UPCOMING EVENTS 2025
Field trip May 10 – Register by May 2!
PNNMP is sponsoring a field trip to Gloucester to tour Rosewell, Timberneck, and Walter Reed Birthplace on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Rosewell, which was built in the first quarter of the 18th century, was considered one of the largest and finest houses of the Colonial period. In 1793, the Page family sold part of the property to the Catlett family who then built Timberneck. Rosewell is an elegant ruin which burned in 1916. Walter Reed Birthplace was built in approximately 821-1825 and is an example of the type of dwelling that was common throughout the Tidewater region.
The cost is $21 per person, including tour fees and a box lunch. Box lunch choices* and admission information are needed by May 2, 2025. Please submit payment by PayPal or mail payment to PNNMP, P.O. Box 691, Warsaw, VA 22572. (*Choices: Chicken salad, ham and swiss, or turkey and cheddar with dessert, chips and water included. If payment is mailed, please send choice information to [email protected].)
All those wishing to participate in the Tour will meet at Rappahannock Community College parking lot in Warsaw (at the far end) to caravan and share the cost of the vehicle fee at Machicomico State Park.Note: There is an additional fee of $5.00 per vehicle to enter Machicomico State Park (Timberneck is located within the confines of Machicomico State Park)
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PAST EVENTS 2024
On Saturday, September 7 at 10 am, PNNMP and Yeocomico Church presented a free seminar on installing smoke/fire alarms in historic structures. David Butt, the presenter, has just overseen the installation of smoke/fire alarms in Yeocomico Church in Kinsale. He covered the process used to ensure the integrity of the building is maintained.
On Tuesday, August `13, PNNMP hosted a free seminar and potluck supper regarding colonial tools and techniques used in furniture making and colonial building construction. PNNMP’s guest speaker, Dave Butt, is a recognized authority, preservationist and furniture maker with extensive knowledge regarding authentic restoration of historic buildings and antique furniture. Restoration/Preservationist William Fullerton will also speak. The presentation will include the physical display and techniques regarding the following colonial-era woodworking tools and antique items:
- Wood planes, hand drills and other tools used to replicate the look, effect and patina of antique construction and furniture making – antique handmade tools versus modern tools
- Fasteners such as rose head hand-forged nails, hand-forged screws, and much more
- Hinges (hand-forged H/L hinges, butt hinges, brass ball hinges, etc.) and the interesting history of hinges
- Joinery such as dovetail, mortise and tenon, butt joints, etc.
- Furniture (some reproductions of authentic side tables, chairs and benches made by Dave Butt and rocking chairs made by Mr. Jenkins of Montross), and
- Hand carvings (intricate work of hand chiseling and carvings) and the fascinating history regarding this decorative feature
THE ANNUAL MEETING was held March 21 at St. John’s Church, Warsaw. The day began with a brief business meeting followed by lunch and then a presentation on “The History and Artistry of Traditional Gilt Frames,” by Conservators F. Carey Howlett and Sandy Jensen, including the history and styles of traditional
gilt frames and the variety of nuanced techniques used to gild them. The talk included a case study of the large gilt frame they designed and fabricated for the reproduction of Charles Willson Peale’s life-sized portrait of William Pitt at Stratford Hall.