United States historic place
| The Foster Site | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | 1540 Jefferson Park Ave., Charlottesville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°1′54″N 78°30′16″W / 38.03167°N 78.50444°W / 38.03167; -78.50444 |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 16000259 |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 2016 |
The Foster Site is a historic archaeological site on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. The site was the location in the 19th century of a homestead purchased by a free African-American woman, Catherine "Kitty" Foster. The site includes archaeological and foundational remnants of her house, an outbuilding (likely a smokehouse), a brick-lined well, and a family cemetery. Foster purchased a parcel of over 2 acres (0.81 ha) in 1833, that had originally been developed for African Americans working on the construction of the university.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for The Foster Site" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- "The Foster Family-Venable Lane Site: Report of Archaeological Investigations" (PDF). Rivanna Archaeological Consulting - Charlottesville, Virginia - November 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
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