Port Richmond: Huntingdon-Lehigh

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Huntingdon-Lehigh

The Huntingdon-Lehigh Site consisted of a 19.13-acre rectangular area bounded on the northwest by Emery Street, on the northeast by East Lehigh Avenue, on the southeast by the former course of Richmond Street, and on the southwest by East Huntingdon Street.

In September 2013, the Huntingdon-Lehigh Site was subjected to a combination of shovel testing, mechanically assisted stripping, and the excavation of 18 5-x-5-foot excavation units. The program of archaeological testing identified areas of intact buried A horizon across the site, as well as a variety of intact historic features that included 10 postholes/molds, 3 foundations, and 5 brick-lined shaft features. The spatial arrangement of the identified features points to their association with several combined shop-dwellings—including their rear yard areas, additions, and outbuildings—that fronted on Richmond Street during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.