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May 24, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Witness Hands-On Preservation at the Edge Hill Service Station

Don’t miss out on your chance to see preservation in action!  All this week, May 22 through 27, you can visit and tour the Edge Hill Service Station and witness the restoration of the metal windows.  A dedicated group of Adventures in Preservation workshop participants is reglazing these essential elements of the early twentieth-century landmark, […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation

May 19, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Civil War Stories and Music Come Alive at Historic Glen Roy

This Saturday, May 21st, you can experience Civil War history on the grounds of Glen Roy, one of Gloucester’s most beautiful antebellum homes (see details below).  The scene of a violent skirmish in 1863, you can still see the sole remaining barn spared by Union soldiers who burned ten others on William Patterson Smith’s estate. […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation

April 27, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

Join us in May for an Adventure in Preservation!

1929 Texaco Advertisement

            Come try your hand at window restoration and help us save the Edge Hill Service Station.  May is National Preservation Month and organizations around the country are hosting activities ranging from walking tours to awards ceremonies to hands-on volunteer projects- all intended to highlight the many ways communities benefit from […]

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March 17, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation

The [Dominion Virginia] Power of Volunteers

Volunteers at work, Gloucester. VA

It’s amazing what you can get done with a little help from some friends- in this case, a dedicated group of volunteers from Dominion Virginia Power helping us at the Edge Hill Service Station.  Last Friday (March 11) they joined us on a beautiful late winter day to clean up our property at the corner […]

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

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