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January 8, 2025 By Fairfield Foundation

Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin

The Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin will be open to the public beginning Friday, April 4 2025. Open hours are Friday and Saturday (10 am – 4 pm) and Sunday […]

Tagged With: gloucester, Page famiky, Page Family, Preservation

January 8, 2025 By Fairfield Foundation

Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin

The Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin will be open to the public beginning Friday, April 4 2025. Open hours are Friday and Saturday (10 am – 4 pm) and Sunday […]

Tagged With: gloucester, Page Family, Preservation, Rosewell

January 8, 2025 By Fairfield Foundation

Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin

The Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin will be open to the public beginning Friday, April 4 2025. Open hours are Friday and Saturday (10 am – 4 pm) and Sunday […]

Tagged With: gloucester, Page Family, Preservation, Rosewell

January 8, 2025 By Fairfield Foundation

Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin

The Rosewell Visitor Center and Ruin will be open to the public beginning Friday, April 4 2025. Open hours are Friday and Saturday (10 am – 4 pm) and Sunday […]

Tagged With: gloucester, Page Family, Preservation, Rosewell

January 8, 2025 By Fairfield Foundation

Volunteer Lab Night at the CAPE

Open to all! Join us on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, from 6-9 pm, for volunteer lab night! Help out with washing artifacts from recent local excavations, […]

Tagged With: archaeology, Artifacts, CAPE, education, gloucester, Preservation, public archaeology, Volunteer

April 24, 2019 By Fairfield Foundation

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 […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, 20th century, education, gloucester, local history, public education, public schools, segregation

March 7, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation

Expanding the Boundaries of Preservation at Walter Reed Birthplace

One of the most satisfying moments for any preservationist is knowing, beyond a doubt, that they have preserved a part of the past for the benefit of future generations.  At […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Artifacts, Engagement, excavation, fairfield foundation, gloucester, Gloucester County, local history, Preservation

February 15, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation

Fairfield Foundation: 15 Years and Going Strong

In 2015, the Fairfield Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary as a non-profit dedicated to archaeological research and education at Fairfield Plantation in Gloucester County and at historic sites across the […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Abingdon Glebe, archaeology, Artifacts, ASV, CAPE, Edge Hill Service Station, education, excavation, fairfield foundation, field trip, gloucester, history, intern, interns, Mathews, Middlesex, Preservation, public archaeology, Volunteer

May 6, 2014 By Fairfield Foundation

The Main Street Oral History Project

We recently launched a special page on our website dedicated to local oral history.  Our first contribution to this initiative is The Main Street Oral History Project: preserving and presenting the […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: CAPE, Edge Hill Service Station, gloucester, Interviews, Main Street, Oral History

December 22, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

What is the C.A.P.E?

The Center for Archaeology, Preservation and Education (The CAPE!) at the former Edge Hill Service Station in Gloucester is going to be our new home and headquarters. But it will […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Architectural Conservation, CAPE, Community, Edge Hill Service Station, education, Engagement, fairfield foundation, Fundraising, gloucester, Gloucester Courthouse, Main Street, Preservation, Restoration, Volunteers

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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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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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fairfield@fairfieldfoundation.org
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