Ash Lawn – Highland

Ash Lawn – Highland

In 1974 Dalgliesh Gilpin Paxton Architects was asked to contribute to the restoration of Ash Lawn – Highland, the home of President James Monroe, as a historic house museum.

Ash Lawn – Highland

Since that time, we have provided preservation and design services including: Historic Preservation Survey and Condition Assessment; reconstruction and restoration of the Servants’ Building, Overseer’s House and Smokehouse; design of the Visitor Entrance Building and its subsequent expansion; and adaptive reconstruction of the Monroe-era barn as an event and exhibition building.

Ash Lawn – Highland

"There’s the kind of didactic quality you don’t normally see in Historic Preservation."

— INFORM

Recognition

FEATURED IN BOB VILA’S GUIDE TO HISTORIC HOMES IN AMERICA, ON PBS AND IN NUMEROUS MAGAZINES

Awards

VIRGINIA SOCIETY AIA AWARD, ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VIRGINIA ANTIQUITIES AWARD

Services

ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC STRUCTURES REPORTS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION