Anthony Hay House (NB) Archaeological Report Vol. II, Block 28 Building 71 Lot 263-264Originally entitled: "The Anthony Hay Site Block 28,
Area D, Colonial Lots 263 and 264. Volume II"

I. Noel Hume

1961

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library Research Report Series - 1553
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library

Williamsburg, Virginia

1990

THE ANTHONY HAY SITE Block 28, Area D Colonial Lots 263 and 264REPORT ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS OF 1959-1960
SELECTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF FOUNDATIONS
AND OTHER EXCAVATED FEATURES Volume II.


October 1961
Prepared by I. Noël Hume

TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1Cabinet shop excavations, view from west
2southwest corner
3west foundation
4west foundation interior
5east foundations
6northeast foundation
7east foundation and site of chimney
8post holes around chimney foundation
9remains of chimney
10remains of chimney and south balk
11Cabinet shop extension,southwest pier
12northeast pier
13central north pier
14Bridge foundation (?) south of shop extension
15Stream bed flowing between shop extension piers
16Posts in stream silt
17Posts in stream silt
18Wooden platform north of shop extension
19Crest rail of chair in situ
20Pewter plate in silted stream
21East end of test cutting south of shop complex
22Residence, northeast corner
23southeast corner and remains of steps (?)
24remains of south foundation close to southeast corner
25robbed trenches at southwest corner
26Residence,robbed trench of south foundation
27remains of chimney foundation
28paved walk to south
29detail of walk
30Kitchen,interior of chimney foundation
31north foundations
32Remains of paving west of the well
33The Hay well at any early stage of excavation
34brick head from northwest
35brick head from north, partially dismantled
36Test cuttingNo. 3 north of shop complex
37No. 1 at rear of site
38No. 2 at rear of site

RR155301 Fig. 1. View across cabinet shop complex with extension piers and west foundation in foreground, and fallen chimney (partially excavated) in the background. Photo from the west. 60-ST-428-1.

RR155302 Fig. 2. Southwest corner of cabinet shop with ranging pole standing on the mid-eighteenth century grade. Part of the second stream bed can be seen in foreground. Photo from the southwest. 60-JC-93-6.

RR155303 Fig. 3. West foundation wall of Hay shop with southeast pier of the extension abutting against it. The foreground silt has been removed down to the original grade as it existed when the shop was built. Brick rubble inside the shop (background) was deposited when the structure was destroyed. Beyond it can be seen the bed of the modern stream. Photo from the west. 60-JC-93-17.

RR155304 Fig. 4. Section through first stream bed passing beneath west foundation of the cabinet shop. Photo from the east. 60-JC-93-10.

RR155305 Fig. 5. Pier foundations at east end of shop and position of chimney foundation indicated by ranging poles at an early stage of excavation. Photo from the southeast. 60-ST-140-3.

RR155306 Fig. 6. Northeast corner of the Hay cabinet shop with ranging poles marking outline of chimney foundation. Photo from the north. 60-JC-93-60.

RR155307 Fig. 7. Pier foundation directly north of cabinet shop chimney and part of the building's east wall. Remains of chimney foundation are seen in the background as well as 19th century post hole. Photo from the northwest. 60-NH-183-9.

RR155308 Fig. 8. Site of shop chimney foundation surrounded on three sides by post holes probably for scaffold poles, and pierced by holes (right) for a subsequent fenceline. Photo from the north. 60-ST-428-11.

RR155309 Fig. 9. View across cabinet shop complex with part of fallen chimney in foreground. In the middle distance, marked by stakes, is the site of the chimney foundation, flanked by holes for scaffold poles. Piers of the shop extension are to be seen in the background. Photo from the east. 60-ST-428-10.

RR155310 Fig. 10. Part of fallen shop chimney and beyond it a section through stream silt and clay deposited before the shop was constructed. Photo from the north. 60-ST-428-7.

RR155311 Fig. 11. Southwest surviving pier of shop extension showing its bottom course resting on artifact-bearing silt on the stream's west bank. Photo from the northwest. 60-NH-758-19.

RR155312 Fig. 12. Northeast pier of extension abutting against west foundation of the cabinet shop. Note base of pier resting on clay fill and change in coursing of shop foundation as it passes over the silt of the first stream. Photo from the southwest. 60-NH-337-9.

RR155313 Fig. 13. Middle north pier of cabinet shop extension. Excavator indicates base of pier resting on silt bearing artifacts dating no earlier than circa 1760. Photo from the east. 60-NH-332-3.

RR155314 Fig. 14. Part of small timber foundation laid in the second stream silt at a lower level than the base of the southeast extension pier immediately to the left of it. The foundation comprises two parallel series of boards with brick rubble between them and bricks set over the boards, possibly to support a vertical post. Possibly part of the foundation of a bridge. Photo from the southwest. 60-JC-93-37.

