Fanthorp Inn State Historical Park (41GM79), Grimes County, Texas: Archeological investigations, 1983-1989
Author(s): Sandra R. Sauer
Year: 1998
Summary
This report summarizes archeological investigations conducted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department at Fanthorp Inn State Historical Park from 1983 to 1989. This work was necessary to accompany architectural restoration of the inn as it appeared during the period between 1850 and 1867. Since restoration was completed, Fanthorp Inn State Historical Park in Anderson, Grimes County, has been run as an interpretive site representing a transportation and communication center of the mid-nineteenth century.
The archeological excavations were intended to evaluate the areas impacted by the architectural restoration and to determine the appearance of the grounds during the mid-nineteenth century. Attempts were made to locate and identify several outbuildings shown on an 1850 map of the inn, but only the kitchen was located in this manner. Also, areas of ground disturbance such as the locations of the septic system and utility trenches were investigated archeologically. As currently configured, the grounds are made up of the L-shaped inn building, a barn that houses restrooms and a display, a parking lot, fences and paths, the kitchen as represented by a stabilized foundation , and one cistern that has been rebuilt to its original appearance.
This report, by Prewitt and Associates, Inc., summarizes the excavations from 1983 through 1989 and provides analyses of diagnostic artifacts (i.e ., bottles and jars, pressed glass, other tableware glass lamp chimney rim sherds, flaked glass, transfer-printed ceramics, marked ceramics, smoking pipes, marked spoons, coins, arms and ammunition, dolls, marbles, and artifacts believed to be associated with African American religious practices). In general, the assemblage reflects a typical nineteenth- and twentieth-century
site in southeastern Texas.
Cite this Record
Fanthorp Inn State Historical Park (41GM79), Grimes County, Texas: Archeological investigations, 1983-1989. Sandra R. Sauer. 1998 ( tDAR id: 315508) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8315508
Keywords
Culture
African American
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Historic
Site Name
41GM79
Geographic Keywords
48185 (Fips Code)
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Grimes (County)
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North America (Continent)
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Texas (State / Territory)
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United States of America (Country)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -96.188; min lat: 30.225 ; max long: -95.804; max lat: 30.864 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Sponsor(s): TPWD
Prepared By(s): TPWD, Prewitt & Associates, Inc. consulting archeologists, Austin
Record Identifiers
NADB document id number(s): 853724
NADB citation id number(s): 000000327255
Notes
General Note: Sent from: TPWD, Prewitt & Associates, Inc. consulting archeologists, Austin
General Note: Submitted to: TPWD
General Note: Contract number: report of Investigations, no. 116
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