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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. If you are interested in historic buildings, sites, and programs in Montgomery County Parks, please visit Montgomery Parks.

News

  • HISTORIC RESOURCES UNDER EVALUATION
  • IMPORTANT NOTICE: We moved!!!
    As of Monday December 21, 2009 we have moved to our new office location. Our new office location is:
    1400 Spring Street
    Suite 500 West
    Silver Spring, MD 20910    .
    This is approximately 3-4 blocks from our previous location. Our mailing address of 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring MD, 20910 has not changed.
  • Do you need to know if your property is designated as an historic property in Montgomery County?
    Use this tool to look it up.
  • Historic Preservation featured on The Straight Line
     The Straight Line is a blog by Montgomery County planners on community design issues. This May during National Preservation Month there will be a series of five blogs by the Historic Preservation section on sustainability and preservation. The first two, Old is the New Green and Old Buildings and Old Energy are already posted. Check back often for more postings and let us know your thoughts.
  • Historic preservation design guidelines are available to assist owners of historic properties in the development of their project plans.

Historic Area Work Permits (HAWPs)

  • The Historic Preservation Commission meeting schedule and agenda can be found here. The next deadline for Historic Area Work Permit application submissions is September 1st, for the September 22, 2010 meeting. A summary of the actions taken by the Historic Preservation Commission at past meetings in calendar year 2010 are available here.
  • NEW! Interactive GIS Map for Historic Preservation
    The interactive GIS map for historic preservation is a convenient way to find out if a property is designated on the Master Plan for Historic Preservation, listed on the Locational Atlas and Index of Historic Sites or on the National Register of Historic Places. You may also use the site to submit potential violations to staff.
  • July 14, 2010 meeting, Agenda Item I.M. HAWP application and staff report. (POSTPONED to August 11th.)

Learn More

Our planners, staff to the Historic Preservation Commission and the Planning Board, work to safeguard the county's significant historic resources. Learn more about how a structure becomes a designated historic site — and what it means if you own a historic home — on this edition of Montgomery Plans.
Guest: Clare Kelly, Historic Preservation Planner.

Date of last update: June 9, 2010