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January 8, 2024 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, artifact, CAPE, Volunteer

November 8, 2023 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, history, Preservation, Volunteer

November 8, 2023 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, artifact washing, Artifacts, CAPE, history, lab night, Preservation, Volunteer

January 12, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation

Cemetery Preservation in Mathews

The Fairfield Foundation is coordinating a Cemetery Preservation Day in Mathews County. Read on to learn how you can be a part of this exciting project! The Brooks cemetery is […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 19th century, 20th century, Brooks Site, Cemetery, Community Preservation, Family History, Geneaology, Hudgins, Mathews, New Point, Preservation, Tombstones, Volunteer

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

December 1, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

The Year of Discovering Mathews County History

  Do you live in an old house?  Is there one down your street?  Do you remember where you found that tobacco pipe stem, that arrow head, or that old […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Artifacts, education, fairfield foundation, Preservation, survey, Volunteer

October 11, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Archaeology at the Battle of the Hook!

Raise your hand if you like archaeology. Okay, now raise your hand if it’s been too long since you last visited the beautiful grounds of Gloucester’s historic Warner Hall. Anybody […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events Tagged With: archaeology, Artifacts, Battle of the Hook, education, excavation, fairfield foundation, gloucester, public archaeology, re-enactment, Revolutionary War, Volunteer, Warner Hall

February 23, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Are YOU the next Fairfield Intern?

One of the most rewarding elements of our time at the Fairfield Foundation is working alongside the many high school and college interns that join us each summer to learn […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education Tagged With: Fairfield, Fairfield Plantation, intern, Research, Volunteer

November 6, 2012 By Fairfield Foundation

$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 […]

Filed Under: Education, Preservation Tagged With: Community, Edge Hill Service Station, education, Fundraising, Main Street, Preservation, Restoration, VDOT, Volunteer

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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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  • Gloucester’s First Fourth of July Celebration: Honoring the Nation’s Founders and Local Heroes June 25, 2026
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  • Lighting the Way Forward: Restoration Progress at Timberneck March 13, 2026

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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
Phone:
(804) 815-4467
Email:
fairfield@fairfieldfoundation.org
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