[MassHistPres] radiocarbon and dendrochronology testing?

[Dcolebslade at aol.com]

Also Handy House in Westport, Ma.  Contact Jenny O'Neill at 
_westporthistory at westporthistory.net_ (mailto:westporthistory at westporthistory.net) .
 
Betty Slade
 
 
In a message dated 3/7/2014 3:49:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
michael.steinitz at state.ma.us writes:

 
On this topic, the 5 early  buildings below representing 7 different 
construction phases in Ipswich have already been dated successfully using  
dendrochronology.  I’m working from a list that is several years old, and  perhaps 
there has been more recent work done in  town. 
Tuttle House,  103 High  St Ipswich,  Building Phase I - 1671, Phase II - 
1672 
Whipple House, 53 S  Main Ipswich, Building Phase 1 - 1677, Phase  II - 1690
Hart House,  51 Linebrook  Rd Ipswich,  Building Phase 1 - 1680

Paine House, 53 Jeffrey's  Neck  Rd Ipswich,  Building Phase 1 – 1694 
Howard House,  41 Turkey Shore  Rd Ipswich,  Building Phase II – 1708 
Abstracts of the  reports for Hart, Tuttle and Whipple (and a number of 
other early Massachusetts  buildings) can be seen at 
http://www.oxford-dendrolab.com/massachusetts.asp 
Best, 
Michael 
 
Michael  Steinitz 
Deputy State Historic  Preservation Officer 
Director,  Preservation Planning Division 
Massachusetts Historical  Commission 
220 Morrissey  Boulevard 
Boston, Massachusetts 02125 
617-727-8470 
617-727-5128  (fax) 
michael.steinitz at state.ma.us
 
  
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From:  masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu 
[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu]  On Behalf Of Gordon  Harris
Sent: Wednesday, March  05, 2014 1:07 PM
To:  masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: [MassHistPres] radiocarbon and  dendrochronology testing?
 
 
Can anyone provide recommendations for reliable but  affordable testing of 
frame members in several of our historic houses? Many  were built in the 
First Period, 1634-1720, but historic records are  incomplete.  Is radiocarbon 
dating reliable, or is dendrochronology  preferred? 
 



 
Gordon Harris, chairman, _historicipswich.org_ 
(http://historicipswich.org/) 




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