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March 12, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation 5 Comments

Recognizing Historic African-American Communities in Gloucester County

“Struggle, achievement, strife and reward are words that define the growth of African-American communities in late 19th-century Gloucester County Virginia.” This is the first sentence in our booklet “Fairfield Plantation and the Emergence of an African-American Community” (2009) (Fairfield Plantation and the Emergence of an African-American Community) and it barely scratches the surface of what […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: African-Americans, gloucester, Oral History

December 21, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation 2 Comments

Art at the Station: Gloucester Artists’ Original Works Protect Historic Windows

Collaboration is at the heart of any preservation program.  Protecting a landscape, a landmark, or an archaeological site can often benefit other community efforts, like encouraging economic development, educational outreach, and exhibiting community pride.  At the Edge Hill Service Station, our window restoration dovetails nicely with our love of the arts.  “In what way?” you might […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: CAPE, Edge Hill Service Station, Restoration

October 20, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Join Us – The 2nd Annual Gloucester Fall History Crawl

Spend the day exploring four of Gloucester’s premier historic sites while enjoying tastings of delicious food from some of Gloucester’s finest eateries.  Join the Fairfield Foundation and the Joseph Bryan Branch of Preservation Virginia on October 29th from 2 to 6 p.m. for the second annual Gloucester Fall History Crawl. Tickets on Sale Now! Email […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Abingdon Church, Abingdon Glebe, archaeology, Fairfield, Fairfield Plantation, Historical Tour, Membership, Rosewell

October 7, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

Progress! Restoration Moves Forward at Edge Hill.

Construction is underway at the Edge Hill Service Station.  The hammering of nails, the whirl of drills and saws, and the beautiful noise of progress can be heard as our dream for this Gloucester landmark moves closer to reality.  In late September Courthouse Construction began the stabilization phase of our restoration project.  Removing just enough plaster […]

Filed Under: Preservation Tagged With: CAPE, Edge Hill Service Station, Preservation, Restoration

September 12, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation 6 Comments

Archaeology and Preservation Internships at the Fairfield Foundation

Minnesota – Yep.  North Carolina – Sure.  California – Yep, twice! Ohio – Definitely.  Interns come to Fairfield from across the United States and throughout Virginia to work with us and learn about archaeology and preservation.  This summer we celebrated our 80th internship.  High School juniors and seniors, undergrads from community colleges and universities, graduate students, and […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Fairfield, intern, internships, Preservation

August 24, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Help Us Restore Windows at the Edge Hill Service Station!

Come see the hard work of our volunteers and restoration advisors on the windows of the Edge Hill Service Station.  We have made steady progress across the building, staying on track to complete the window work this fall.  The arduous task of removing broken panes of glass, 80 years of window putty, grime, and rust is rewarded with a cleansing wipe […]

Filed Under: Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Adventures in Preservation, CAPE, Edge Hill Service Station, education, Preservation, Preservation Workshop, Restoration

August 5, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation 2 Comments

Archaeology in Action at the Courthouse Green

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events Tagged With: archaeology, Artifacts, education, Gloucester Courthouse, Volunteers

July 13, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Picture This! 10 years of Fairfield in pictures.

    It’s hard to believe, but we’ve been around for over a decade now…and we have the photos to prove it. From our first day in November of 2000, we decided to invest exclusively in this new fangled “digital photography.” Today, we have more than 5200 JPEGs, TIFFs, and BMPs documenting everything from Test […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation

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