Trust Announcements
The L’Enfant Trust Awarded $75,000 Grant from The 1772 Foundation
The L’Enfant Trust (Trust) is pleased to announce the organization received a $75,000 grant from The 1772 Foundation. The grant for 2025 will support the Trust’s Historic Property Redevelopment Program’s (HPRP) continued rehabilitation of historic 1220 Maple View Place, SE (Big Green) into multi-unit workforce housing. Big Green is located in Anacostia, a…
The L’Enfant Trust Receives 2023 HPRP Grant from The 1772 Foundation
The 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…
The L’Enfant Trust Receives HAPP Funding for Big Green
The L’Enfant Trust (Trust) is pleased to announce the organization was awarded a $65,000 grant from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Housing Affordability Planning Program (HAPP) to support the Trust’s rehabilitation of historic 1220 Maple View Place, SE (Big Green) into multi-unit affordable housing. HAPP awards small, flexible grants of up to…
How a Local Preservationist is Inspiring the Next Generation
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 Imania Price, Historic Preservation Specialist at the DC Office of Planning. Imania is the lead project reviewer for…
Preserving Community Stories with Verbal Gymnastics
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…
How a Local Preservationist is Protecting Anacostia’s Heritage
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 League, on how…
L’Enfant Trust Awarded Preservation Fund Grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC – The L’Enfant Trust is pleased to announce the organization was awarded a $5,000 grant from The National Trust Preservation Fund, the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s small dollar grant program. The funding will be used to obtain a structural conditions assessment and to develop preliminary stabilization designs for “Big…
L’Enfant Trust Awarded Grant from Moe Family Fund for Statewide and Local Partners of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC – The L’Enfant Trust (“Trust”) is pleased to announce the organization was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Moe Family Fund for Statewide and Local Partners of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The grant will support in part the creation of a strategic development plan for the Trust’s Historic…
Lessons from the Pandemic: Managing the Nation’s Largest Easement Program
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…