Fire on the Waterfront: The Archaeology of an 1800s Storefront in Apalachicola, Florida

Summary

In the 1840s, Florida was a large part of the trade and shipping networks of the Southeast United States. The Gulf coastal town of Apalachicola became the third largest port in Florida. This poster presents the archaeological evidence of a storefront located along Water Street in Apalachicola, Florida, built in 1837 and burned in 1844. The entire market place comprised of stores, clerk offices, and cotton warehouses, with this particular property (8FR1318) being B.S. Hawley’s store. Nineteenth- century newspaper articles announcing the shipment of goods are compared to the archaeological evidence to show what was shipped, sold, and eventually burned in the store.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 22579