“Big Green” Site Visit in Anacostia

Image of “Big Green,” courtesy of The L’Enfant Trust. 

Join the DC Preservation League and The L’Enfant Trust for an in-person site visit in Anacostia located at 1220 Maple View Place SE. The tour will primarily feature “Big Green”: The L’Enfant Trust’s Historic Properties Redevelopment Program’s (HPRP) upcoming historic rehabilitation of a severely distressed, long-vacant Queen Anne home built in 1902 in Anacostia. Once construction is complete, the property will be sold as multi-unit affordable housing.

The tour will also showcase 1326 Valley Place, SE one of the Trust’s completed HPRP projects in Historic Anacostia that was sold as workforce housing. This event will last approximately 1 hour and will involve around 0.5 miles of walking (no incline to minimal incline). Additional information about parking and metro access will be emailed to registrants the day before the event. If you have a question, please email DCPL’s Programs Manager, Shae Corey at her email address: shae@dcpreservation.org. The President of The L’Enfant Trust, Lauren McHale, will be leading this tour.

Sign up for this tour here: https://dcpreservation.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/dcpreservation/eventRegistration.jsp?event=313&

Lauren McHale was appointed President of The L’Enfant Trust in 2017, after serving as Executive Director and Director of Preservation. In 2012, she initiated the Trust’s Historic Properties Redevelopment Program. Lauren has a B.A. in Art History and Historic Preservation & Community Planning from the College of Charleston and a M.S. in Historic Preservation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the past Chair of the Preservation Action Foundation and Past President of the Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. Lauren currently serves as an ACE DC Mentor Program board member and a citizen member of the Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee of Washington, DC’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6C.