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July 9, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

Join us for Adventures in August!

Where else can you work with historic ruins, 3-D models, artifacts, and drones? For the seventh year in a row, Fairfield Foundation is teaming up with Adventures in Preservation to host enthusiastic and curious preservationists who want to learn how to excavate, document, and preserve our past. The week-long experience (August 12 to 18, 2018) […]

Filed Under: 3D model, Archaeology, drone, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, 18th Century, 19th century, Adventures in Preservation, Fairfield Plantation, Historic Preservation, Preservation Workshop

April 17, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation 4 Comments

The CAPE crosses the finish line!

  With the recent ribbon cutting at the CAPE we have reached the exciting end of a long journey. In 2010 we purchased the Edge Hill Service Station and embarked on a dream to transform this 1930s gas station into a regional center for the archaeological, preservation and education efforts of the Fairfield Foundation. The […]

Filed Under: Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Architectural Conservation, CAPE, Community, Edge Hill Service Station, education, Engagement, fairfield foundation, Fundraising, Gloucester County, Gloucester Courthouse, local history, Preservation, Restoration, Volunteers

January 12, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation 3 Comments

Cemetery Preservation in Mathews

The Fairfield Foundation is coordinating a Cemetery Preservation Day in Mathews County. Read on to learn how you can be a part of this exciting project! The Brooks cemetery is overgrown with trees and brush. The New Point Comfort Natural Area Preserve in Mathews County is beautiful for many reasons. The boardwalk provides fantastic views […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, 20th century, Brooks Site, Cemetery, Community Preservation, Family History, Geneaology, Hudgins, Mathews, New Point, Preservation, Tombstones, Volunteer

November 15, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation 2 Comments

A Long-Lost Site Reveals Many Stories at York County’s New Quarter Park

By guest blogger Sara E. Lewis If you’ve never joined the Fairfield Foundation for a public dig at New Quarter Park in York County, then you’re missing out on some exciting finds! In the most recent round of excavations, a young volunteer was excited to find this Very Cool Artifact: a locally-made tobacco pipe stem […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, 18th Century, archaeology, Armistead, Artifacts, Bookbinder, Burwell, education, Engagement, excavation, New Quarter Park, public archaeology, tobacco pipes, Volunteers, York County

July 20, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation 7 Comments

From Picture to Print: Developing a New Model of Fairfield Plantation

We are excited to announce that the Fairfield Foundation, through a generous donation from Harry and Judy Wason, will develop an interactive, 3D printed model of the Fairfield manor house that will be housed at the Center for Archaeology, Preservation, and Education (the CAPE). We will create the model using drone-based photogrammetry and 3D printing […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 3D, 3D printing, archaeology, drone, photogrammetry, Plantation, Virginia

October 20, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Discovering history at Mathews Market Days

The Fairfield Foundation hosted a very successful public outreach excavation during Mathews County’s annual Market Days festival in September. More than 40 eager kids and adults helped us excavate four 5′ square units in two days. These units helped investigate the site of a former hotel located along Main Street, providing more clues about how this area was […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events Tagged With: 18th Century, 19th century, Hotel Site, Mathews County, Mathews Market Days, public archaeology

February 15, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Fairfield Foundation: 15 Years and Going Strong

In 2015, the Fairfield Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary as a non-profit dedicated to archaeological research and education at Fairfield Plantation in Gloucester County and at historic sites across the Middle Peninsula and beyond. In January and July of 2015, we shared in the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal a selection of our favorite artifact finds and a sample […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Abingdon Glebe, archaeology, Artifacts, ASV, CAPE, Edge Hill Service Station, education, excavation, fairfield foundation, field trip, gloucester, history, intern, interns, Mathews, Middlesex, Preservation, public archaeology, Volunteer

May 14, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

New Quarter Park: Award-Winning Volunteer Involvement in Archaeology!

Following our fourth public archaeology dig at New Quarter Park in York County, we are as excited as ever about the amazing archaeological discoveries that volunteers are helping reveal at this site. At New Quarter Park we have enjoyed tremendous success excavating and finding remarkable things, partnering with several community organizations (including New Quarter Park, York County […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, Artifacts, Burwell family, Engagement, excavation, fairfield foundation, New Quarter Park, public archaeology, Public Artifact Washing, TVHS, Volunteers, York County, York County Historical Museum

October 22, 2014 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Mathews County Oral History and Folklore: Old House Woods and More!

This week for the first time, University of Florida students, along with Fairfield intern alum Jessica Taylor, will record oral histories and folklore in Mathews and Middlesex Counties. Nine undergraduates, two graduate students, and one senior research staffer are all extremely excited to fall in love with Virginia history. If you see them, say “Hi”! […]

Filed Under: Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Engagement, fairfield foundation, Folklore, Ghost Stories, Guest Post, Mathews County, Old House Woods, Oral History, Preservation, Student Research, University of Florida

September 9, 2014 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

My First Field Week Experience with Fairfield: Evelyn Ayala

The following is a guest blog written by Fairfield Foundation volunteer and Adventures in Preservation workshop participant Evelyn Ayala, detailing her adventures during her first week of archaeological excavation and preservation work. With the help of Adventures in Preservation, I spent a five-day week excavating and learning with the Fairfield Foundation. I’ll admit I was […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, Adventures in Preservation, Architecture, Colonial Williamsburg, Fairfield Plantation, foundation stabilization, Gloucester County, Guest Post, historic trades, manor house, Restoration, Volunteers

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From the blog

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  • 17th-century Settlement on the York River: Fairfield Foundation Receives Grant to Research Early Archaeological Sites at Timberneck and Shelly December 29, 2020

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  • Archaeology is revealing important clues about Woodville School April 7, 2021
  • The Hall Site, Revisited March 8, 2021
  • “In death – no! even in the grave all is not lost.”: 19th-Century Coffin Hardware in Urbanna, VA February 16, 2021

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