Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory - Delaware
Delaware
Plank House, Lewes, Delaware (38,776978, -75,142744)
Primary Plank House Felling Dates: Summer 1804 Winter 1804/5
Site Master 1732-1804 (OAK) PHDEx1 (t = 9.67 OCS3; 6.94 jbms6; 6.01 STUBx1).
The plank house is a small single-story structure built from oak planks
Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled in the summer of 1804 and the winter of 1804/5.
Worthington, M J and Seiter, J I 2019 "The Tree-Ring Dating of Plank House, Lewes, Delaware” unpublished Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory archive report 2019/06
Link to the Lewes Historical Society page for Plank House here
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Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory
ProprietorsMichael Worthington
Jane Seiter, Ph.D
25 E. Montgomery St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-929-1520