Public School No. 111 on Riggs Avenue in Baltimore, one of the four city buildings named in the state’s 2027 historic tax credit awards. Photo: Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland Department of Planning on Nov. 4 announced more than $18 million in historic revitalization tax credits for nine projects statewide, including four in Baltimore City.
According to the official announcement, the credits, awarded by the Maryland Historical Trust, are expected to leverage more than $85 million in additional investment and to create more than 898 jobs. The official list of 2027 tax credit awards names four Baltimore City projects: Building 54 at the Crown Cork and Seal Highlandtown Plant, the Monumental Printing Company, Public School No. 111 and Trinity Episcopal Church. The release does not break out a credit amount for each building.
Statewide, 16 applicants had asked for $30 million in credits for work estimated at more than $158 million, the state said. The nine projects were chosen using established criteria, including the U.S. secretary of the interior’s standards for historic rehabilitations. Other awards went to projects in Allegany, Baltimore, Cecil and Queen Anne’s counties.
The official release said the tax credit program has invested more than $534 million across Maryland since 1996, helping improve 5,961 homeowner properties and 918 commercial historic structures. Planning Secretary Rebecca Flora said this year’s awards cover a mix of building types and adaptive reuse. The governor’s office directed readers to the Maryland Historical Trust for photos and project details.
