We visited Jamestown yesterday, for the first time in a couple of years, I think. It was looking pretty good.
They have a brand new NPS visitor center and museum. They've erected a palisade along where the archaeological excavations have shown the outline of the fort ("Old Towne") falls.
The funny thing is, all of the good parts of the town site, despite what you might think, aren't owned by the National Park Service. Rather, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities acquired this 22 1/2 acre tract in 1893 and has preserved it ever since. They also own the new museum ("Archaearium") I mentioned. The NPS owns the surrounding 1500 acres and the park visitor center.
Though the APVA had no direct evidence to back it up at the time, when this church was rebuilt in 1907, and when they placed the 300-year commemoration monument that same year, they managed to place it right on top of the true site of the original fort and town.
No comments:
Post a Comment