The Surratt Courier

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The current issue of Preservation Magazine (from the National Trust) has a short article on historic firehouses that are being converted into restaurants. One of them is in northwest D.C., and they have retained as much of the original interior as possible. It looks fascinating. Road trip...

Our county of Prince George's has a very strong Historic Preservation Commission made up of government officers as well as citizen advisers. We also have the Natural and Historical Resources Division of the Dept. of Parks and Recreation that governs nearly fifty sites - one of which is Surratt House. They have developed a "curatorship" program where private citizens agree to inhabit and restore historic properties while following correct restoration procedures as closely as possible. This helps greatly in saving old homes with no redeemable history for museum business.