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The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
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The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
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Plaster

(18th Century)

Archaeological Details

almshouse, kitchen, sample, 18th Century

Excavation Site

City Hall Park

Manhattan, City Hall Park, South of Chambers Street and East of Broadway between City Hall and Tweed Court House

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Part of Project

    • City Hall Park, New York, NY (1989)

      1989

      Thousands of artifacts were excavated from what was once the kitchen of New York City's first municipal Almshouse. This collection represents one of the few almshouse grounds to have been excavated by archaeologists in the United States. The site ...

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    • CHP_1990_N15E5U3_Transfer

Part of Context

Related Events

    • First Almshouse (1735-1796)

      1735 - 1791

      New York City's first public institution to care for the poor. Constructed in the center of today's City Hall Park. Archaeological testing uncovered features related to this site.  For more information please see: City Hall Park

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    • almshouse

Related Objects

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bottle
button
Clam Shell
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fish scale
Gadidae vertebrae
Medium Mammal Bone
Mortar

(18th Century)

Mud mortar sample

(18th Century)

Mud, mortar sample (?)

(18th Century)

Mussel Shell
Nottingham-Type stoneware fragmemt
Oyster Shell
Painted pearlware fragment
Painted Porcelain Fragment
Plaster

(18th Century)

sewer pipe
Smoking pipe
Smoking pipe
Smoking pipe
Soil sample

(18th Century)