Baltimore Heritage was founded in 1960 to preserve and promote historic buildings and neighborhoods in Baltimore. In May of that year, leaders from the Baltimore Junior Chamber of commerce coordinated with many of Baltimore’s cultural and civic institutions to host a bus tour to highlight the city’s historic places, and then to organize a non-profit group around historic preservation. Officially incorporated in 1961, Baltimore Heritage and its volunteers have helped preserve dozens of historic places around the city, including City Hall, the warehouses at Camden Yards, much of Baltimore’s waterfront in Fell’s Point and Federal Hill that was threatened with a highway proposal, and the West Side of downtown around the Hippodrome Theater.

Baltimore Heritage today continues the work that began in 1960 through three primary program areas: preservation planning and advocacy; heritage education; and technical assistance.