Stadt Huys Site

The structure was located at present 71 Pearl Street (now demolished) in the modern-day Financial District of Lower Manhattan.

In 1642, the Dutch West India Company built a typical 17th-century Dutch–style building, used as a city tavern (basically a communal meetingplace) named Stadt Herbergh.

[7] The Stadt Huys Block was one of the few blocks remaining in New York City where the remains of the Dutch occupation in New York might still exist, as it was one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in the city and a residence for many prominent residents of that era.

The archaeologists found more than four tons of artifacts in the site: bricks, stones, glass, turkey bones, watermelon seeds, coffee beans, oyster shells, buttons, coins, and pottery, including a bright yellow cooking pot (believed to be a pitcher when excavated), vivid blue and white delftware plates, tiles and apothecary jars.

[1] The large number of artifacts uncovered led to increased awareness of archeology in New York City.

The brass circular plaque on the sidewalk of the plaza has a map of the original street plan of New Amsterdam and there are colored outlines for the Stadt Huys and the King's House as the reminder of where it was.

[14] The concrete sidewalk encloses transparent panels through which the original foundation walls of the Lovelace Tavern can be seen.