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February 2, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

Archaeology in Mathews County: What do we know? Where do we go from here?

“You can’t set foot in Mathews County without tripping over a piece of history.” Many of you have heard this before, and you’d be hard pressed to argue against the sentiment.  Mathews County, along with Gloucester, Middlesex, and perhaps the majority of the Old Dominion is so infused with history that it is an important part of how […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: Archaeological Assesment, archaeology, Artifact assemblage, Artifacts, Community, Engagement, Historic, Inventory, local history, Mathews County, Oral History, prehistoric, public archaeology, Research, Site Visit, survey, Virginia Indian

June 17, 2014 By Fairfield Foundation 3 Comments

The Architecture of Mathews County: An Undiscovered Country

Few people who don’t live along the creeks or beneath the shaded canopy of Mathews County know its historic architecture. Like many who reside in this wonderfully out-of-the-way community, the building afficionados of this region relish its architectural gems, and appreciate the sometimes eclectic combination of agricultural and maritime landscapes, along with the occasional urban influences that arrived […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation Tagged With: Architecture, Historic Houses, Inventory, Mathews County, Preservation, survey

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