by gwffoundation | Mar 20, 2017 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm
In this video, we learn from Curator Meghan Budinger about how we will furnish the Washington house reconstruction, we see a corner cupboard for the house being built, and talk with Master Joiner Ted Boscana from Colonial Williamsburg about making the cupboard....
by gwffoundation | Feb 17, 2017 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Over the past several weeks, following the timber framing and while the shingling of the roof was taking place, The George Washington Foundation’s carpenters Steve Chronister, Tom Rainey, and Josh Schwenk installed the Washington house windows and the beaded...
by gwffoundation | Nov 7, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
The timber frame – from floor joists to roof sheathing — of the rebuilt Washington house at Ferry Farm was recently completed. The work was done by tradesmen using a mix of 18th century building methods and 21st century equipment. The timbers were fashioned by...
by gwffoundation | Oct 17, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Expert craftsmen from Blue Ridge Timberwrights recently completed constructing the timber frame of the Washington house interpretive replica at Ferry Farm. This collection of photographs documents the their work and begins a week into the process. You can see photos...
by gwffoundation | Sep 13, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Expert craftsmen from Blue Ridge Timberwrights arrived last Tuesday, September 6 to build the frame of the Washington house. This collection of photographs documents the first week of their work and begins with pictures of the finished concrete cradle and Aquia...
