Announcements & Blog

The L’Enfant Trust is the nation’s largest preservation easement-holder, protecting more than 1,150 historic properties and surrounding open space across Washington, D.C. To maintain the integrity of our easement program and continue to protect the rich and varied architectural fabric of DC’s historic streetscapes, we conduct an annual photographic inspection of each of our easemented…

The L’Enfant Trust (“Trust”) is pleased to announce the award of a generous grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (“CAH”) in the amount of $20,290.00.  The grant supports the Trust’s committed rental expenses during the CAH’s Fiscal Year 2022 (October 2021 – September 2022). The generous support from CAH will help…

1347 Maple View Place, SE (“Little Green”), one of The L’Enfant Trust’s former rehabilitation projects in Historic Anacostia, is now for sale for the first time in eight years since we first sold it in 2014. 1347 Maple View Place, SE was a long vacant, two-story, Queen-Anne style house in the Anacostia Historic District on…