Revolutionary War reenactors bring this 1769 rural Virginia plantation to life by exhibiting family camplife & military drills. We have every listing from every real estate company in the Hampton Roads area. John Quarstein, Hampton Roads author/historian will sign his books. Bloodsworth, 18th Century doctor will be available to see patients & Sun ~ 18th Century period music & by Williamsburg 'balladeer' Cliff Williams ~ Dr. Youll find history displays and lessons around every corner on the grounds of. Piland, 17th-19th Century clothing by Janet Platz, Dolls by Shari Lutz, paper baskets by Kathleen Cunfer, Early Birdhouses by Mike & Karen Ratcliffe, dried florals by Sherry & John Jaunsem, & more!ġ8th Century Ladies Fashion presentations on Sat. What to do in Hampton Roads Take some time to reflect at Endview Plantation. The city acquired the property in 1995, and now welcomes visitors, offers educational programming and camps, and hosts Civil War re-enactments. Mason, pewtermakers Tom & Pat Hooper of ASL Pewter, windsor chairmakers Ralph Quick & Brian Cunfer, blacksmith Kelly Smyth, Weaver Jain Faires, 'Folk Art' paintings by Marc Daniels, coppersmith Tom Linebaugh brings lighting, traditional redware by Sue Skinner, Joe Jostas & Richard Nippert, theorems by Nancy Rosier, furniture accessories by Roger Mason, silversmith Jeffrey Jobe, Celtic goldsmith R.E. The Endview Plantation House was built in 1769 and served as a Confederate hospital during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, according to Endview’s website. You will find furnituremakers Gary & Carol Carter & Joseph McPhail, Queen Ann dollmaker Susan Paris, painted canvas floorcloths by Sharan J. Some of the craftsmen are traveling from many states away. Now come and meet them in person! The publisher of Early American Life Magazine, Tess Rosch and the editor, Jeanmarie Andrews will be on hand to meet you at the Faire. and they regularly exhibit in prestigious shows. You have read about these tradesmen in other magazines such as Southern Living, Colonial Homes, Country Living, Old House Journal, etc.

Many of this elite group of craftsmen rank in the “Top 200 Traditional Craftsman in America”, as juried yearly by Early American Life Magazine in conjunction with jurors from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, The Museum of American Folk Art, Old Sturbridge Village & Mystic Village. Living history reenactors of the Revolutionary War period will join with Master Craftsmen who will demonstrate in colonial costume, creating & selling their Collector & Gift Quality reproductions of colonial American wares. On May 17 & 18, 2008, the Endview Plantation lawn will be transformed into a Colonial Craftsman’s Faire.

Region: Tidewater and Hampton Roads Locality: Williamsburg CityĮndview Plantation - 362 Yorktown Road - Newport News, VA 23603ĬOLONIAL CRAFTSMAN’S FAIRE at ENDVIEW PLANTATION - A May Fair

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