The Maryland Historical Trust is an agency of
Maryland Department of Planning
The Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) is a cabinet-level agency in the government of the State of Maryland. The department is part of the Executive branch of the government and reports to the Governor of Maryland.
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and serves as the Maryland State Historic Preservation Office.
The agency serves to assist in research, conservation, and education, of Maryland's historical and cultural heritage.
The agency is responsible for the management of thousands of historical sites located within the
State of Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to it ...
.
History
The agency was originally created in May 1961 as a quasi-public corporation for the purpose "of accepting and maintaining gifts of property and for assisting and encouraging preservation activities throughout the state."
Following the passage of the
National Historic Preservation Act
The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA; Public Law 89-665; 54 U.S.C. 300101 ''et seq.'') is legislation intended to preserve historic and archaeological sites in the United States of America. The act created the National Register of Historic ...
which created the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1966, then Governor
Spiro Agnew
Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second vice president to resign the position, the other being John ...
appointed the Trust’s Director as the State Liaison Officer in 1967 and thus the Trust became the state historic preservation office.
The agency provides archeological surveys.
In 1974, the Maryland Historic Sites Inventory was created by an act of the
Maryland Legislature
The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland that convenes within the Maryland State House, State House in Annapolis. It is a bicameral body: the upper house, upper chambe ...
, Annotated
Code of Maryland
The Annotated Code of Maryland, published by The Michie Company, is the official codification of the statutory laws of Maryland. It is organized into 36 named articles. The previous code, organized into numbered articles, has been repealed. Amend ...
, Article 41, Section 181 KA, 1974 Supplement.
Awards
The board of trustees awards the annual ''Maryland Preservation Awards''.
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Historical Trust
History of Maryland