Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BC85 Feature 7701
Feature Notes: Stone foundation, builder's trench. West Barre Street. Mayer built 3 story rowhouse by late 1850's, as early as 1851.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: middle
Ethnic Status:
Household: W.H. Mayer (grocer)
Associated Features:
Report ID: BC74
No of Artifacts: 89
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Construction Feature, Other; Historic, Other; Structural Foundation
Feature Date: 1840s; 1850s; 1860s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: mid 19th c.
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: No
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: No
Ceramic Vessel Notes:
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
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: 18BC85
County: Baltimore City
Site Name: Ramcor (Property 9)
Brief Description: Mid-19th to early 20th-century rowhouses
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Property 9, which included this site, was bounded by Eutaw Street to the east, West Lee Street to the south and west, and Barre Street to the north. However, before Lee Street was realigned ca. 1900-1914, it formed only the southern boundary of this area, and Little Green Street extended south to bisect the Property 9 parcel. Excavations within Property 9 focused on a series of stone foundations fronting along Eutaw Street, and on Feature 7701, a stone foundation located approximately 18.29m southwest of the original intersection of Little Green and Barre Streets.
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; Frame-built

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
   

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