BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Secretary's Agenda
| ITEM | Contact: J. Rodney Little (410) 514-7601 |
| MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS | |
Submission of a request by the Division of Historical and Cultural Programs
of the Department of Housing and Community Development for a grant of $150,000
for Phase I of a three-part Historic Structure Report for the Maryland
State House. Funds are appropriated for this purpose in Board of Public
Works FY 2001 Budget (DE01.10)
| DESCRIPTION
Approval is requested to grant $150,000 to the Maryland Historical Trust for Phase I of a Historic Structure Report for the Maryland State House. The funds will be used to create an interactive website that details all changes to the State House since its construction, including all documentary evidence relating to the building and its grounds, as well as images. The documents and images will be accessible by records series, by date, and by subject matter. The result will be an interactive website, mdstatehouse.net, which will contain all existing information on the creation, alteration, and maintenance of the State House over time. The website will be a working environment for the future phases of the project, incorporating materials prepared by the architects, engineers, historians, archaeologists, and other preservation disciplines involved in the preparation of the Historic Structure Report. This report will result in the creation of a master plan for the uses of the public spaces in the building and for their interpretation. After the completion of the Historic Structure Report, the research and documentation on the State House on mdstatehouse.net will be available to the public as a public history website. The Maryland Historical Trust has entered into an agreement with the Maryland State Archives which will be responsible for all research and documentation relating to the State House, as well as the creation of the website. The work plan proposed by the Archives and the memorandum of understanding between the Archives and the Trust for this project have submitted in support of this agenda item. |
| Approved | Disapproved | Deferred | Withdrawn |
| With Discussion | Without Discussion |
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