Calendar
6 June
Waterford Concert Series:
Next Generation. Young
musicians from the Levine
School of Music perform at
Loudoun Country Day
School, Leesburg, 4 p.m.
9 June
Waterford Lyceum:
Restoration of the Mahlon
Schooley House. 7 p.m.,
15555 Second Street,
Waterford. Space limited to
25 attendees. Call
919-270-3007 to reserve.
3 July
Potluck Dinner &
Independence Day
Fireworks Display.
Sponsored by the
Waterford Citizens
Association. Dinner at
6 p.m., Bond Street
Tanyard. Fireworks begin
at dusk (about 9 p.m.) at
Water Street Meadow.
4 July
Independence Day Parade.
Sponsored by the
Waterford Citizens
Association. Registration
begins at 10 a.m. in
front of 15640 Second
Street; parade at 11 a.m.
6 August
Special Concert:
Musical
Remarks, the Marks Family
& Friends. Location and
time to be announced.
1-3 October
Waterford Fair. Village-
wide, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
7 November
Waterford Concert Series:
Maryland Opera Studio at
St. James's Episcopal
Church, Leesburg, 4 p.m.
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Youth virtuosi to be featured at June 6 concert
Once again young
competition winners from the Levine School of Music are highlights of the
Waterford Concert Series, at a concert on Sunday, June 6. Virtuosi
students from elementary through high school will show off their prize-winning
best performances on violin, guitar, and piano. Music will include works by
Chopin, Haydn, Villa-Lobos and Kreisler.
The
concert takes place at the new Loudoun Country Day School campus, signaling the
welcome presence of the Levine School and broader music education opportunities
in Loudoun County. Bring the whole family, especially students, to this one.
Children 12 and under attend this (and all our concerts) free.
Tickets are $25 each, and may be ordered by
phone (540-882-3018, ext. 117) or purchased at the door. Visit the
Concert Series page for more information.
The Levine School of Music has become the preeminent center for music education in the Washington, D.C., area, with campuses in Maryland and Virginia as well.
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Something old, something new
on Second Street
Once a year, during the Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts
Exhibit, the door of 15484 Second Street is unlocked and the sounds of a
working forge ring out into the street.
Village residents are now likely to hear the hammering of
metal on metal on a regular basis. This spring the Forge has returned to
regular use. Ben Krista, a British-trained farrier and owner of Green Acres
Forge, is renting the building, and using the forge (which he reports draws
quite well) to fashion shoes for some of his equine clients.
Earlier this month one villager snapped the accompanying
photo of Mr. Krista at work, a glowing horseshoe taking shape.
Photo by Mary Dudley.
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House restoration topic of Lyceum
The Waterford Lyceum is offering an exciting program
about the history and recent restoration of the Mahlon Schooley house at 7 p.m.
on Wednesday, June 9. Susan Honig Rogers will talk about the
restoration she and her husband have done in the past year, give a tour of the
house, and answer questions. The
restoration team will be available to answer questions as well. Due to space limitations, reservations
will be limited to 25 people in the order they are received. For reservations, please call Susan at
919-270-3007.
Mahlon Schooley built this brick house
in 1817. Like many Waterford dwellings, the original portion is a three-bay
brick bank building on a stone foundation, with a metal gable roof. The rain
gutters almost hide a mousetooth cornice. The house was enlarged at the rear in
the 1840s, and late in that century an owner reconstructed the south wall of
the house, adding windows and lengthening the first story windows. Schooley
later went on to help establish a Quaker community in Iowa.
Lyceum events are organized by
Waterford area residents for the enjoyment of citizens.
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More agriculture
for Phillips Farm
An apiary has joined hay making as part of the agricultural mix on the Phillips Farm. Jeff
Pfoutz, a licensed beekeeper and owner of Loudoun Center Apiary, has set
several colonies of honey bees on the south-facing hill overlooking
Catoctin Creek. Mr. Pfoutz will be holding educational events to
teach the community about his craft and the challenges these insects
are facing. "Beeyards" were a common sight in Waterford's agricultural
past, states Phillips Farm committee chair Mimi Westervelt, and the Foundation
welcomes the return of this historical agricultural use on the property.
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Board of Directors
Bonnie Getty, President
Walter
A. Music, Vice-President
Bronwen Souders, Secretary
Hans Hommels, Treasurer
Margaret
Bocek
David W. Chamberlin
Taylor M. Chamberlin
Charlotte
Gollobin
Warren
Hayford
Melanie Lockwood Herman
Mary Hutton
Lori
Kimball
Debbie
Morris
W. Brown Morton
Phil
Paschall
Patti
Psaris
Susan Honig Rogers
Susan Sutter
Jim
Sutton
Miriam
Westervelt
Staff
Nancy
Doane
Executive Director
Margaret
Good
Director,
Properties & Land Use Programs
Kathleen
Hughes
Manager, Development Programs
Fran
Holmbraker
Fair Chair
Mary
Kenesson
Fair Assistant
Martha
Polkey
Communications & Operations Coordinator
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Message from the President
Dear Friends of the Waterford
Foundation,
As of May 31, 2010, the Waterford
Foundation will be changing its office hours.
Our new office hours will be
Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Because of the Memorial Day holiday next
week, the office will be closed an additional day: Tuesday, June 1.
We regret any inconvenience these new
hours may cause and ask your patience as we adjust to these changes. This
cost-cutting measure will help us to conserve Foundation resources. As we take
measures to cut costs, we are also renewing our efforts to raise the revenue we
need to fulfill our mission: to preserve the historic buildings and the open
spaces of the National Historic Landmark of Waterford and to increase
the public's knowledge of life and work in an early American rural community.
