Workers Skilled in Older Techniques Preserve the University's Historic Fabric

Since the 1820s, the Academical Village, the centerpiece of the University of Virginia, has housed faculty and students. And since the beginning, there has been a succession of skilled workers (some of whom where enslaved) maintaining the property – masons, plasterers and carpenters who have worked with the historic fabric of UVA.

And because the Academical Village also is a World UNESCO Heritage Site, a rare distinction reserved only for culturally significant landmarks, maintaining the historic structures requires meticulous care.