Archeological Investigations Relating to Restoration of the Charles E. Arnold House, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Sangamon County, Springfield, Illinois

Author(s): Vergil E. Noble

Year: 2001

Summary

In response to preliminary plans for restoration of the Charles E. Arnold House, the Midwest Archeological Center initiated field investigations within Lincoln Home National Historic Site in the summer of 1991. The excavation team sought specific information about the original position of the relocated structure, as well as more general information on associated cultural resources that might be present on the house lot. We found no unambiguous physical remains that would refine the restored house siting. Excavations to the east of the standing structure, however, revealed the apparent locations of two former privies and a barn or similar outbuilding.

Cite this Record

Archeological Investigations Relating to Restoration of the Charles E. Arnold House, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Sangamon County, Springfield, Illinois. Vergil E. Noble. Midwest Archeological Center Technical Report ,No. 71. Lincoln, Nebraska: Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service. 2001 ( tDAR id: 376099) ; doi:10.6067/XCV85D8RJ6

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Dating Sample • Fauna • Glass • Metal • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Arnold House

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Barn • Brass Bottle • Buttons • Coin • Curved Glass • Earthenware • Flat Glass • Furniture Caster • Outbuilding • Porcelain • Porcelain Tile • Privy • Redware Ceramics • Sanborn Map • Stoneware • Whiteware • Wood Toothbrush • Yellowware

Geographic Keywords
Elijah Iles Addition • Springfield

Temporal Keywords
19th Century

Spatial Coverage

min long: -89.658; min lat: 39.779 ; max long: -89.634; max lat: 39.811 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): Midwest Archeological Center National Park Service

Record Identifiers

MWAC Accession Number(s): 492

Lincoln Home Accession Number(s): 124

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