The Planning Department maintains a file on each property in the Historic District. The file consists of the Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form, a slide and photo and in some cases newspaper articles on the property. The files are available to the public upon request.

The organizations listed below can provide assistance on preservation issues and are sources of information on the history of the City of Frederick and Frederick County.

Maryland Historical Society
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201 410.685.3750

Maryland Historic Preservation Office, Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development.
100 Community Place
Crownsville, MD 21032 410.514.7600

National Park Service Heritage Preservation Services National Register of Historic Places Historic American Buildings Survey Historic American Engineering Record
1849 C Street, NW, NC330
Washington, DC 20240

National Trust for Historic Preservation
1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
800-315-NTHP

Preservation Maryland
24 West Saratoga Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410.685.2886

City of Frederick Historic District Commission
City Hall, 101 North Court Street
Frederick, MD 21701
301.600.1499.

Frederick County Landmarks Foundation, Inc.
1110 Rosemont Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
301.668.6088

Randall, Frances A.: Mirror on Frederick: Through 250 Years. Frederick, MD: Greater Southern Printing & Manufacturing Co., n.d.

Frederick County Public Library: Maryland Room,
110 East Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
301.631.3764.

Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc.
24 East Church Street
Frederick, MD 21701
301.663.1188.

The following references are excellent sources for additional information on the Historic District and the care and maintenance of historic buildings.

Historical references
City of Frederick Historic District Commission:
City Hall, 101 North Court Street, 301.600.1499.

Frederick County Landmarks Foundation, Inc.,
1110 Rosemont Avenue, 301.668-6088.

Frederick County Public Library: Maryland Room,
110 East Patrick Street, 301.631.3764.

Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc.,
24 East Church Street, 301.663.1188.

Books on Preservation and Architecture

Foulks, William G., ed.: Historic Building Facades: The Manual for Maintenance and Rehabilitation. New York: Wiley, 1997.

Longstreth, Richard: The Buildings of Main Street, A guide to American Commercial Architecture. Updated Edition. New York: AltaMira Press, 2000.

Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions: Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions Handbook. 1998.
Morton III, W. Brown, Gary L. Hume, Kay D. Weeks and H. Ward Jandl.: The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Heritage Preservation Services. 1997.

National Trust for Historic Preservation: Preservation Yellow Pages. Revised Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.

Poppeliers John, C., Allen Chambers, Jr., Nancy B. Schwartz: What Style is It? A Guide to American Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1983.

Rifkind, Carole: A Field Guide to American Architecture. New York: Penguin Books, 1980.

National Park Service: Respectful Rehabilitation, Answers to Your Questions About Old Buildings. Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1982.

Weeks, Kay D. and Anne E Grimmer. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitation, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Parks Service, Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships, Heritage Preservation Services, 1995.

Books on Frederick History

Ashbury, John, W.: And All Our Yesterdays: A Chronicle of Frederick County, Maryland. Frederick, MD: Diversions Publications, 1997.

Cannon, Timothy L., Tom Gorsline and Nancy F. Whitmore: Pictorial History of Frederick, Maryland: The First 250 Years 1745-1995. Frederick, MD: Key Publishing, 1995.
Magazines
APT Bulletin. (Available through the Association for Preservation Technology, PO Box 8178, Fredericksburg, VA 22404)

Information Series. (Available through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.)

Old House Journal


Preservation.
(Available through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.)

Preservation Forum. (Available through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.)

Traditional Building: The Professional Source for Historical Products.


Pamphlets
Preservation Brief No. 1: The Cleaning and Waterproof Coating of Masonry Buildings.

Preservation Brief No. 2: Repointing Mortar Joints in Historic Masonry Buildings.

Preservation Brief No. 3: Conserving Energy in Historic Buildings.

Preservation Brief No. 4
: Roofing for Historic Buildings.

Preservation Brief No. 6: Dangers of Abrasive Cleaning to Historic Buildings.

Preservation Brief No. 8
: Aluminum and Vinyl Siding on Historic Buildings.

Preservation Brief No. 9: The Repair of Historic Wooden Windows.
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