William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Archeological Investigation of Foundation and Cistern

Author(s): Deborah K. Bauxar

Year: 1975

Summary

Architects Anthony Crosby and Donald E. Hovland, Sr. of the Division of Historic Preservation, Denver Service Center, are currently in the process of developing a structural analysis for a Historic Structure report of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati, Ohio. September 2-18, 1975 they visited the home in order to study the original structural system and state of repair. Of primary concern this trip was the extent and condition of the 1851 east addition foundation.

In compliance with Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 Archeologist Deborah K. Bauxar, also of the Division of Historic Preservation, Denver Service Center, aided in several test excavations September 5-8, 1975.

Cite this Record

William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Archeological Investigation of Foundation and Cistern. Deborah K. Bauxar. 1975 ( tDAR id: 217834) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8S184MT

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Keywords

Material
Building Materials

Site Name
William Howard Taft National Historic Site

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • House

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Site Evaluation / Testing • Site Stabilization • Site Stewardship Monitoring

General
Ash Pits • Brick • Cistern • Coal • Foundation • Historic Herringbone Patterned Brick Walk • Limestone • Major McCollough • Mortar • Structural Analysis • Well

Geographic Keywords
Cincinnati • Ohio (State / Territory) • William Howard Taft National Historic Site

Temporal Keywords
Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -84.952; min lat: 38.803 ; max long: -84.073; max lat: 39.383 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Anne Vawser

Contributor(s): Anthony Crosby; Donald E. Hovland

Field Director(s): Deborah K. Bauxar

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 5600559

NADB citation id number(s): 000000239841

Notes

General Note: This resource originated from a citation record migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R). NADB identification numbers are included in the Document Identifiers section of this resource.

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