Blog post written by Elizabeth Donison, staff archaeologist, Fairfield Foundation. Most of us can agree that 2020 was a year of reckoning with our notion of death, and the Fairfield […]
The Thruston Library: What One Family’s Books Tell Us About Their Past
By Jordan Knepper, Fairfield Intern Jordan Knepper was a digital intern with The Fairfield Foundation in the summer and fall of 2020. He recently completed his undergraduate degree in history […]
17th-century Settlement on the York River: Fairfield Foundation Receives Grant to Research Early Archaeological Sites at Timberneck and Shelly
We are proud to announce that The Fairfield Foundation was one of 11 research, education and historical institutions and specialists to receive funding from The Conservation Fund as part of […]
Happy 20th Anniversary Fairfield Foundation
In November 2000, we dug our first shovel tests at Fairfield, beginning 20 years of public archaeology on the Middle Peninsula. To dig at Fairfield had been a dream held […]
Witness to Change: The Rise and Fall of Monument Avenue’s Confederate Statues
Disclaimer: Some images contain mature content. Every spring over 20,000 runners gather at the east end of Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia to participate in the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k. […]
Places Worth Saving: The Booker Family’s Three Landmark Buildings on Gloucester’s Main Street
There are three prominent structures located on the north side of Main Street in Gloucester that are often called the Booker buildings. Each has its own history, and they have […]
A Golden Lion’s Paw
Yep. You read that title correctly. A golden lion’s paw. While this certainly ranks highly on any list of “coolest things ever found,” it is also the inspiration for an […]
Preservation vs. Growth
Updates from a summer researcher: Ruth Blair Moyers, Masters of Architecture candidate at MIT Preservation is not only a question of history but it is also a topic that deserves […]
Delving into Gloucester’s Public School Past
Guest blog written by Colleen Betti, current doctoral candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill and long-time Fairfield Foundation friend. In 1912, Gloucester County’s surveyor and superintendent of public schools, R.A. Folkes, illustrated […]
History’s Mysteries: Toddsbury’s Lost Plantation Landscape Revealed One Building at a Time
This blog was prepared by intrepid and passionate avocational archaeologists Jim Gloor and Carol Reynolds. WHAT MEASURES 13.4 FEET X 13.2 FEET, CONTAINS OVER 1000 LBS OF HINGED OYSTER SHELLS, […]
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