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Foster Site

Coordinates: 38°1′54″N 78°30′16″W / 38.03167°N 78.50444°W / 38.03167; -78.50444
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The Foster Site
Foster Site is located in Virginia
Foster Site
Foster Site is located in the United States
Foster Site
Location1540 Jefferson Park Ave., Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates38°1′54″N 78°30′16″W / 38.03167°N 78.50444°W / 38.03167; -78.50444
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.16000259[1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 2016

The Foster Site is a historic archaeological site on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. 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 2 acres (0.81 ha) in 1833, that had originally been developed for African Americans working on the construction of the university.[2][3]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for The Foster Site" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Foster Family-Venable Lane Site: Report of Archaeological Investigations" (PDF). Rivanna Archaeological Consulting - Charlottesville, Virginia - November 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2022.