. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 47.—Foundation of Structure E (kitchen). Tlic uoith hail of Room \' was filled with broken bricks, mortar, plaster, nails, and—significantly— small bits of charred wood and burned hornets' nests. The concentration of debris here could be explained by the collapse of the chimney as well as the interior wall into the room. The crimibly condition of the southwest portion of the exterior-wall fovmdation also may indicate a wall collapse. Few artifacts were recovered in this area. North of Room X lay a large amount of rublile and artifacts
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 47.—Foundation of Structure E (kitchen). Tlic uoith hail of Room \' was filled with broken bricks, mortar, plaster, nails, and—significantly— small bits of charred wood and burned hornets' nests. The concentration of debris here could be explained by the collapse of the chimney as well as the interior wall into the room. The crimibly condition of the southwest portion of the exterior-wall fovmdation also may indicate a wall collapse. Few artifacts were recovered in this area. North of Room X lay a large amount of rublile and artifacts, suggesting that the north wall had fallen away from the building, perhaps carrying with it shelves of dishes and utensils. Both rooms contained ample evidence in the form of ash, charcoal, burned hornets' nests, and scorched flagstones to demonstrate that a fire of great heat had destroyed the building. ARCHITECTURAL DATA AND INTERPRETATION John Mercer's account with Thomas Barry (I^edger G) itemizes for 1749, "building a Kitchen/ raising a C'hiumex ' building an o\;' It is clear Irom the features of Structure E, its relation to .Structure B, and the custoni prexalcnt in colonial \'irginia ol building separate dependencies for the preparation of food, that Structme E was the kitchen referred to in Barry's account. Like this building, kitchens elsewhere were almost invariably two rooms in plan—a cooking room and a pantry or storage room. One of the earliest— at Green Spring—had a large fireplace for the kitchen proper, and in the second room a smaller fireplace, both served by a central chimney. An oven stood in- side the building between the larger fireplace and the wall.'" At Stratford (ca. 1725) the kitchen is simi- larly i)lanned, as it is at Mannsficld (Spotsylvania Gounty).'"' Mount \'crnon has an end chinniey in its kitchen, and only one fireplace. The floor of the kitchen proper is pa\'ed with scjuare bricks, while the '^" C.'WWO
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