Lori Jackson Black, Project Manager, Fairfield Foundation At Timberneck House, progress often comes quietly. In mid-February, the team at K2 Electrical began hanging overhead lighting throughout the house. It may […]
Brick and Mortar Preservation Update from Rosewell!
written by Kenneth Tappan, Preservation Program Coordinator for the Fairfield Foundation As stabilization efforts continue at Rosewell, we wanted to highlight one of the repairsfrom last summer. At the southeast […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Jennifer Anderson
Jennifer received Fairfield’s “Lisa Award” in 2025 for years of dedication as a volunteer – sharing her time and talents with us on a wide variety of sites and projects. […]
Fairfield Celebrates 25 Years of Archaeology, Preservation and Education
In 2025 the Fairfield Foundation is celebrating 25 years of hands-on archaeology and educational programs in Gloucester County and throughout eastern Virginia. Some days it’s hard to believe it’s been […]
Wood’s Mill: an Overlooked Chapter of Gloucester Hall’s History
Gloucester County is home to many remarkable sites in Virginia’s history. One of these is Gloucester Hall, the 17th-century seat of the Pate family. It was here that Nathaniel Bacon […]
Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Robert, Mary, and John Thruston
Sara E. Lewis, Development Officer, Fairfield Foundation The headstone of John Thruston (1831-1839), who died at the age of eight, is the oldest surviving memorial in the Catlett family cemetery […]
Archaeology Camp Year Two: The Rain Strikes Back
By Rachel Boyd, Outreach Coordinator This year we hosted our second year of archaeology summer camps, and, despite the rain, we had a great time! Some activities from last year […]
Racing the Tides: Fellowship Update from Sean Restivo
Written by Sean Restivo, Fairfield Foundation Fellow Summer 2023 Shorelines and islands are unique spaces of interaction, both among humans and between humans and nature. Once lost, the information that […]
Apotropaic Symbols at Timberneck
Written by Tom Karow and Lori Black Timberneck Farm is slowly revealing more of its hidden history more than two years after restoration work began on the circa 1793 house […]
Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Hettie Catlett (November 5, 1852-March 31, 1875)
Written by Sara Lewis, Development Officer Born in the fall of 1852, Hettie Catlett was the ninth child of 49-year-old John W. C. Catlett of Timberneck (1803-1883) and the fourth […]
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