Achievements

  • The Foundation has encouraged improvement in the care of two historic cemeteries.
  • University expansion into the Georgetown residential areas has been impeded.
  • The popular Historic Georgetown: A Walking Tour was prepared and published and 17,000 copies sold.
  • A joint program has been undertaken with the Historic American Building Survey to document the properties on which the Foundation holds easements through large format, rectified photographs and measured drawings to be housed in the Library of Congress in the permanent collection of the Historic American Building Survey.
  • The Foundation facilitated the recognition of conservation easements in the District of Columbia. Easements, generously given, now protect 111 properties. The Foundation welcomes inquiries about easement donations.
  • The Foundation received The Citizens Association of Georgetown’s Peter Belin Award for 1987, given in recognition for significant contributions to Georgetown.