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Phase II and Phase III Archaeological Database and Inventory
18BC52 Queen Street Lot 23
Site Data
Site Number:
18BC52
Site Name:
Queen Street Lot 23
Other name(s):
Prehistoric:
Historic:
Unknown:
Brief Description:
late 18th-early 19th century brick rowhouses
Site Location and Environmental Data
Latitude:
39.28
Longitude:
-76.59
Elevation:
Site slope:
0-5%
Maryland Archaeo Research Unit No.:
7
SCS soil & sediment code:
Ub
Physiographic province:
Western Shore Coastal Plain
Terrestrial site:
Underwater site:
Ethnobotany profile:
Maritime site:
Site setting:
-Site Setting restricted -Lat/Long accurate to within 1 sq. mile, user may need to make slight adjustments in mapping to account for sites near state/county lines or streams
Topography
Floodplain:
Hilltop/bluff:
Interior flat:
Upland flat:
Ridgetop:
Terrace:
Low terrace:
High terrace:
Rockshelter/cave:
Hillslope:
Unknown:
Other:
Other Text:
Made land
Ownership
Private:
Federal:
State of MD:
Regional/county/city:
Unknown:
Nearest Surface Water
Name (if any):
Northwest Branch of Patapsco River
Saltwater
Ocean:
Estuary/tidal river:
Tidewater/marsh:
Freshwater
Stream/river:
Swamp:
Lake or pond:
Spring:
Min distance to water:
76
meters
Temporal Contextual Data
Paleoindian:
Archaic:
Early Archaic:
Middle Archaic:
Late Archaic:
Woodland:
MD Adena:
Early Woodland:
Middle Woodland:
Late Woodland:
Unknown prehistoric:
Contact period site:
ca. 1630 - 1675:
ca. 1675 - 1720:
ca. 1720 - 1780:
Y
ca. 1780 - 1820:
Y
ca. 1820 - 1860:
Y
ca. 1860 - 1900:
Y
ca. 1900 - 1930:
Y
Post 1930:
Y
Unknown historic:
Unknown context:
Y=Confirmed, P=Possible
Ethnic Associations (historic only)
Native American:
African American:
Anglo-American:
Hispanic:
Asian American:
Unknown:
Y
Other:
Other Text:
Y=Confirmed, P=Possible
Site Function Contextual Data
Prehistoric
Multi-component:
Village:
Hamlet:
Base camp:
Rockshelter/cave:
Earthen mound:
Cairn:
Burial area:
Misc. ceremonial:
Rock art:
Shell midden:
STU/lithic scatter:
Quarry/extraction:
Fish weir:
Production area:
Unknown:
Other PH context:
Historic
Urban/Rural?:
Urban
Domestic:
Homestead:
Farmstead:
Mansion:
Plantation:
Row/townhome:
Cellar:
Privy:
Industrial:
Mining-related:
Quarry-related:
Mill:
Black/metalsmith:
Furnace/forge:
Other industrial:
Transportation:
Canal-related:
Road/railroad:
Wharf/landing:
Maritime-related:
Bridge:
Ford:
Educational:
Commercial:
Trading post:
Store:
Tavern/inn:
Military:
Battlefield:
Fortification:
Encampment:
Townsite:
Unknown:
Other hist context:
rowhouses
Interpretive Sampling Data
Prehistoric context samples
Soil samples taken:
Flotation samples taken:
Other samples taken:
Historic context samples
Soil samples taken:
U
Flotation samples taken:
U
Other samples taken:
Diagnostic Artifact Data
Projectile Point Types
Clovis:
Hardaway-Dalton:
Palmer:
Kirk (notch):
Kirk (stem):
Le Croy:
Morrow Mountain:
Guilford:
Brewerton:
Otter Creek:
Koens-Crispin:
Perkiomen:
Susquehana:
Vernon:
Piscataway:
Calvert:
Selby Bay:
Jacks Reef (notch):
Jacks Reef (pent):
Madison/Potomac:
Levanna:
All quantities exact or estimated minimal counts
Prehistoric Sherd Types
Marcey Creek:
Dames Quarter:
Selden Island:
Accokeek:
Wolfe Neck:
Vinette:
Popes Creek:
Coulbourn:
Watson:
Mockley:
Clemson Island:
Page:
Shepard:
Townsend:
Minguannan:
Sullivan Cove:
Shenks Ferry:
Moyaone:
Potomac Creek:
Keyser:
Yeocomico:
Monongahela:
Susquehannock:
All quantities exact or estimated minimal counts
Historic Sherd Types
Earthenware
Astbury:
Borderware:
Buckley:
Creamware:
2
Ironstone:
Jackfield:
Manganese Mottled:
North Devon:
Pearlware:
2
Staffordshire:
Tin Glazed:
Whiteware:
Porcelain:
Stoneware
English Brown:
English Dry-bodied:
Nottingham:
Rhenish:
White Salt-glazed:
All quantities exact or estimated minimal counts
Prehistoric Artifacts
Flaked stone:
Ground stone:
Stone bowls:
Fire-cracked rock:
Other lithics (all):
Ceramics (all):
Rimsherds:
Other fired clay:
Human remain(s):
Modified faunal:
Unmodified faunal:
Oyster shell:
Floral material:
