A newly created fund sets aside $50,000 a year through 2021 to help pay for building rehabilitation, signage and other efforts preserving Baltimore’s historic sites and neighborhoods.

The Baltimore City Historic Preservation Fund, announced yesterday, will offer grants to nonprofits and other tax-exempt organizations to preserve the city’s historic properties and areas, be it through physical work on buildings or educational initiatives like signage.

The fund has been years in the making, planned jointly by Preservation Maryland, the Maryland Historical Trust, the nonprofit Baltimore Heritage and the city’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, a.k.a. CHAP.

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