ROSEWELL PLANTATION

Learn masonry stabilization skills as well as archaeology excavating techniques to uncover the story of a Colonial-era plantation manor house and the lives of enslaved Africans.

Rosewell mansion, built in 1725, was one of the largest American houses of the colonial period, and built to rival the Governor’s Palace. It played a major role in Virginia history until in 1916 fire broke out destroying the mansion. On its 300th anniversary, the remains of the house are a largely undisturbed historic ruin.