Maryland Awards More Than $9 Million In Tax Credits To Revitalize Six Historic Buildings

CROWNSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — The Maryland Historical Trust has awarded $9 cardinal successful taxation credits to six projects restoring historical buildings successful the state, including the historical Wilkins Rogers Mill adjacent Ellicott City, a erstwhile property successful Annapolis, 2 buildings successful Baltimore and 2 erstwhile commercialized properties successful Hagerstown, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday.

Since 1996, the Maryland Historical Trust, a part of the Maryland Department of Planning, has allocated $425 cardinal to amended historical homes and commercialized structures successful the authorities done the Historic Revitalization Tax Credit, according to the readying department.

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“The taxation credits volition assistance revitalize communities, fortify Maryland’s economy, and bring caller housing, commercial, and arts opportunities passim our state,“ said Hogan. “Our medication is arrogant to supply this funding, which volition sphere Maryland’s historical buildings for aboriginal generations to come.”

Here’s a breakdown of the projects:

Wilkins Rogers Mill successful Oella – $3 million
Dating backmost to the aboriginal 20th century, the analyzable connected the banks of the Patapsco River was location to the past operational flour mill successful the state, which shuttered successful 2020. About $35 cardinal is being invested to crook the buildings into a mixed-use improvement with apartments, retail and a tiny depository connected flour accumulation successful the region.

Becker Bros. / Gieske & Niemann Tobacco Warehouse successful Baltimore City – $1.75 million
Built successful 1875, the Classical Revival warehouse has served assorted concern functions during its beingness and was an charismatic determination owed to its proximity to the railroad. As the sanction suggests, the gathering was erstwhile location to a baccy company. Developers are rehabbing the building, with its cast-iron and ceramic ornamentation, arsenic a caller commercialized space.

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Eastern Health District/Huntington Williams Building successful Baltimore – $3 million
A mid-century plan by Baltimore designer Charles Dana Loomis, this gathering was location to a session tally by the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and the Baltimore City Health Department. A $15 cardinal task volition crook the vacant gathering into offices and a laboratory.

Randall House successful Annapolis – $194,074
Located adjacent the Maryland State House, the Queen Anne/Eastlake- benignant residence is being converted into a nine-room boutique hotel. The owners of the gathering volition cleanable and reconstruct the building’s exterior.

Updegraff Building successful Hagerstown – $847,957
Built successful 1882, this gathering successful Hagerstown’s commercialized halfway was erstwhile location to a section store, and perchance a mitt factory. The beforehand façade retains an archetypal metallic cornice and decorative brickwork. Developers are converting the operation into an flat gathering with a edifice and brewery connected the crushed floor.

Earles Building successful Hagerstown – $394,121
The early-20th period Tudor Revival building, erstwhile the determination of respective section stores, inactive has historical alloy windows and decorative elements astatine the apical of its façade. A developer is spending $12.5 cardinal to person the gathering into apartments with retail connected the crushed floor.

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