VCA April Field Trip - April 26, 2025

Join VCA for our Spring field trip to Four Mile Tree and Mt Pleasant on Saturday April 26. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP via the link at the bottom.

What:

VCA members and friends are invited to visit two James River plantation houses on Saturday, April 26. We will meet at 10:30AM at Four Mile Tee, an eighteenth-century house currently undergoing extensive conservation and restoration. In addition to a tour of the house and riverfront grounds, Chris Mills, historic architectural paint conservator, and Jenna Stillwell, assistant conservator, will discuss their long term project to conserve elaborate 1830s faux-wood graining discovered beneath multiple layers of overpaint. We will break for lunch at 12:30 (see the selection for boxed lunches on RSVP form), then make a short drive to tour the furnished house and grounds at Mt.Pleasant. The eighteenth-century house at Mt.Pleasant was fully restored and furnished with period antiques some years ago, with the work of several VCA members contributing to the effort.

We thank the owners of Four Mile Tree and Mt. Pleasant, Nick and Shelley Schorsch, for their generosity in opening these two properties for a visit by the VCA.

Cost:

$20 for members

$10 for student members

Boxed lunch included in cost

When:

Saturday, April 26th

10:30am – 3:30pm

Where:

Meet at Four Mile Tree

7741 Swanns Point Rd

Spring Grove, VA 23881

Four Mile Tree and Mt. Pleasant are located in Surry County approximately a ten minute drive from the Jamestown-Scotland ferry landing. If coming from Richmond down the south side of the James River, drive time is approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes. Complete directions (including the ferry schedule) will be provided to all who sign up to attend.

Please RSVP https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSfeQITmoRKUMZ.../viewform