by gwffoundation | Sep 26, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Recently, expert artisans Bill Neff and Kenneth Tappan along with staff from The George Washington Foundation built a lime rick — a large crib of wood and oyster shells — at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. This past Saturday, the rick was lit on...
by gwffoundation | Sep 19, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Stonemason Ray Cannetti tells us the story behind the cornerstone of the Washington house interpretive replica being built at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. Learn more about the Washington House here and view other videos, photos, and blog posts about the...
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...
by gwffoundation | Aug 8, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
In this video, we learn how Stonemasons Ray Cannetti, Kevin Neito, and Robert Hall split and dressed Aquia sandstone into foundation stones for the Washington House interpretive replica at Ferry Farm. Learn about the special concrete cradle the foundation stones will...
by gwffoundation | Jun 29, 2015 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Master Stonemason Ray Cannetti dresses a stone that will be part of the foundation of an interpretive replica of George Washington’s boyhood home being constructed at Ferry Farm in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Watch Part 1: “Splitting the Stone” here....
