Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BC27 Feature 28
Feature Notes: Circular, brick-lined privy, 3' 5" diameter x 3' 8" deep. Neimyer lived at 75 Lee Street.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: German-American
Household: John Neimyer (wholesale tobacco & cigar)
Associated Features:
Report ID: BC7A
No of Artifacts: 3000
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Privy
Feature Date: 1840s; 1850s; 1860s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: mid 19th century
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: Yes
Ceramic Vessel Notes: 258
Glass Vessels?: Yes
Glass Vessel Notes: 212
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size:
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18BC27
County: Baltimore City
Site Name: Federal Reserve
Brief Description: 3 block urban area in Otterbein neighborhood of Baltimore.
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: 18th- and 19th-century buildings, well and privy remains.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: African American
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Cellar; Domestic; Midden/Dump; Privy; Row/Townhome; Spring/Well; Transportation

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BC7A
Author: McCarthy, John, and Ken Basalik
Date: 1980
Title: Summary Report of Archaeological Investigations, Federal Reserve Bank Site, Baltimore, Maryland
Imprint: MAAR Associates, Inc., Newark, Delaware.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum