Historic Preservation
The Historic Preservation Office provides for the identification, designation, and regulation of historic sites in Montgomery County. Our staff supports the Planning Board and the Historic Preservation Commission. We evaluate resources currently or potentially listed on the Locational Atlas and Index of Historic Sites for possible inclusion in the Master Plan for Historic Preservation. We analyze Historic Area Work Permit applications and evaluate proposed development plans to assess the impact on historic resources. In addition, we review Montgomery County historic preservation tax credit applications, administer the Historic Preservation Commission Grant Fund and educate the public. Learn more.
News
- The Historic Preservation Commission meeting schedule and agenda can be found here. The next deadline for Historic Area Work Permit application submissions is July 2nd for the July 23rd meeting.
- The Falkland Apartments (1936-38) are the subject of an Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation. The Planning Board is scheduled to evaluate this resource during their regular agenda on July 10, 2008. Amendment available here.
- The current issue of our newsletter, The Preservationist, is now available.
- Gwen Marcus Wright is the former coordinator of the Historic Preservation section of the Montgomery County Department of Planning, and is now Chief of Countywide Planning. She was interviewed last year by Historic Preservation Commissioner David Rotenstein and a synopsis of that interview was featured in the Winter 2008 Preservationist newsletter. Click here to see the entire transcript of that interview, now available.
- The deadline for 2007 tax credit applications has passed. The deadline for 2008 tax credits applications is April 1st 2009. All applicants will receive confirmation in the mail. Please be patient as this process will take a few weeks.
- The Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory, an ongoing project of Peerless Rockville, Historic Takoma, Inc., and the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites, is now available online. Supported with a grant from the Montgomery County Historic Preservation Commission, the project creates a baseline of information to guide the protection of our historic cemeteries.
Most Requested
- Is a building designated as a historic site or located in a historic district?
- Historic Area Work Permit application
- Information on the Montgomery County Historic Preservation Commission
- Guidance on whether repairs made to your historic property would qualify for a tax credit
- Historic Preservation Commission grant guidelines and an application form
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Date of last update: May 24, 2008
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