Historical Archaeology

This is one of the classes that I am taking this semester, and I really like the class. I especially like being able to go on the field trips. So far we have had two field trips.

The most recent one was to the Governor Wisner Mansion. Built by Moses Wisner who was the governor from 1859 to 1861.

This is the dining room. We learned that most of the pieces were collected from outside sources. However the cabinet in the back with the ceramics in it, is an actual Wisner piece. The mansion had two bedrooms, a parlor, family room, and office. One thing that the home had the was unusual to Michigan was a summer kitchen.

The first field trip that we took was to the Troy Historical Villiage.

This was neat because it wasn't just one building to visit but several. The first was a log cabin. Then a vernacular Greek Revival Home, which means it was built in the style of Greek revival but by a local craftsmen. Then there was a one-room school house. Which is the red brick building that you can see in the corner of the picture above. The white building next to that was the General Store. Then there was a print shop and a wagon repair shop. Then a parsonage and a Methodist church. It was fascinating.