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: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Upper |
| Ethnic Status: |
Euro-American |
| Household: |
Frances Whittington, widow of merchant |
| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
BC74 |
| No of Artifacts: |
7594 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Privy |
| Feature Date: |
1820s; 1830s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
ca. 1829 - 1837 |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| Radiocarbon?: |
No |
| Radiocarbon Notes: |
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| Ceramic Vessels?: |
Yes |
| Ceramic Vessel Notes: |
502 vessels |
| 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?: |
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. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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