Please support us by inviting friends and family members who love Waterford to
become Foundation members.
Outside of office hours you may leave
voice mail messages for individual staff members by dialing their
extensions: Nancy Doane (x118), Martha
Polkey (x117), Margaret Good (x111), Kathleen Hughes (x113), Fran Holmbraker
(x114) and Mary Kenesson (x112). Because
of the reduced office hours, our dedicated staff members will be working harder
than ever. Please be respectful of their
need to work efficiently without unnecessary interruptions.
Thanks to all of you who support us in
so many ways: with your time, your talents, and your donations. We could not fulfill our mission without
you.
If you are not already a member, please
join now.
Best regards,  President |
Old School restoration recognized
The Waterford Foundation was recognized this month for its
"tremendous effort to restore the 1910 Waterford Old School after the
devastating fire of January 2007," by the Loudoun County Joint Architectural
Review Board, an ad hoc panel of representatives from the architectural review
boards of Leesburg, Middleburg, Purcellville, and Loudoun County.
The Foundation was one of nine awardees by the panel which
"recognizes individuals, organizations, and companies whose special
achievements in locally designated historic districts preserve the historic
architectural character of our communities."
Foundation Executive Director Nancy Doane and Hans Hommels,
current treasurer and former chair of the Rebuild the Old School Committee in charge
of the restoration, accepted the award.
Other awardees included the Waterford Citizens Association, for
its village gateway signs, and Richard and Jennifer Biby's porch restoration of
the James House on Main Street, next to the Corner Store.
A first-floor classroom of the restored Old School.  |
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Loudoun Valley High School students Elisabeth Harris (right) and Justine McDonald reset a leaning gravestone during their May 15 cleanup of Union Cemetery. [Photos courtesy A. Rose]
High school history students
repair and restore gravestones
at Waterford Union Cemetery
The
Waterford Foundation would like to express its sincere appreciation to students
in the Advanced Placement U.S. history classes at Loudoun Valley High School
and their teacher Susan Stevens for dedicating their time on Saturday, May 15,
to maintenance and renewal of the Waterford Union of Churches Cemetery, on
Fairfax Street in the village.
Students
cleared branches from the grounds, trimmed shrubs and trees and hauled the
debris from the cemetery, which has served as a burial ground for a "union of
churches" since the early 1800s. After lunch the students commenced a careful,
painstaking process of resetting gravestones, repairing broken ones, and
cleaning moss and dirt from their surfaces, making them again readable.
"For
the second consecutive year your volunteer work in the historic Waterford Union
Cemetery has made a tremendous improvement in the grounds and in the appearance
of the monuments," Trustees President Paul Rose wrote to the students. "You are
a credit to Loudoun Valley High School, and to your instructor Ms. Stevens.
Thank you for a job well done."
The Waterford Union of Churches Cemetery has
served all Waterford denominations (albeit segregated into black and white
sections), other than the Quakers, whose burying ground adjoins Fairfax Meetinghouse.
Both Union and Confederate veterans lie there. Today the cemetery is overseen
by a board of trustees that includes area residents and the Waterford
Foundation.
The Union Cemetery was laid out
early in the nineteenth century and was strictly segregated, with the black
section to the rear. Both sections contain fine marble monuments, but many
African Americans could afford no more than a roughly flat stone brought in
from some field, or just a wooden marker that quickly weathered away. The resulting
gaps in the rows testify eloquently to the inequalities of the day.
Civil
War veterans of both races--and both armies--lie peaceably in the
same cemetery. Their graves bear appropriate military markers. One designates
the grave of James Lewis (born 1844) who traveled to Pittsburgh during the war
where he joined the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, a white-led black
unit like the famous 54th that was immortalized in the film, Glory.
Andrew Masters cleans a broken gravestone before it is cemented
and replaced on its footing.
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Village landscapes delight
visitors at Garden Tour
Waterford residents' lush gardens
charmed visitors last Saturday during the Waterford Country & Cottage
Garden Tour, with the rain holding off--and the peonies holding up--until later
in the afternoon.
The fruits of the labor of villagers
at 10 homes to benefit the Foundation--planting, weeding, mulching, mowing--were
enjoyed by visitors from near (Leesburg) and far (London), who also enjoyed the
opportunity to stroll through town as it is most of the year (as opposed to the
bustle of Fair time).
 This year, in response to the intense
popularity of the 2009 Garden Tour flyer design by Melinda Croft, posters created
from that design and this year's design were offered for sale (and are still
available).
Chaired by village resident Sherry
Satin, this event was wholly underwritten with generous contributions from
Foundation supporters, and the famed volunteer spirit of Waterford area
residents shone again, with 70 individuals involved in planning, publicizing,
and staffing the event.
Village artists added variety to the
activities with open studios, and the Master Gardeners of Loudoun County
presented a lecture on culinary herbs. Contributions also were made by business
sponsors, including Gardens of Delight (offering plants for sale) and Perchance
to Dream (offering garden accessories).
The Foundation's book Waterford,
Virginia: Preserving Our Heritage, created with the photographs of Jim Hanna
taken at the time of last year's Garden Tour, preserves the spring beauty of
Waterford for year round enjoyment. It can be purchased for $35 at the
Foundation office.
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P.O. Box 142 Waterford, Virginia 20197 540.882.3018
www.waterfordfoundation.org
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