The Foster Site is a historic archaeological site on the campus of the
University of Virginia
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in
Charlottesville, Virginia
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. The site was the location in the 19th century of a homestead purchased by a free African-American woman,
Catherine "Kitty" Foster. The site includes archaeological and foundational remnants of her house, an outbuilding (likely a smokehouse), a brick-lined well, and a family cemetery. Foster purchased a parcel of over in 1833, that had originally been developed for African Americans working on the construction of the university.
The site was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2016.
See also
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References
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Virginia
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