FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18BC139 Rowhouse Lot North Feature 2 |
| Feature Notes: |
Northern 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. |
| Macrofeature: |
18BC139 Northern Rowhouse |
| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
Rowhouse Lot North features 1,4,7,10, 13 |
| Report ID: |
BC128 |
| No of Artifacts: |
61 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Structural Foundation |
| Feature Date: |
1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
post 1720 construction |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
No |
| Radiocarbon?: |
No |
| Radiocarbon Notes: |
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| Ceramic Vessels?: |
No |
| Ceramic Vessel Notes: |
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| Glass Vessels?: |
No |
| Glass Vessel Notes: |
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| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: |
No |
| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes: |
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| Soil Screen Size: |
1/4 inches |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18BC139 |
| County: |
Baltimore City |
| Site Name: |
Bull's Head Tavern |
| Brief Description: |
18th- to 19th-century townhouse lots and tavern |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
Site composed of four urban lots; Tavern Lot North, Tavern Lot South, Rowhouse Lot North, Rowhouse Lot South/Rear Yard Area. Site divided into Tavern Lot & Rowhouse Lot (2 properties- 431 & 433 North Front Street). Two rowhouses shared a common backyard. Non-diagnostics (brick, mortar, shell) were noted and sampled. Features on tavern site displayed an exceptional degree of integrity.
Notes for Tavern Lot North: Lot 18; mid-18th century development by William Noon. Small outbuilding & separate structure denoted only by hearth remnant, sheet midden from this c. 1769-1850 period. 2nd phase marked by c. 1800-1850 sheet midden, tavern foundations & a barrel privy. C. 1850-1900 occupation represented by basement & fill, a timber-framed structure w/ hearth & a cobbled surface.
Notes from Tavern Lot South: Bull's Head Tavern owned by James & Eliz. Edwards, c. 1790-1846, leased to various tenants to run.
Notes from Rowhouse Lot North: 433 North Front is Northern Rowhouse Lot.
Notes from Rowhouse Lot South/Rear Yard Area: 431 North Front Street is southern Rowhouse Lot. Remnants of at least 2 buildings- one constructed late 18th century & destroyed 1820-1860. Rear yard has 2 discrete (late 18th-early 19th century) sheet midden deposits.
Since feature numbers start at 1 in the various excavation areas, the area description has been added to site numbers for differentiation. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American |
| Site Function: |
Building/Foundation; Cellar; Commercial; Domestic; Frame-built; Industrial; Privy; Recreational; Row/Townhome; Tavern/Inn |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
BC128 |
| Author: |
Williams, Martha R., Nora Shennan, and Suzanne Sanders |
| Date: |
2000 |
| Title: |
Archeological Investigations at the Juvenile Justice Center, Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
4 vols. R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates, Inc. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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