Loudoun Preservation Society

Specific Need

Loudoun Preservation Society is asking for donations to help fund our Awards Program which assists historical properties and communities to make needed repairs to historical and significant structures as well as preserve important historical records of Loudoun County's Heritage. Our current goal is $10,000. We ask that you help support our efforts to preserve some of Loudoun's most historical areas.

Mission

The Loudoun Preservation Society is committed to (1) preserving the historic, cultural, and natural resources and heritage of Loudoun County, Virginia; and (2) developing public consciousness of and involvement in preservation issues.

Profile

Every year we make grant awards to projects or groups that have a focus on preservation within Loudoun County. Some of our past projects include:

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Middleburg received a grant to prime the preservation of its original Gothic windows in need of significant repair. The 1842 church was used as a hospital in the aftermath of the Civil War cavalry battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville.

Friends of Grace Multicultural Center in Lincoln received a grant to assist with the continued preservation of the entry to the historic Grace church built by former slaves and freedmen in 1885 to help improve access.

Loudoun Clerk of Courts received a grant to further digitize its records for access by researchers and historians, this effort to include 1757-1968 coroner’s records, a Medical Register of Loudoun Doctors 1901-80, and records of children born out of wedlock between 1757 and 1872.

Lucketts Ruritan received a grant to undertake a feasibility study of the preservation of the post-Civil War Mt. Pleasant Church at Scattersville, built by African-Americans at the turn of the last century but no longer with a congregation.

Morven Park received a grant for photogrammetry documentation work on the construction of three antebellum outbuildings beside the main house while stucco has been removed from their sides during restoration.

The Philomont Village Foundation received a grant to assist with the substantial costs of preparing a National Register nomination for the village to provide a layer of protection as well as recognition.

The Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area received a grant to help with the printing of the Third Edition of its Historic Loudoun Scavenger Hunt, a booklet distributed to history students receiving programs on our local history in their schools as they study Virginia and U.S. History. The booklets help students and their families explore Loudoun’s historic landscape and its stories.

The Waterford Foundation received a grant to help prime its restoration and interpretation efforts of the Bond Street Meadow and its barn structure adjacent to the historic John Wesley Church and the Waterford Mill.

The Willisville Preservation Foundation received a grant to help fund a Willisville Historical Highway Marker.