RR155315 Fig. 15. Stream beds in course of excavation, passing between northern piers of cabinet shop extension. Ranging pole in background stands against thick stratum of silt deposited during the second half of the 18th century. 60-NH-332-6.

RR155316 Fig. 16. Posts found in stream silt south of the cabinet shop extension. Slope of natural grade can be seen at right. The dark layer in the background section immediately overlies the top of the 18th century silting. Photo from the north. 60-JC-93-38.

RR155317 Fig. 17 Posts imbedded in stream silt south of shop extension and probably of late 18th century date. Southwest surviving pier of extension can be seen in right background. Photo from the east. 60-JC-93-34.

RR155318 Fig. 18. Remains of timber "platform" north of shop extension and resting on the stream silt. The ranging pole indicates the line of its southern edge, while the brick serves only to support the vertical board that had begun to slip during the course of excavation. Photo from the east. 60-NH-198-7.

RR155319 Fig. 19. Crest rail from chair of Chippendale form in situ in stream silt south of the cabinet shop extension. Photo from the west. 60-JC-93-28.

RR155320 Fig. 20. Remains of pewter plate (arrowed) in silt of second stream north of the cabinet shop. Photo from the south. 60-NH-337-11.

RR155321 Fig. 21. East end of test cutting through stream silt south of cabinet shop showing layer of laid brickbats (arrowed). See Vol. I, Fig. 9, section 7. Photo from west. 60-841-3.

RR155322 Fig. 22. Northeast corner of Hay residence with 1949 excavation trench shown in section at the rear and supposed corner stob in foreground. Photo from the east. 60-JC-605-4.

RR155323 Fig. 23. Probable step foundation with southeast corner of Hay residence indicated by trowel in the background. Photo from the south. 60-NH-337-1.

RR155324 Fig. 24. Traces of Hay residence south wall at south-east corner, the remains comprising brickbats and mortar thrown back into the original wall trench. Photo from the east. 60-NH-347-1.

RR155325 Fig. 25. Robbed trench at southwest corner of Hay residence, corner indicated by ranging pole. Right-angled strings indicate line of west wall and the previously supposed south wall line. Note 1949 stob supported by bricks at right. Photo from the northeast. 60-ST-428-4.

RR155326 Fig. 26. Robbed trench for south wall of Hay residence abutting against clay bank. Note tree root following line of the wall and back-filled section through 1949 archaeological trench (arrowed). Photo from the northwest. 60-JC-605-3.

RR155327 Fig. 27. Remains of internal chimney close to north wall of Hay residence, west and south foundation fragments only surviving. Post "A" in foreground indicates northeast. corner of 3'0" square burnt area. Photo from the northeast. 60-NH-617-7.

RR155328 Fig. 28. Paved walk south of Hay residence using bricks and square tiles. Photo from the northwest. 60-NH-643-3.

RR155329 Fig. 29. Paved walk south of Hay residence with reexcavated trench in foreground showing mortar and ash layer in section passing beneath the paving. Photo from the east. 60-NH-643-12.

RR155330 Fig. 30. Kitchen chimney foundation resting on dirty clay fill; in foreground earlier post hole. Photo from the southeast. 60-841-1.

RR155331 Fig. 31. North foundation remains of kitchen building with northwest corner in background. Photo from the east. 60-NH-643-8.

RR155332 Fig. 32. Rough briokhat paving west of the Hay well and east of the kitchen. Photo from the northwest. 60-NH-758-8.

RR155333 Fig. 33. Remains of the well as first uncovered. Photo from the north. 60-NH-758-6.

RR155334 Fig. 34. The well head in course of excavation. Note that the far left (N.E.) corner is resting on silt that slopes down in an easterly direction towards the stream. The late 18th century grade is shown abutting against the well at the right. Photo from the northwest. 60-ST-773-5.

RR155335 Fig. 35. The well head after the removal of eight damaged courses. Photo from the north. 60-NH-798-6.

RR155336 Fig. 36. Test cutting across valley north of the cabinet shop complex showing the second stream bed (second ranging pole) and beyond it the line of the present stream. See Vol. I, Fig. 6, section 3. Photo from the west. 60-NH-198-10.

RR155337 Fig. 37. Test cutting through heavy underbrush to rear of site east of stream. See Vol. I, Fig. 8, section 1. Photo from the west. 60-841-4.

RR155338 Fig. 38. Second test cutting through heavy underbrush to rear of site east of stream. See Vol. I, Fig. 8, section 2. Photo from the west. 60-841-5.