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July 9, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

Join us for Adventures in August!

Where else can you work with historic ruins, 3-D models, artifacts, and drones? For the seventh year in a row, Fairfield Foundation is teaming up with Adventures in Preservation to host enthusiastic and curious preservationists who want to learn how to excavate, document, and preserve our past. The week-long experience (August 12 to 18, 2018) […]

Filed Under: 3D model, Archaeology, drone, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, 18th Century, 19th century, Adventures in Preservation, Fairfield Plantation, Historic Preservation, Preservation Workshop

August 12, 2014 By Fairfield Foundation 2 Comments

Another Fairfield Adventure In Preservation!

When people first think about the Fairfield Foundation, they typically think about our archaeology programs, our public outreach, or perhaps our future home: the Center for Archaeology, Preservation and Education (CAPE).  But there is something else you should know about us.  We love architectural history, too!  We love old gas stations (obviously), old houses, and […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Artifacts, CAPE, Colonial Williamsburg, education, Engagement, excavation, Fairfield, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester County, Historic Preservation, Masonry, Preservation, Preservation Workshop, public archaeology, Restoration

May 19, 2014 By Fairfield Foundation 2 Comments

Come Help us Rebuild Fairfield, One Brick at a Time

One of the most frequent questions we hear about our research at Fairfield Plantation is “Are you going to rebuild the house?” This is an excellent question, and one that has us dreaming of the day that this magnificent brick manor house might stand yet again as a testament to both the Burwell family and […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Adventures in Preservation, AiP, archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Artifacts, brick mason, education, excavation, Fairfield manor house, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester County, Preservation Workshop, Restoration, workshop

September 3, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation 3 Comments

AiP Workshop Builds a Better Future for Fairfield’s Foundations

Our third year of working with Adventures in Preservation brought about our most successful workshop yet!  The mix of archaeology, architecture, and architectural conservation resulted in new discoveries, new friends, and a new model for our work preserving the Fairfield manor house.  Over five fast days (and a half day behind the scenes tour of Colonial Williamsburg), […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Colonial Williamsburg, excavation, Fairfield Plantation, historic masonry, Preservation, Preservation Workshop, Volunteers

August 26, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Why preserve Fairfield? And how?

The northeast facade of the Fairfield manor house, as it looked shortly before it burned in 1897 (image courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society). Why are you preserving these old foundations? We get questions like this a lot, and they are good questions.  Why do we take remnants of the past, whether bits of paper, […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Artifacts, education, Preservation, Preservation Workshop, Restoration

August 22, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Bricks and Mortar: Using archaeology and preservation to save the past

Chocolate and Peanut Butter.  Peanut Butter and Chocolate.  These are undeniably two great things that go great together.  The same should be true of archaeology and architectural conservation.  Excavations frequently uncover the material remains of long lost buildings and landscape features, while these same architectural elements often inform our understanding of the past through their […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Colonial Williamsburg, Fairfield, Fairfield Plantation, Preservation, Preservation Workshop

September 6, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

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

July 9, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

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

August 24, 2011 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Help Us Restore Windows at the Edge Hill Service Station!

Come see the hard work of our volunteers and restoration advisors on the windows of the Edge Hill Service Station.  We have made steady progress across the building, staying on track to complete the window work this fall.  The arduous task of removing broken panes of glass, 80 years of window putty, grime, and rust is rewarded with a cleansing wipe […]

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

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From the blog

  • The Thruston Library: What One Family’s Books Tell Us About Their Past January 10, 2021
  • 17th-century Settlement on the York River: Fairfield Foundation Receives Grant to Research Early Archaeological Sites at Timberneck and Shelly December 29, 2020
  • Gloucester’s Public School Past: Archaeology and Artifact Update! December 9, 2020
  • Happy 20th Anniversary Fairfield Foundation November 25, 2020
  • Fairfield Virtual History Marathon is underway! October 2, 2020

Center for Archaeology, Preservation and Education (CAPE)

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Grounds are open to the public to view our building exterior and signage. CAPE tours are available by appointment only due to the pandemic.
6783 Main Street
Gloucester, VA 23061

News From the Blog

  • The Thruston Library: What One Family’s Books Tell Us About Their Past January 10, 2021
  • 17th-century Settlement on the York River: Fairfield Foundation Receives Grant to Research Early Archaeological Sites at Timberneck and Shelly December 29, 2020
  • Gloucester’s Public School Past: Archaeology and Artifact Update! December 9, 2020

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The Fairfield Foundation
P.O. Box 157 White Marsh VA 23183
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(804) 815-4467
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fairfield@fairfieldfoundation.org
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