Phase I Archaeological Investigations, Point Lookout Light Station, Point Lookout, MD (2000.019)

Summary

This project contains an official report, an artifact distribution table, and an excavation drawing from the Phase I archaeological investigations conducted between February 15 and May 23, 1995 on the U.S. Navy property at Point Lookout, Maryland (18ST61), and on three small Navy-owned tracts located along the Chesapeake Bay between Point Lookout and the Naval Air Station Patuxent River. These four properties presently function as radar installations or theodolite stations. Additional investigations were conducted on adjoining portions of Point Lookout State Park. The work was done in accordance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended), and was funded by the Department of Defense Legacy Resources Grant Program. All surveyed parcels are located in St. Mary’s County, within Maryland Archeological Research Unit 10 (the Estuarine Potomac Drainage).

The project resulted in the identification of intact deposits and features associated with Civil War activities at Point Lookout, including Hammond General Hospital. Other features found in the area are believed to post-date the Civil War. Excavations in the vicinity of the Point Lookout Lighthouse also revealed intact cultural deposits. This information has shed important light on the various changes to the lighthouse and the surrounding yard which have occurred since the early nineteenth century. Because of the presence of these intact archaeological deposits, and because of the significance of Point Lookout in U.S. and Maryland history, 18ST61 is considered to be potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

Additional resources are located at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation lab. For further information and access to resources contact the Federal Curator, contact information listed below.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory   •
• Point Lookout Survey, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (2000.019)   •
• US Navy Point Lookout, Maryland   •
• Naval District Washington

Keywords

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1830 to 1960

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Federal Curator; Michael Smolek

Principal Investigator(s): Julia A. King; Edward E. Chaney

Sponsor(s): Navy

Repository(s): Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory

Prepared By(s): Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory

Submitted To(s): Natural Resources Branch, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Department of Public Works, Patuxent River Naval Air Station

Record Identifiers

Maryland Historical Trust Report #(s): ST 175

Site number(s): 18STX51; 18STX49; 18ST61

Site Number (s): 18STX50

MAC Lab Accession Number(s): 2000.019

Notes

General Note: The following physical records are held at MAC Lab: Field Notes, Maps,Oversized Maps, Artifact Catalog, Report, Black & White Negatives, Black & White Prints, Black and White Contact Sheets, Kodachrome Slides, Photologs, List of Documentation, acid-free copy of all paper records stored in the secondary records storage room

General Note: Date Collected:1995

Source Collections

This collection and related documents are currently being held by the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab located in St. Leonard, MD. For further information contact the Federal Curator, Sara Rivers-Cofield