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June 7, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Fairfield Foundation Launches The Center for Archaeology, Preservation and Education (CAPE)

This week a plumbing leak in our long-time lab facility covered the floor with an inch of water, making the space temporarily unusable.  Although we were better prepared for this lab flood than an identical one in April 2012, we are left without a fully operational lab.  We are forced once again to shift our operations to a temporary facility, limiting our […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, CAPE, Community, Edge Hill Service Station, education, gloucester, Heritage, Lab, Main Street, Middle Peninsula, Preservation, Restoration

June 3, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Successful Fundraiser Supports Fairfield’s New Education Center

On May 4th, the Fairfield Foundation announced our new education and preservation center at the former Edge Hill Service Station in Gloucester and discussed with supporters our plans for the future.  We extend our deepest gratitude to Nam Vu and his family for their gracious hosting of this fundraising event.  Sponsors included the Gold Sponsor- Chesapeake Bank, […]

Filed Under: Events, Preservation Tagged With: CAPE, Fundraising

January 22, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Fairfield archaeology lab: recovering, reviewing, and rethinking our collections

Last April, many of you responded to our pleas for help when a burst water pipe in the Rosewell Visitor Center left our collections and our lab in a state of emergency. Since then, countless hours of labor have been volunteered and a variety of supplies donated, helping us inch closer to a complete recovery. […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation Tagged With: Archaeology Lab, Artifacts, Collections Management, Documents

November 6, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

$96,000 = $348,000: Help us make the Edge Hill Service Station YOUR community preservation center!

You read it right the first time!  This grant will complete the restoration of the Edge Hill Service Station – creating a center for preservation in our community.  The Fairfield Foundation, working hand-in-hand with Gloucester County, received a Transportation Enhancement grant from the Federal Highway Administration.  The funds, administered by the Virginia Department of Transportation […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: Community, Edge Hill Service Station, education, Fundraising, Main Street, Preservation, Restoration, VDOT, Volunteer

September 28, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

Celebrate Gloucester’s Past: The 3rd Annual Gloucester Fall History Crawl!

It’s that time of year again! How would you like to spend a fall day exploring four of Gloucester’s premier historic sites and sampling delicious food from some of Gloucester’s finest eateries? Join the Fairfield Foundation, the Rosewell Foundation and the Joseph Bryan Branch of Preservation Virginia on October 27th from 11:30 a.m. to 5 […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Abingdon Glebe, Fairfield, Gloucester History, Historical Tour, Roswell, Walter Reed Birthplace

September 6, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

Adventures in Plastering!

Thanks to a flurry of activity at the Edge Hill Service Station last week, the on-going restoration efforts for the 1930s Texaco station are building momentum! The Fairfield Foundation, in partnership with Adventures in Preservation (http://adventuresinpreservation.org/), held an extremely successful plaster workshop from August 27-August 31, with the goal of repairing some of the interior […]

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

August 23, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

Help Save the Ware Neck Store Collection!

Have you ever wondered what your great-great-grandmother’s shopping list looked like or how the shelves of a rural general store were stocked? A collection of ten boxes filled with papers stacked on metal wire, found in the attic of Ware Neck Store (also known as Nuttall’s Store), gives us a rare glimpse into the everyday […]

Filed Under: Preservation Tagged With: Conservation, Preservation, Ware Neck Store Documents

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

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

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Grounds are open to the public to view our building exterior and signage. The CAPE is open for tours on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or at other times by appointment. Lab nights at the CAPE are on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 6-9pm.
6783 Main Street
Gloucester, VA 23061

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