The City of Fredericksburg (hereinafter referred to as “the City”) is seeking proposals from

qualified firms specializing in historic preservation planning, building rehabilitation, landscape 

planning, cultural resource management, and/or related fields to develop a preservation and 

rehabilitation plan for the grounds and outbuildings of the National Register-listed 

Idlewild/Downman House for use as an outdoor education and passive recreation facility. Specific 

emphasis is on access, public use, and safety. The resource focus is the extant (and partially  

extant)  outbuildings  that  would  typically  have  been  associated  with  African

Americans).