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October 19, 2021 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

Successful Event at Cappahosic

The Fairfield Foundation held its annual Historic House Party at Cappahosic House in Gloucester County on October 2. This year’s event was one of our most successful, with over 140 attendees who together raised more than $18,000! The funds raised from this event help support the restoration of the Timberneck House at Machicomoco State Park, […]

Filed Under: Education, Events, History, Preservation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cappahosic, education, Engagement, Preservation, public archaeology, Volunteers

May 3, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation 7 Comments

Anything But Ordinary

Twenty years ago, two young archaeology students, David Brown and Thane Harpole, surveyed a farmstead site located in Gloucester County, Virginia, dating to the late 17th to early 18th centuries. The property was originally patented in the 1670s by Robert Bryan and was eventually part of the adjacent Belle Farm plantation. After the Civil War, […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, Archaeological collections, archaeology, Artifacts, Collections, local history, Plantation, Research, Volunteers

April 17, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation 4 Comments

The CAPE crosses the finish line!

  With the recent ribbon cutting at the CAPE we have reached the exciting end of a long journey. In 2010 we purchased the Edge Hill Service Station and embarked on a dream to transform this 1930s gas station into a regional center for the archaeological, preservation and education efforts of the Fairfield Foundation. The […]

Filed Under: Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Architectural Conservation, CAPE, Community, Edge Hill Service Station, education, Engagement, fairfield foundation, Fundraising, Gloucester County, Gloucester Courthouse, local history, Preservation, Restoration, Volunteers

November 29, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Two New Fairfield Preservation Initiatives: Documenting and Preserving Sites Across the Middle Peninsula

The Fairfield Foundation has long supported preservation efforts on the Middle Peninsula and surrounding areas through public archaeology, historical research, oral histories and preservation advocacy. As our Center for Archaeology, Preservation, and Education (CAPE) nears completion we are redoubling our efforts within the community to broaden our impact and demonstrate the value of historic places. […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Artifacts, CAPE, Engagement, fairfield foundation, local history, Preservation, Research, Volunteers

November 15, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation 3 Comments

A Long-Lost Site Reveals Many Stories at York County’s New Quarter Park

By guest blogger Sara E. Lewis If you’ve never joined the Fairfield Foundation for a public dig at New Quarter Park in York County, then you’re missing out on some exciting finds! In the most recent round of excavations, a young volunteer was excited to find this Very Cool Artifact: a locally-made tobacco pipe stem […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, 18th Century, archaeology, Armistead, Artifacts, Bookbinder, Burwell, education, Engagement, excavation, New Quarter Park, public archaeology, tobacco pipes, Volunteers, York County

November 1, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation 3 Comments

Archaeological Journey to Chincoteague

There are many great reasons to take a trip to Chincoteague. This barrier island holding out against the Atlantic Ocean has its own storied history and unique culture, attracting visitors from far and wide who want to experience its solitude and seaside, its salt marsh and sunsets, and its quiet charm. We came for the […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education Tagged With: archaeology, Artifacts, education, Engagement, excavation, public archaeology, Volunteers

May 30, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

Archaeology in Search of Thomas Carter

     When you mention the Carters of Lancaster County, or Virginia in general, the typical Virginia history buff thinks of the remarkably wealthy and powerful Robert “King” Carter, wealthiest man in Virginia at the beginning of the 18th century. Unbeknownst to most, though, is an unrelated but important family of Carters who also settled in Lancaster, not […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, Artifacts, Carter Society, Engagement, Lancaster County, local history, public archaeology, survey, Thomas Carter, Volunteers

May 14, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

New Quarter Park: Award-Winning Volunteer Involvement in Archaeology!

Following our fourth public archaeology dig at New Quarter Park in York County, we are as excited as ever about the amazing archaeological discoveries that volunteers are helping reveal at this site. At New Quarter Park we have enjoyed tremendous success excavating and finding remarkable things, partnering with several community organizations (including New Quarter Park, York County […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, Artifacts, Burwell family, Engagement, excavation, fairfield foundation, New Quarter Park, public archaeology, Public Artifact Washing, TVHS, Volunteers, York County, York County Historical Museum

March 6, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation 6 Comments

Locating North End Plantation

For several years the Fairfield Foundation and the Middle Peninsula Chapter of the Archeological Society of Virginia (MPCASV) have been slowly compiling research and initiating archaeology on one of the largest historic plantations in Mathews County.  An advertisement for the property in 1830 states that it was “deemed unnecessary to describe this well known estate, […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, Artifacts, Historical Documents, John Page, Mathews County, Middle Peninsula Chapter ASV, North End, Page Family, Plantation, Rosewell, Volunteers

November 13, 2014 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

New Challenges and New Discoveries at New Quarter Park

Every research excavation has that moment when you must decide whether to keep digging, or focus your energies on the inside work- whether it’s the artifact washing, cataloging, and report writing that accompanies any archaeology project, or potentially pulling together exhibits, lectures, and other outreach to the public.  We say “research excavation” because often archaeologists are salvaging […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Archeological Society of Virginia, Artifacts, ASV, education, Engagement, excavation, fairfield foundation, New Quarter Park, Preservation, public archaeology, Research, Tidewater Virginia Historical Society, Volunteers

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From the blog

  • Restoring the Timberneck House May 4, 2022
  • Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Frances King Burwell Catlett (November 14, 1814-April 3, 1903) February 18, 2022
  • Archaeology at Timberneck House December 1, 2021
  • Successful Event at Cappahosic October 19, 2021
  • Lives from the Catlett Cemetery at Timberneck August 26, 2021

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  • Restoring the Timberneck House May 4, 2022
  • Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Frances King Burwell Catlett (November 14, 1814-April 3, 1903) February 18, 2022
  • Archaeology at Timberneck House December 1, 2021

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