Uncommon Object:
Other:
All quantities exact or estimated minimal counts
Historic Artifacts
Pottery (all):
4
Glass (all):
2
Architectural:
Furniture:
Arms:
Clothing:
10
Personal items:
Tobacco related:
2
Activity item(s):
Human remain(s):
Faunal material:
Misc. kitchen:
4
Floral material:
Misc.:
Other:
All quantities exact or estimated minimal counts
Lithic Material
Jasper:
Chert:
Rhyolite:
Quartz:
Quartzite:
Ferruginous quartzite:
Chalcedony:
Ironstone:
Argillite:
Steatite:
Sandstone:
Silicified sandstone:
European flint:
Basalt:
Unknown:
Other:
Features
Dated Features
Dated features present at site:
Prehistoric Features
Mound(s):
Midden:
Shell midden:
Postholes/molds:
House pattern(s):
Palisade(s):
Hearth(s):
Lithic reduction area:
Storage/trash pit:
Burial(s):
Ossuary:
Unknown:
Other:
Historic Features
Construction feature:
Foundation:
Cellar hole/cellar:
Hearth/chimney:
Postholes/molds:
Paling ditch/fence:
Privy/outhouse:
Well/cistern:
Trash pit/dump:
Sheet midden:
Planting feature:
Road/walkway:
Depression/mound:
Burial(s):
Railroad bed:
Earthworks:
Mill raceway:
Wheel pit:
Unknown:
Other:
seawall
Radiocarbon Data
Sample 1:
+-
years BP
Reliability
Sample 2:
+-
years BP
Reliability
Sample 3:
+-
years BP
Reliability
Sample 4:
+-
years BP
Reliability
Sample 5:
+-
years BP
Reliability
Sample 6:
+-
years BP
Reliability
Sample 7:
+-
years BP
Reliability
Sample 8:
+-
years BP
Reliability
Sample 9:
+-
years BP
Reliability
Additional radiocarbon results available:
External Samples/Data
Additional raw data may be available online:
Collection curated at
MAC
Summary
Queen Street Lot 23 (18BC52) is a complex of late 18th – early 19th century brick rowhouses in the Fells Point district of downtown Baltimore. The site is situated at the intersection of Thames and S. Caroline Streets. The extension of Caroline Street in the second quarter of the 19th century cut through this lot, creating a triangular shape for the individual house lots on the corner. Most of the area surrounding the site is heavily developed. Soils mapped for the area are classified as “Urban Land” meaning that 80% of the surface is covered either by buildings or by impervious surfaces such as asphalt or concrete. No detailed archival research is known to have ever been undertaken for 18BC52. What is known is that the site sits on Lot 23 of Queen Street (now Block Street) on a plat of the city produced in 1773. In the early 19th century, five rowhouses fronting on the north side of Thames Street stood at the site. No other information is known at present. The site was investigated archeologically in August and September of 1984 (and potentially after that as well). The Bond Street Associates, who were the owners of the property at that time, funded a survey of the site. At the time, the extant structures were slated for development. In 1987, the Bond Street Associates declared bankruptcy. The property and buildings were never renovated or developed as proposed and no final report or documentation of the excavation was ever completed. A very brief preliminary report was written, which describes findings at the site up until September 2nd of 1984. At that time work was ongoing. A grid was established oriented along Thames Street and three north-south backhoe trenches were opened and excavated. Profile drawings were made of each trench and photographs were taken. An intact seawall was exposed in one trench at a depth of about 1 m. Just north of the seawall, in an early 19th century level, a silver coffee urn, a tin or pewter platter, and numerous pieces of shoes and leather were encountered in the waterlogged matrix. Other artifacts included creamware and pearlware sherds, wine bottles, metal flatware, and clay pipes. No other information on the site is documented at MHT. Today the site is the location of a large a mixed-use building. The impact of the construction of this building is not known, but likely destroyed any remaining elements of the site.
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