Posted in African American history, Education, Historical research, Interpretation, Marketing, Uncategorized, tagged Belle Grove, Chesterwood, Cliveden, Drayton Hall, Interpretation and Education Fund, James Madison's Montpelier, Lyndhurst, Pope-Leighey House, Tenement Museum, Woodlawn on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to announce the awards from the Interpretation and Education Fund, providing more than $55,000 to eight National Trust Historic Sites.
$10,000 to Woodlawn/Pope-Leighey House for researching and developing interpretive resources for the mid-19th century history of Woodlawn and supporting a public program at Pope-Leighey House to interpret the [...]
Posted in Buildings, Modernism and Recent Past, tagged Frank Lloyd Wright, George Hertzog, Historic Preservation, Loren Pope, National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Pope-Leighey House, Stewart Udall on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Loren Pope, the original client for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House (a National Trust Historic Site near Alexandria, Virginia), recently died at age 98. Rarely do we have an opportunity to know the original clients or architects of National Trust Historic Sites to better understand their houses, but Pope’s long life and nearby residence [...]
Posted in Staff, Uncategorized, tagged Brucemore, Pope-Leighey House, Woodlawn on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Please welcome Duane Hill as the new Buildings & Grounds Superintendent for Woodlawn and Pope-Leighey House, two National Trust Historic Sites near Mt. Vernon, Virginia. Director Laurie Ossman stated that Duane was selected among several candidates because his “knowledge, proven dedication to historic sites and enthusiasm will be outstanding contributions to the success of [...]
Posted in Governance, tagged Pope-Leighey House, Woodlawn on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Laurie Ossman was recently appointed as Director of Woodlawn Plantation and Pope-Leighey House, a National Trust Historic Site in Mt. Vernon, Virginia, and will be starting on August 1. Laurie has a broad background in preservation, historic site management and architectural history and most recently served as the Deputy Director at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami. [...]
Posted in Interpretation, tagged 1950s, Farnsworth House, Glass House, Pope-Leighey House on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is exploring ways to preserve and interpret Modernism and the Recent Past, an effort that has grown in interest as many of the buildings and places from this period are increasingly threatened with demolition and approaching the magical “fifty year” mark (by the way, the fifty-year threshold primarily applies [...]
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