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Community Revitalization: Ribbon Cutting

COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION

The L’Enfant Trust’s Historic Properties Redevelopment
Program rehabilitates endangered buildings
facing demolition by neglect for workforce housing.

Protecting Our Treasures: Grace Church

PROTECTING DC'S HISTORIC COMMUNITIES

The L’Enfant Trust's Conservation Easement
Program has played a critical role in protecting
Washington, D.C.’s built environment.

Technical Preservation: Anacostia

TECHNICAL PRESERVATION

The L’Enfant Trust is a community
resource for technical preservation.

Support Preservation: Cornice

SUPPORT OUR WORK

The L’Enfant Trust needs your support to preserve
and revitalize Washington, D.C.’s historic communities.

People. Buildings. Community.

Our mission is to preserve and revitalize Washington D.C.’s neighborhoods through programs that connect residents to their collective history, protect the city’s architectural heritage, and reactivate neglected properties within their communities.

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Historic Properties Redevelopment Program

The L’Enfant Trust’s Historic Properties Redevelopment Program is D.C.’s first nonprofit real estate developer that focuses on the rehabilitation of distressed historic buildings and community revitalization.

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Conservation Easements

A Conservation Easement is an important preservation tool that protects a historic property from demolition, neglect, and insensitive alterations, and ensures that the property maintains its historic character in perpetuity.

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Technical Preservation

The L’Enfant Trust maintains a full-time, professional staff and educational resources to assist you with caring for or learning about a historic structure.

Online Resources

We bring vacant, neglected properties back to use.

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The L'Enfant Trust outreach and community engagement

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The L'Enfant Trust D.C.'s first non-profit real estate developer

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Help preserve community, history, and affordable homeownership in Historic Anacostia.

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