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July 28, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation

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. Spectators line the wide grassy medians to cheer on the runners while enjoying live music and beautiful scenery. The course spans the length of Monument […]

Filed Under: 3D model, drone, Preservation Tagged With: 3D model, Monument Avenue, Preservation, Richmond

September 3, 2019 By Fairfield Foundation

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 attention from the fields of architecture and urban planning. Historically, when architecture overlaps with the field of history, it is through historic preservation of buildings […]

Filed Under: 3D model, Archaeology, drone, Preservation Tagged With: 3D model, 3D technology, Civil War, history, Monument Avenue, Richmond

August 30, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation

Preserving Fairfield from the Ground Up!

Last week we hosted our second Adventures in Preservation (AiP) workshop of 2017 and made great progress at Fairfield Plantation. We opened a new excavation block on the south end of the house foundation, and continued work around a collapsed chimney that we’ve been excavating for the past two summers. The AiP participants (aka “Jammers”) started […]

Filed Under: 3D model, Archaeology, drone, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 3D model, Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Burwell, drone, education, Engagement, excavation, fairfield foundation, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester County, Preservation, public archaeology

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From the blog

  • Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Hettie Catlett (November 5, 1852-March 31, 1875) April 28, 2023
  • The Plant-Cutter Riots and Fairfield Plantation March 9, 2023
  • King William Courthouse and Quarles Tavern Archaeology January 25, 2023
  • Mary Willis Burwell’s Portrait Returns to Gloucester October 26, 2022
  • Looking Towards the Future: A Peek Inside the Development of Fairfield’s New Online Museum October 18, 2022

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  • Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Hettie Catlett (November 5, 1852-March 31, 1875) April 28, 2023
  • The Plant-Cutter Riots and Fairfield Plantation March 9, 2023
  • King William Courthouse and Quarles Tavern Archaeology January 25, 2023

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