2025 LPS Pump Priming Preservation Grants Oatlands Historic House and Gardens. This pump-priming preservation grant is to assist in the preservation of a well-loved canine Statuary, “Rusty” in the historic gardens. Grant: $550 Bluemont Academy – The Friends of Bluemont are undertaking the next phase of their long-time restoration effort of the 200-year-old Bluemont Academy, Loudoun’s second oldest still-standing educational structure. The Friends of Bluemont (Bluemont Heritage) is dedicated to preserving the memories, documents, artifacts, and structures of Bluemont’s past, ensuring they are passed down for future generations to...
2025 Preservationists of the Year – Gayle & Tom DeLashmutt of Oak Hill. Accepting the award: Gayle DeLashmutt
Jeffrey Jackson was awarded the 2024 Preservationist of the Year Award for his life-long dedication to historic preservation and his on-going work with the Friends of Grace Multicultural Center restoring the Grace Church in Lincoln, Virginia.
2024 LPS Pump Priming Preservation Grants AMERICA’S ROUTES works to promote citizen valuing and consequent preservation of Loudoun’s rural and dirt road network. This pump-priming preservation grant is to assist with website redesign and mission refresh working with a mission and messaging expert. The grant will partially pay for a website technical work and for s social media relaunch. Relevant to which of our 4 standards: #3 [Publication or online posting of historical, architectural, or archaeological research of a particular structure, property, site, district, community, or transportation feature important...
Washington Post, February 7, 2024 By Justin Jouvenal, Bonnie Jo Mount and Jayne Orenstein An unorthodox bid to preserve one of the last bastions of country life in the D.C. area is dividing residents. Some say protecting Loudoun’s gravel roads will ensure that its rustic soul and charm survive a suburban onslaught. But not everyone wants to go along for the ride. Allen Cochran shouts “Here we go!” and the sheep skitter from a weathered gray barn, bounding into golden afternoon light on a mile-long journey to pasture. Their beating...
HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANTS TO BE AWARDED BY LOUDOUN PRESERVATION SOCIETY SEPTEMBER 21st. Six 2023 historic preservation grants will be awarded on September 21st at the Annual Loudoun Preservation Society Grant Awards working in partnership with the County of Loudoun and the Towns of Leesburg, Middleburg, and Purcellville to celebrate Historic Preservation Week. The evening event will be held at Sylvanside Farm south of Purcellville. Loudoun County is rich in its historic landscape preserved through the determined efforts of individuals, local non-profits, and local governments beginning in the late 1930s. These...
Eight historic preservation grants will be awarded on September 22nd at the Annual Loudoun Preservation Society Grant Awards working in partnership with the County of Loudoun and the Towns of Leesburg, Middleburg, and Purcellville to celebrate Historic Preservation Week. The evening event will be held at Kalero Vineyards west of Hillsboro. Part of two heritage areas—Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area and the federal Journey Through Hallowed Ground—Loudoun County is rich in its historic landscape, preserved and stewarded by individuals, local non-profits, and local governments beginning in the late 1930s. These preservation...
Our 2022 Grant Cycle has been extended to July 15, 2022. Now is the time to apply for a grant for your historic preservation project! APPLY HERE
The Loudoun Preservation Society is now accepting applications for the 2021 grant awards. See the Middleburg Eccentric press release (page 8): https://issuu.com/middleburgeccentric/docs/eccentric_04_21a Apply for grants by June 30, 2021: https://preserveloudoun.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-PRESERVATION-Grant-Application-COVER-SHEET-and-FORMAT-2.pdf
