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
- Here is the final registration flyer for the September 20th Historic Window Repair Workshop.
- 2009 Historic Preservation Grants now available here. Applications are due September 30, 2008.
- The Historic Preservation Commission meeting schedule and agenda can be found here. The next deadline for Historic Area Work Permit application submissions is September 3rd for the September 24th meeting.
- The Falkland Apartments (1936-38) are the subject of an Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation. The Planning Board considered the Amendment during their regular agenda on July 10, 2008. A final Planning Board worksession and action on the evaluation will be scheduled in September.
- 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 to submit a 2007 Montgomery County Historic Preservation Tax Credit application has passed. The deadline for 2008 tax credits applications is April 1, 2009. Forms for 2008 applications will be available shortly.
- 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.
- DRAFT Design Guidelines available review and public comment. Written comments will be accepted; HPC hearing, August 13, 2008.
- Wild Acres (Grosvenor Estate), 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda (#30/15), is the subject of an Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation. The Planning Board evaluated this resource during their regular agenda on July 31, 2008.
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: August 5, 2008
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