archaeological site examination north yard of the ... - Fiske Center

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure I-1. Project Area on USGS Boston South Quadrangle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Figure I-2. Historic American Buildings Survey (1937) plan of the Loring-Greenough
property with additional captions (courtesy Detwiller 1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Figure III-1. Watercolor view of the Loring-Greenough House ca. 1815-1827 (Detwiller
1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Figure III-2. Plan of Loring-Greenough property in 1853 (Norfolk Registry of Deeds)
(Detwiller 1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Figure III-3. The Loring-Greenough property as depicted by Hopkins Insurance Co. in
1874 (Detwiller 1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Figure IV-1 Archaeological testing locations from the 1999 site examination. . . . . . . .16
Figure V-1. Photograph of the north entrance showing the north walkway and parallel
garden beds ca. 1900 (Detwiller 1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Figure V-2. North Yard site examination unit locations (adapted from Due North Land
Surveying property map 2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Figure V-3. South wall profile of Units 1-4 at the south end of the Parallel Beds. . . . .22
Figure V-4. Plan of units 1-4 at 46 cmbs showing planting holes in the B-horizon surface. . . . . . .23
Figure V-5. South wall profile of Units 5 and 6 at the north end of the Parallel Beds. .23
Figure V-6. East wall profile of Unit 5 in the Irregular Planting Bed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Figure V-7. South wall profile of Units 6 and 7 under the Herb Bed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Figure VI-1. North walkway as it appeared in 1937 (HABS) (Detwiller 1998). . . . . . .26
Figure VI-2. Comparison of the north walkway as it appeared in profile at its south
end (upper) and north end (lower). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Figure VII-1. Existing Conditions Plan, Loring-Greenough House…. . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Figure VII-2. Illustrative Master Plan, Loring-Greenough House…. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Site Examination Excavation Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
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