Van Sweringen
In the 1660s, the colony
built a special, unheated building to store the paper records of the
province. Known as the Council Chamber, this building was later bought
by Garrett Van Sweringen who added fireplaces and converted it into the
most elegant private lodging house in the colony. Van Sweringen also
operated the first coffee house in the English colonies in an
outbuilding located on the same property.
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| Artifacts
from the Van Sweringen site |
| A: |
Copper alloy bell |
| B: |
Handmade brick with child's footprint |
| C: |
Tin glazed earthenware wall tile with
blue painting, probably Dutch, 17th century |
| D: |
Tin glazed earthenware punch bowl
fragment, probably English, late 17th century |
| E: |
Iron two-tined fork, late 17th or
early 18th centuries |
| F: |
Tin glazed earthenware gallypot or
drug jar, probably English, late 17th century |
| G: |
Medal bearing the likeness of Gustaf
Adolph, King of Sweden, 17th century |
| H: |
Lathe turned bone cane handle, late
17th or early 18th centuries |
| I: |
Base of a roemer, a type of glass
drinking vessel, 17th century |
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