GRANT AWARDS PROGRAM

GRANT AWARDS PROGRAM

Cemetery wall repair, Mt. Zion Cemetery in Aldie

Since 1973, the Loudoun Preservation Society (LPS) has awarded thousands of dollars in small grants to non-profit organizations throughout Loudoun County to promote the historic preservation of Loudoun’s historic landscape.

The LPS is a citizen organization that raises the money on its own; grant amounts vary from year to year based on fundraising success and the general economy.

The LPS grants have helped to promote dozens of small historic preservation, rehabilitation, and education projects for local organizations and historic properties in recent years. They include Oatlands, Aldie Mill, America’s Routes, the Lincoln Preservation Foundation, the Lovettsville Historical Society, the Virginia Piedmont Area Association, the Friends of Bluemont, the Waterford Foundation, the Westmoreland Davis Foundation, the Mt. Zion Church Cemetery, the Thomas Balch Library, and several historic churches.

The 2021 Grant Awards were presented Sept. 23 at Rockwood Farm in Hamilton and included: Aldie Heritage Association $2,500 – Evelyn Johnson Memorial Grant for Charles Fenton Mercer’s brick wall; Loudoun Clerk of Courts Award $990-Project: Historical Records-digitization of Loudoun’s enslaved court records; The Friends of the Grace Multicultural Center $2,500 and also the Jean Brown Memorial Grant for restoration of the “Buggy Trail” stone retaining wall.

In addition, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun Award: $2,500 to re-paint historic 1890 Gleedsville Church and the Willisville Preservation Foundation re-ceived $750 for the Willisville historical highway marker.

Recent examples of projects receiving grants can be found on the LPS web site, www.preserveloudoun.org along with project guidelines.