Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BC79 Feature R5
Feature Notes: Brick-lined privy. Later wooden foundation placed on top of brick privy and 2 barrel privies placed inside (date to George Ruth Saloon era). No artifacts in these privies. Architectural materials sampled only, no soil samples.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Upper
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Frances Whittington, widow of merchant
Associated Features:
Report ID: BC74
No of Artifacts: 7594
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Privy
Feature Date: 1820s; 1830s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: ca. 1829 - 1837
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: Yes
Ceramic Vessel Notes: 502 vessels
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: Yes
Paleobotanical Analysis?: Yes
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18BC79
County: Baltimore City
Site Name: Ruth Saloon
Brief Description: Early to mid-19th-century brick house and late 19th- to early 20th-century house/saloon; early 19th-century privy
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Multi-component site with ca. 1827 - 1837 privy and brick foundation rowhouse from 19th century; later turned into a saloon in late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American
Site Function: Building/Foundation; Commercial; Domestic; Midden/Dump; Privy

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BC74
Author: Kuranda, Kathryn, Elizabeth Pena, Suzanne Sanders, Martha R. Williams, David Landon, and Justine Woodard
Date: 1992
Title: Archeological and Architectural Investigations at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Imprint: 2 vols. R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates, Inc.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum