Preservation Maryland has awarded Sumner Hall in Chestertown its 2025 Stewardship Award. This award is presented to individuals or organizations in recognition of exemplary stewardship of Maryland’s historic buildings, collections, landscapes, and archeological sites. Preservation Maryland recognized Sumner Hall for its “ongoing preservation and interpretation of African American heritage in Chestertown, including its role as one of the few surviving Grand Army of the Republic halls built by Black veterans of the Civil War.”