Archives: Press Releases

Aug
30

Press Release

2023 Virginia Preservation Award Winners Announced

Awardees will be recognized at a special event in Richmond on September 29th, 2023 For immediate release For more information, contact: Will Glasco, wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 RICHMOND, Va. (August 30, 2023) – Preservation Virginia, the nation’s first statewide historic preservation organization, announced its list of award recipients for 2023. For over fifty years, the historic preservation …

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Jul
10

Press Release

Preservation Virginia Receives $500,000 Grant from The Mellon Foundation

Funding will support Preservation Virginia’s Voices Remembered initiative. RICHMOND, Va. (July 6, 2023) – A recent grant from the Mellon Foundation to Preservation Virginia, the nation’s first statewide historic preservation nonprofit, will help document, elevate and save traditionally underrepresented history throughout the Commonwealth. The newly launched Voices Remembered program will grow the capacity of local preservation groups and Preservation …

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May
9

Press Release

2023 List of Virginia’s Most Endangered Historic Places Announced

Nine individual locations and two thematic nominations facing substantial threats were named to this year’s list. RICHMOND, Va. (May 9, 2023) – Each May — National Historic Preservation Month — Preservation Virginia releases a list of historic places across the Commonwealth facing imminent or sustained threats. The list, which has brought attention to 170 sites …

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Apr
5

Press Release

African American Fellows Program Launches at Preservation Virginia

First class of student and community preservationist Fellows will study historic preservation best practices and research projects throughout the Commonwealth. For immediate release For more information, contact: Dr. Lisa Winn Bryan, lwinnbryan@preservationvirginia.org (804) 573-9676 Richmond, Va. (April 3, 2023) – As part of the Voices Remembered initiative at Preservation Virginia, three student and community preservationists …

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Nov
22

Press Release

Preservation Virginia Launches African American Fellows Program

For immediate release For more information, contact: Dr. Lisa Winn Bryan, lwinnbryan@preservationvirginia.org (804) 573-9676 First class of student and community preservationist Fellows to begin in early 2023. Richmond, Va. (November 22, 2022) – Studies show that only 1% of preservation professionals are African American. Through a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Preservation Virginia …

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Nov
18

Press Release

Bacon’s Castle Receives $400,000 Save America’s Treasures Grant

For Immediate Release For more information, contact Will Glasco wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 Owned and operated by Preservation Virginia, the oldest brick dwelling in North America receives support for its preservation. SURRY, Va. (November 17, 2022) –Built in 1665, Preservation Virginia’s Bacon’s Castle is recipient of a $400,000 Save America’s Treasures challenge grant for its ongoing …

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May
10

Press Release

2022 LIST OF VIRGINIA’S MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES ANNOUNCED

For immediate release For more information, contact: Will Glasco, wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 Eleven historic sites facing insensitive development or neglect were named to this year’s list RICHMOND, Va. (May 10, 2022) – Each May — National Historic Preservation Month— Preservation Virginia releases a list of historic places across the Commonwealth that face imminent or sustained …

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Apr
24

Press Release

Judicial Robe of Chief Justice John Marshall Returns Home to Richmond

For immediate release For more information, contact: Will Glasco, wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 The only surviving judicial robe of the “Great Chief Justice” was recently conserved and will be displayed at the John Marshall House. RICHMOND, Va. (April 15, 2021) — Through a partnership between Preservation Virginia, The John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics …

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Nov
19

Press Release

Preservation Virginia Receives Virginia Tourism Corporation Recovery Marketing Leverage Grant for Tourism Marketing

For immediate release For more information, contact: Will Glasco, wglasco@preservationvirginia.org (804) 338-1357 Preservation Virginia has received $8,950.00 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s (VTC) Recovery Marketing Leverage Program (RMLP), designed to help local and regional tourism entities attract more visitors by leveraging limited local marketing dollars through a local match of the state grants funds. More …

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Sep
24

Press Release

Monacan Indian Nation Site Named one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Video: https://vimeo.com/461193500/c2f06a36a1  — Rassawek, the historic capital and sacred site of the Monacan Indian Nation located at the confluence of the Rivanna River and James River in Fluvanna County, is included on a national list of threatened historic sites.  RICHMOND, Va. (September 24, 2020) – Threatened by a local water intake and …

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