Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BC80 Feature 19A01
Feature Notes: Privy most likely associated with 503-505 Burgundy Street/Alley (African-American residents), but possibly a dwelling on Conway Street (Irish and German immigrants). Also associated with brick walkway included in same feature number. 1% architectural materials retained. Stratified layers of different dates.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Working, Semi-skilled
Ethnic Status: African American, Irish, German
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: BC74
No of Artifacts: 5743
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Privy
Feature Date: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: ca. 1880's - 1940
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: Yes
Ceramic Vessel Notes: 143 vessels
Glass Vessels?: Yes
Glass Vessel Notes: 209 vessels
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: 18BC80
County: Baltimore City
Site Name: Privy 19A01
Brief Description: Late 19th- to early 20th-century rowhouses and privy
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: This site occupied the western portion of site 18BC79. Five trenches were excavated in this area, identifying 11 features. Ten of these features were brick foundation walls, and one was a concrete floor and cinder block wall; all were associated with row house occupations during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The remaining feature, 19A01, was a brick-lined privy shaft and an associated brick walkway.
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: African American; Anglo-American
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Domestic; 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