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 […]
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 […]
Fairfield Foundation Launches The Center for Archaeology, Preservation and Education (CAPE)
This week a plumbing leak in our long-time lab facility covered the floor with an inch of water, making the space temporarily unusable. Although we were better prepared for this lab flood than an […]
$96,000 = $348,000: Help us make the Edge Hill Service Station YOUR community preservation center!
You read it right the first time! This grant will complete the restoration of the Edge Hill Service Station – creating a center for preservation in our community. The Fairfield […]
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 […]
Help Save the Ware Neck Store Collection!
Have you ever wondered what your great-great-grandmother’s shopping list looked like or how the shelves of a rural general store were stocked? A collection of ten boxes filled with papers […]
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, […]
Dominion Virginia Power Supports Energy Innovation at the Edge Hill Service Station
We are please to announce that a generous grant of $15,000 from Dominion Resources will support the design and installation of solar panels and infrastructure at our Edge Hill Service […]
Progress! Restoration Moves Forward at Edge Hill.
Construction is underway at the Edge Hill Service Station. The hammering of nails, the whirl of drills and saws, and the beautiful noise of progress can be heard as our dream […]
Archaeology and Preservation Internships at the Fairfield Foundation
Minnesota – Yep. North Carolina – Sure. California – Yep, twice! Ohio – Definitely. Interns come to Fairfield from across the United States and throughout Virginia to work with us […]
