Preservation Virginia

Preservation Virginia

Founded	1889
Focus	Historic Preservation
Location	204 W. Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia
Area served	Commonwealth of Virginia
Key people	CEO Elizabeth Kostelny
Website	http://www.preservationvirginia.org/
Formerly called	Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; APVA Preservation Virginia; APVA

Founded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities was the United States' first statewide historic preservation group. In 2003 the organization adopted the new name APVA Preservation Virginia to reflect a broader focus on statewide Preservation and in 2009 it shortened its name to Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia owns historic sites across Virginia including Historic Jamestowne, located at Jamestown, Virginia, site of the first permanent English settlement in North America, and the Cape Henry Light house, one of the first public works projects of the United States of America.