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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
New “Green” Visitor Center at Temple Hall Farm Regional Park
Features Materials Recycled From Leesburg Barns
Town of Leesburg donated lumber and stones from former Kincaid Farm barns
Leesburg, VA (June 21, 2012) – At the
recent ribbon cutting ceremony for
the new “green” visitor center at the
Temple Hall Farm Regional Park,
Northern Virginia Regional Park
Authority (NVRPA) Board President
Brian Knapp highlighted the new
center’s LEED certification by the U.S.
Green Building Council. NVRPA
achieved this certification in part
because they used recycled local
building materials in the center’s
construction. The Town of Leesburg
donated lumber and stone from two
barns on the former Kincaid Farm
property in Leesburg for the new visitor center.
In 2003, the NVRPA received a bequest from the estate of A. V. Symingtion that made
construction of the visitor center possible. Mrs. Symington also bequeathed funds to the Town
of Leesburg and those funds were used to construct the indoor tennis courts and outdoor pool
at Ida Lee Park.
The Temple Hall Farm Visitor Center ribbon cutting ceremony took place under the center’s
open-air pavilion that features recycled framing timbers from the two barns. In addition to the
framing timbers, wood from the barns was used for siding on the outside of center’s main
building and for paneling and trim inside the center’s main meeting room. Stone from the
barn’s foundations were used to construct retaining walls. A plaque noting the donation will be
installed at the center.
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“The reuse of the Kincaid Farm barn materials
was a great partnership,” said John Creamer,
the Town of Leesburg’s Utility Maintenance
Manager, who led the recycling effort. “The
Town saved probably $18,000 in demolition
and disposal costs, the Park Authority
achieved LEED certification for their visitor
center, and the history of Kincaid Farm has
been preserved for future generations.”
The two Kincaid Farm barns (pictured at right)
stood on property adjacent to the Town’s
Water Pollution Control Facility, near the
present day intersection of Route 7 and Battlefield Parkway. The Town purchased the property
in 2002 for the construction of a new Utilities Maintenance Facility, which was completed in
2008.
Contact:
Amy Wyks
Director of Utilities
awyks@leesburgva.gov
703-737-7119
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