Announcements & Blog
In March, The L’Enfant Trust hosted two nights of “Community Voices: Historic Preservation in Anacostia,” an interactive playback theater performance and community event with Verbal Gymnastics Playback Theatre Company. Verbal Gymnastics captures the narratives of residents in rapidly changing communities “East of the River” in Washington, DC using innovative forms of theater/storytelling to foster meaningful…
Read MoreMay 1, 2023 This year’s Preservation Month theme of “People Saving Places” is a national high-five to everyone doing the great work of saving places—in ways big and small—and inspiring others to do the same. Read our interview below with Greta Fuller, Co-President of the Historic Anacostia Preservation Society and Board member of DC Preservation…
Read MoreThe L’Enfant Trust (Trust) is pleased to announce the organization was awarded a $100,000 grant from The 1772 Foundation for 2023. The grant will support general construction planning costs associated with the Trust’s upcoming rehabilitation of 1220 Maple View Place, SE (Big Green) for workforce housing. The Trust’s Historic Properties Redevelopment Program (HPRP) would not…
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