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18BC139Bull's Head Tavern  (47 features)

FeatureFeature Notes
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 1Northern rowhouse chimney footer, 5 artifacts from stratum associated with Features 1 & 2. 433 North Front Street.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 10Northern rowhouse, brick foundation (continuation of Rowhouse Lot North, Feature 2); associated with Rowhouse Lot North Features 35 and 36. Construction post 1720.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 13Northern rowhouse, addition to original brick rowhouse foundation.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 2Northern rowhouse brick foundation. Five artifacts from stratum associated with Features 1 and 2. Also associated with Rowhouse North Lot Features 10, 7, 35 & 36. Ca. 1720 construction; late 18th/early 19th century demolition.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 32/32ANorthern rowhouse; builder's trench for Rowhouse Lot North Feature 4 . L-shaped wagon house shown on 1914 Sanborn map. Built late 19th/early 20th century.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 33Northern rowhouse, possible robber trench (shallow trench) for earlier structure removed post 1820/ possibly as late as 1850s (p. 348). 21 ft wide frame rowhouse demolished in 1850s (p. 348).
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 34Northern rowhouse, remnant brick wall parallel to Rowhouse Lot North Feature 33, probably construction activity preceding ownership of John Thorne.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 35Northern rowhouse, rubble fill in SE corner cellar.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 36Northern rowhouse, cellar fill, overlain by Rowhouse Lot North Feature 35.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 4Northern rowhouse, builder's trench for structual foundation of addition built late 19th/early 20th century. "Wagon house" L-shaped on 1914 Sanborn Map. Same as Feature 32/32A.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 7Northern rowhouse, in Test Unit 32, 5 courses of brick paving; p. 1795 ceramics in sand bed used to set brick provides 19th century paving date.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 12Remnant brick foundation.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 14Pit filled in late 19th/early 20th century demolition with earlier midden.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 16Cobblestone and brick paving. Artifacts collected above and below paving.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 17Southern rowhouse, 431 N. Front Street. Brick foundation, addition abutting southern foundation of northern rowhouse. 21 foot frame rowhouse destroyed in 1850s. Wall oddly reinforced. *Report has 2 conflicting dates for construction, post 1779 or post 1815.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 19Remnant unmortared brick foundation, probably supported small frame structure.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 20Enclosed rear yard, southern rowhouse.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 21Unknown pit, NW quadrant.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 23Fence enclosing southern rowhouse. * See Rowhouse Lot South Feature 24 for combined artifact count.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 24Fence enclosing southern rowhouse (artifact count of 38 is for both 23 and 24)
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 26Builder's trench.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 27Robber trench.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 3Southern rowhouse, 3'x6' 2-course chimney.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 30Dog burial, possible fox hound.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 37Southern rowhouse, builder's trench, same as Rowhouse Lot South Features 40 & 41, 37.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 38Southern rowhouse; builder's trench for brick foundation (Rowhouse Lot South Feature 17). Note- report (p. 332 & 339) has 2 conflicting building construction dates.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 39Southern rowhouse, 7 layers of cellar fill, main bulk dates 1820.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 40Southern rowhouse, builder's trench, same as Rowhouse Lot South Features 37 , 40, & 41.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 41Southern rowhouse; builder's trench, same as Rowhouse Lot South Features 37, 30.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 5Brick foundation for privy.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 6Southern rowhouse; rectangular foundation that overlaps Rowhouse Lot South Feature 17. Brick rowhouse, 3.5 story, built 1850s by Thorne.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 8Barrel privy in rear yard area of Rowhouse Lot South. 6" deep deposit.
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot South Feature 9Brick lined shaft, oval, 5x6.5 feet x 8.5 feet deep. Served two affluent/upper middle class households, 50% sample. Possible local slipware, John Brown (p. 372). Note: Notable artifacts include bodkin & bone toothbrush, good Chinese porcelain, high quantity of ceramics, French tin glaze ointment pots.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Feature 1Timber framed structure 12x16 feet. Wood sill stains & possible piers.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Feature 11Stone foundation 6x6 ft, possible dairy. Wood floor at base of feature, interior completely excavated.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Feature 2Brick and stone chimney base. Stone parts mid-18th century & rebuilt mid-19th century.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Feature 3Hearth.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Feature 35Large mammal remains within Feature 11.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Feature 36Street gutter. Shallow, stone rubble filled trench; gutter for mechanical street, gutter for opposite side street in Test Unit 19, but not given feature number.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Feature 4Cobblestone and stone surface. Constructed mid-19th century, and used until early 20th century.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Feature 5Deep stone foundation with cellar.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Occupation SurfaceMid-18th century occupation surface.
18BC139 Tavern Lot North Sheet MiddenDomestic deposit.
18BC139 Tavern Lot South Feature 10Stone ell addition to tavern, un-mortared.
18BC139 Tavern Lot South Feature 29Barrel or wood-lined privy on cobble, circular base.
18BC139 Tavern Lot South Feature 6Stone tavern foundation.
18BC139 Tavern Lot South Feature 7Brick foundation for 20th century modifications to original tavern.

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