchester County) ($13,000)
Grantee: The Friends of Stanley Institute, Inc. (nonprofit)
Online applications for FY21 Capital Grant Program funding will be available in early 2021 on MHT’s website at mht.maryland.gov/grants_capital.shtml. Application deadlines and workshop dates will be announced later this year.
For more information about the Capital Grant Program, please contact Barbara Fisher at barbara.fisher@maryland.gov
