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A Building Split In Half:
This is how the alleyway may have appeared in the late 1840s,
Do you see the original alley? Although formerly a closed corridor through the center of the building, this alley was dismantled sometime after 1860. It was then covered by fill, a floor, and, later, a concrete pad.
Based on a tip from historians, who discovered reference to the alley in a deed, archeologists excavated and found the original alley.
These parallel foundations show the original walls which divided the building in half. Each half had a separate owner.
Notice the stone fill in the middle of the front wall. When the alley closed, the original entrance was converted into a window. |