Davis Mansion Restoration Earns State-Level Recognition

On Sept. 26, Preservation Virginia presented Morven Park with its “Outstanding Preservation Project” Award for 2011 during the organization’s annual state-wide conference. The award recognized Morven Park for the restoration of the Gov. Davis mansion, completed in late 2011.

“The (awards) committee was struck not only by the beauty of the finished project but thatit included the necessary but too often unrecognized unseen portion, such as foundation work and HVAC upgrades,” said Louis Malon, director of preservation services for Preservation Virginia.

The private non-profit organization is a leader in statewide historic preservation, dedicated to perpetuating and revitalizing Virginia’s cultural, architectural, and historic heritage. Preservation Virginia works to protect historic places and to develop preservation policy and strategies.

This is the third award presented this year in recognition of the mansion restoration project. In May the Loudoun Preservation Society and the Joint Architectural Review Board named retired Morven Park Executive Director Will O’Keefe as 2011 Preservationist of the Year and awarded Morven Park a Community Blue Ribbon Award for the mansion project.