James Baldwin’s NYC Home Nominated to the National Register of Historic Places
The Manhattan home where author and activist James Baldwin spent the latter years of his life has been added to […]
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DC Community Group Fights for Historic Landmark Status for Barry Farm
Community activists in Washington D.C. hosted a walking tour of Barry Farm, a low-income housing complex, last Saturday to show […]
Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village Seeks Support for Historic Restoration Project
Since the 1970s, The Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village in Dover has transported visitors into a late nineteenth-century agricultural town […]
Brooklyn Community Rallies to Save House with Underground Railroad Ties
Community members in downtown Brooklyn gathered on Thursday to protest the planned demolition of a house located at 227 Duffield […]
Preservation Maryland Starts New Project to Highlight State’s LGBTQ History
Preservation Maryland, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving historic places, has turned to the Web for help documenting the state’s […]
Controversy Ensues Over NYC Bookstore’s Historic Landmark Designation
Strand Book Store, a New York City institution, was recently designated a city historic landmark. However, not everyone is celebrating […]
High School Students Help Preserve Historic African American Cemetery in DC
Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society Cemetery in Georgetown received some much needed care after a group of high […]
Campaign Started to Save Cab Calloway’s Baltimore Home from Demolition
Supporters are setting out to save jazz legend Cab Calloway’s Baltimore home from demolition. The three story house in the […]
National Trust List of Most Endangered Historic Places Includes Two in Mid-Atlantic Region
Yesterday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation released its list of the eleven most endangered historic places in the country. […]
Efforts Underway to Preserve Delaware School that Helped Bring Down Segregation
Plans to preserve a historic African American school in Hockessin, Delaware are beginning to develop. Hockessin Colored School 107 was […]