From battlefields to train stations, there are historical landmarks from the American Civil War all across Maryland, and many of these sites will now receive grants to help preserve that heritage.
Thirteen Civil War Heritage areas have been awarded more than $5.1 million in grants to help support improvement projects.
That includes more than $630,000 to support parts of Carroll, Frederick and Washington counties.
“Our applicants sent in applications, making the case for all sorts of projects,” said Emily Heubner, assistant director of the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, the organization that helped secure the funds.
Heubner said the heritage tourism economy is a major part of the state’s past. “History is more relevant than ever today, and people are interested in these educational experiences,” she said.
See a complete list of the recipients below:
- Â $50,000 for an African American Heritage Center in Frederick
- Â $45,000 for a parking area and bus pull-off area
- — $8,000 for Brunswick Red Men’s Hall facade restoration, architecture and design project
- — $25,000 for the restoration/renovation of the Museum of the Ironworker, and $50,000 for exhibit design, production and installation
- — $50,000 for exhibit construction
- — $10,436 for the rehabilitation of the Douglas G. Bast Museum of History
- — $12,054 for historical wayside exhibits
- — $29,680 for the extension of the H&F Trolley Trail
- — $62,733 for the Heritage Frederick preservation project
- — $15,927 for the adaptive reuse of the historic Williams Observatory as a museum
- — $17,980 for the historic train station’s roof replacement
- — $19,685 for the historic Antietam Station’s roof replacement
- — $10,000 for the Seibert Collection
- City of Westminster — $25,000 for the Durbin House Historic Structure Assessment
- (multi-heritage area grant) — $15,000 for the 2021 World Canals Conference
- (multi-heritage area grant) — $50,000 to enhance the park experience through bilingual interpreters.
