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April 8, 2026 By Fairfield Foundation

Archaeology Summer Camp: King William Courthouse

Introducing a new summer camp in King William, at the historic courthouse! For more info, email outreach@fairfieldfoundation.org Sign up here!

Tagged With: 18th Century, 19th century, Archaeology Camp, Artifacts, education, excavation, King William Courthouse, public archaeology

April 7, 2025 By Fairfield Foundation

Timberneck Tea

Third annual Timberneck Tea! This year’s tea will be outside beneath a tent. Tickets are $50 per person (children under 12 are free). There will be live music from the […]

Tagged With: 19th century, Catlett Family, Gloucester County, historic house, Machicomoco State Park, Preservation, Restoration, Timberneck

January 9, 2024 By Fairfield Foundation

Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin: Open

The Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin will be open to the public beginning Friday, March 29 2024. Open hours are Friday and Saturday (10 am – 4 pm) and Sunday […]

Tagged With: 18th Century, 19th century, Colonial History, Gloucester County, Page Family, Rosewell

January 9, 2024 By Fairfield Foundation

Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin: Open

The Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin will be open to the public beginning Friday, March 29 2024. Open hours are Friday and Saturday (10 am – 4 pm) and Sunday […]

Tagged With: 17th century, 18th Century, 19th century, Gloucester County, Gloucester History, Page Family, Rosewell

April 28, 2023 By Fairfield Foundation

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 […]

Filed Under: History, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, Catlett, farm journal, Gloucester County, Gloucester History, John W.C. Catlett, Timberneck, Timberneck Farm

May 4, 2022 By Fairfield Foundation

Restoring the Timberneck House

The Fairfield Foundation began the restoration of the Timberneck House in 2020 as part of a long-term lease agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia to repair and use the house […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, History, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, 19th century, Catlett Family, Gloucester History, Historic Preservation, Machicomoco State Park, Restoration, Timberneck

February 18, 2022 By Fairfield Foundation

Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Frances King Burwell Catlett (November 14, 1814-April 3, 1903)

By Sara Lewis, Development Officer This blog is part of a series about the Catlett family members buried at Timberneck in Gloucester County. “Fanny” was the eighth child of Armistead […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: 19th century, Burwell, Catlett, Catlett Family, Geneaology, Gloucester History, Timberneck

April 26, 2021 By Fairfield Foundation

Dr. Walter Reed and Yellow Fever: Part 2

In case you missed it: Dr. Walter Reed and Yellow Fever Part 1 When the Civil War broke out, Walter Reed’s older brothers, Tom and James, fought on the side […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, 20th century, Epidemic, Gloucester County, Gloucester History, Modern Medicine, Pandemic, Walter Reed, Walter Reed Birthplace, Yellow Fever

April 7, 2021 By Fairfield Foundation

Archaeology is revealing important clues about Woodville School

Guest blog written by Colleen Betti, doctoral candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill and long-time Fairfield Foundation friend and collaborator. In a December 2020 blog, I gave brief updates on my excavations […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, 20th century, archaeology, Gloucester History, Gloucester's black schools, historic schools, Rosenwald, Woodville School

February 16, 2021 By Fairfield Foundation

“In death – no! even in the grave all is not lost.”: 19th-Century Coffin Hardware in Urbanna, VA

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 […]

Filed Under: History, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, Coffin Hardware, Middlesex County, Urbanna, Victorian Era

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Center for Archaeology, Preservation and Education (CAPE)

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

 

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  • From Ruin to Reparative Governance: Rosewell, International Law, and the Declaration of Racialized Slavery as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity May 26, 2026
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  • Brick and Mortar Preservation Update from Rosewell! February 18, 2026

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The Fairfield Foundation's mission is to promote and involve the public in hands-on archaeology, preservation and education activities within Virginia’s Middle Peninsula and surrounding areas. We are a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization offering public programs, research opportunities and outreach activities since 2000. We operate five properties in Gloucester County: Fairfield Archaeology Park, Timberneck House at Machicomoco, Edge Hill Texaco (the C.A.P.E.), Rosewell Ruins and Visitor Center, and Walter Reed birthplace. For more information about us and other historic resources on the Middle Peninsula or to arrange presentations on a variety of topics related to local history and archaeology, please contact us. Check out the calendar for upcoming activities.
The Fairfield Foundation
P.O. Box 157 White Marsh VA 23183
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