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July 9, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

Help Us Plaster at the Pumps! August 27 – 31, 2012

The Fairfield Foundation is teaming up once again with Adventures in Preservation to recruit a team of volunteers to do hands-on restoration work at the 1930 Texaco Station in Gloucester, Virginia the week of August 26, 2012. Work this year will focus on plastering of interior walls. This marks 2012’s major preservation task on the station’s interior, bringing […]

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

May 18, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

DIG HISTORY! At Abingdon Glebe

Science. History. Anthropology. Deductive reasoning. Archaeology demands a lot of its devotees, but the payoffs can be epic, ranging from life-changing discovery to a new appreciation for very old cultures. If your child roams your backyard with a shovel, combs riverbeds for arrowheads, or dreams of being the next Indiana Jones, then our archeology day-camp […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events Tagged With: Abingdon Glebe, archaeology, education, For Kids, Summer Camp

April 26, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

Crisis at the Lab – We need your help!

On Friday night a pipe leak flooded our lab, leaving an inch of water across the entire first floor of the building.  As many of you know, we were already crammed into a space far too small, unable to expand our public outreach activities, like lab nights (every Tuesday, 6-9 pm) or properly house our study […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation

April 17, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

Save the Date – Open House at Edge Hill, April 26th, 5:30-7:30

Curious about what’s been happening at the Edge Hill Service Station? Come and take a look for yourself on Thursday, April 26th, from 5:30 to 7:30. Co-sponsored by the Gloucester Main Street Association, we are hosting tours of the station, with updates on the restoration progress and historic rehabilitation process, information on donation opportunities, and outlining our vision […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation

March 28, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

Dominion Virginia Power Supports Energy Innovation at the Edge Hill Service Station

We are please to announce that a generous grant of $15,000 from Dominion Resources will support the design and installation of solar panels and infrastructure at our Edge Hill Service Station on Main Street in Gloucester. “The Fairfield Foundation is thrilled that Dominion is playing such an important role in promoting energy efficiency and sustainable […]

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

March 23, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

Community Outreach: the Archeological Society of Virginia and its Middle Peninsula Chapter

We’ve all heard the expression “You can’t take a step in Virginia without walking on an historic site!” We live in an amazingly historic area with wonderful resources, from the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, to the restored and reconstructed town of Williamsburg, the grand plantations along Route 5, and the battlegrounds at Yorktown […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events Tagged With: archaeology, Archeological Society of Virginia, ASV, Middle Peninsula Chapter ASV, sites

March 12, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

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

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

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  • King William Courthouse and Quarles Tavern Archaeology January 25, 2023
  • Mary Willis Burwell’s Portrait Returns to Gloucester October 26, 2022
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Grounds are always open to the public to view the building exterior and signage. The CAPE is open for tours on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at other times by appointment. Lab nights at the CAPE are on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 6-9pm.
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News From the Blog

  • Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Hettie Catlett (November 5, 1852-March 31, 1875) April 28, 2023
  • The Plant-Cutter Riots and Fairfield Plantation March 9, 2023
  • King William Courthouse and Quarles Tavern Archaeology January 25, 2023

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