19th-century tobacco barns have 21st-century uses

(Washington Post) With more than 2,000 old tobacco barns within its borders, Calvert County is a prime location for landowners to receive federal and state tax credits on their historic structures, officials say.
Liz Creveling Petrella, an architectural historian with the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service, and Calvert County Planning and Zoning Historic Preservation Planner Kirsti Uunila told about 30 county residents Jan. 13 how to receive tax credits for rehabilitating their farming relics, some of which date to 1836 or earlier. Continued

Photo: Maryland tobacco barn (Library of Congress)