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Gin bottles in the cistern — History unearthed at Capitol-area construction site
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Gin bottles in the cistern — History unearthed at Capitol-area construction site
- Peter Salter
- Aug 25, 2019
- Aug 25, 2019 Updated Nov 22, 2022
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Capitol Commission architect Matt Hansen and UNL Professor Effie Athanassopoulos uncovered a cistern with a brick hive in the middle, which was used to naturally filter rainwater.
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Reusable stoneware gin bottles are among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
A ceramic crucifix is among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
A bronze sleigh bell is among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
A syrup bottle is among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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At the turn of the last century, around the time he was acquitted of losing a quarter-million in tax dollars, a former state treasurer chucked a pair of gin bottles into the cistern behind his spacious house at 17th and L streets.
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Two different generations of kidney and liver cure bottles are among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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In 1891, the block at 17th and L contained nine spacious houses, and was home to the affluent.
Office of the Capitol Commission
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By 1957, the block had been subdivided, and the number of homes had doubled. Some of the original homes were carved into apartments.
Office of the Capitol Commission
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A teapot is among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Matt Hansen (right), preservation architect for the state, speaks alongside Effie Athanassopoulos, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor, and Capitol Administrator Bob Ripley about the excavation of artifacts from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Office of the Capitol Commission Matt Hansen found a medicine bottle from Lincoln druggist H.W. Brown.
Courtesy photo
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Contractors were moving fast by the second day of the excavation last August, and nobody was on site to guard against the loss of archaeological resources. “I think we lost some things,” said Matt Hansen, Capitol preservation architect.
Office of the Capitol Commission
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Pieces of pottery from Lincoln Pottery Works are among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Glass bottles from Lincoln druggists H.W. Brown, Leighton & Brown and J.H. Harley (from left) are among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
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This bird’s-eye view showed what the block looked like in 1899.
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Capitol Commission architect Matt Hansen and UNL Professor Effie Athanassopoulos uncovered a cistern with a brick hive in the middle, which was used to naturally filter rainwater.
- Courtesy photo
Reusable stoneware gin bottles are among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
A ceramic crucifix is among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
A bronze sleigh bell is among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
A syrup bottle is among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
A teapot is among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Matt Hansen (right), preservation architect for the state, speaks alongside Effie Athanassopoulos, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor, and Capitol Administrator Bob Ripley about the excavation of artifacts from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Pieces of pottery from Lincoln Pottery Works are among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
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Two different generations of kidney and liver cure bottles are among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
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Glass bottles from Lincoln druggists H.W. Brown, Leighton & Brown and J.H. Harley (from left) are among the artifacts excavated from the Capitol's new geothermal well site.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Office of the Capitol Commission Matt Hansen found a medicine bottle from Lincoln druggist H.W. Brown.
- Courtesy photo
In 1891, the block at 17th and L contained nine spacious houses, and was home to the affluent.
- Office of the Capitol Commission
Contractors were moving fast by the second day of the excavation last August, and nobody was on site to guard against the loss of archaeological resources. “I think we lost some things,” said Matt Hansen, Capitol preservation architect.
- Office of the Capitol Commission
By 1957, the block had been subdivided, and the number of homes had doubled. Some of the original homes were carved into apartments.
- Office of the Capitol Commission
This bird’s-eye view showed what the block looked like in 1899.
- Office of the Capitol Commission
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