Friends of the 1799 Lazaretto Interpretive Museum

The 1799 Lazaretto Interpetive Museum is at the filming of Genoalogy Road Show

Stairs to the coppola of the 1799 Lazaretto, before it's restoration, October 2010.

10 years ago today, a group of paranormal investagtors raised $1000 for the preservation of the 1799 Lazaretto and participated in the first public evening investigation of the 1799 Lazaretto. Photo: Mark D Para

Congratulations to the Tinicum Township Board of Commissioners, The Lazaretto Preservation Association of Tinicum Township, Vitetta Architects, and, as David Barnes said in his acceptance speech the hundreds of volunteers, who all played their part to ensure that the c.1799 Lazaretto will stand for present and future generations as an example of early American medical treatment of disease and an aviation site that began in aviations earliest beginning to it's present role as a seaplane base.

Preliminary report from the excavations done by Dr Richard Veit and his students at the 1799 Lazaretto on 10 October 2015 "This Saturday's dig was the most interesting yet. We dug two three-foot square excavation units and have a better understanding of what is going on at the site. Both were behind, on the Northeast side, of the structure. Essentially there is a layer of 20th century machine shop waste on top of a brick pavement, made of machine-made bricks, probably dati...ng from the late 19th or early 20th century. Underneath the paving is a pretty rich deposit of early 19th century artifacts. This deposit includes lots of tobacco pipes, fragments of several redware chamber pots, and personal items--a gunflint, a weight for making change--it is for a Guinea and a half, and buttons. We even found a button from the first Artillery Regiment in the War of 1812. This deposit lies over a thick deposit of broken stone and bricks--apparently rubble from construction of the Lazaretto itself, and under this, about 2.5 feet down is the original ground surface with a clear plowzone. Under that is the original silty island soil. It is pretty amazing to have such clear stratigraphy and the archaeological deposits are very good." Photo: Dr.Richard Viet and two of student's working on one of the excavations where the artifacts were found." 10 October 2015

Archaeological dig at the 1799 Lazaretto

Looking back, wouderfull images from the 2012 1799 Lazaretto History and Mystery Weekend weekend...https://www.facebook.com/media/set/

Some Delaware County locations received 8+ inches of rain yesterday and parts of our region are still recovering from flood damage. In 1843 the residents of Delaware County were taken by surprise by two stormfronts that intersected over Springfield, PA, dropping 14 inches of rain. Darby Creek swelled to 17 feet above normal levels; Chester Creek reached 21 feet above normal. The storm destroyed bridges, mills and house, and resulted in the deaths of 19 people. ... You can read the report of the official inquiry here: http://www.phillyh2o.org/backpages/Floodof1843.htm

David Barnes, PhD interviewed about the 1799 Lazaretto in it's first incarnation as a quarantine station. Skip ahead to timestamp 35:25 for his interview https://whyy.org/episodes/regional-roundup-05-11-20/

Quarantine hospital c.2010

Lazaretto Ladies (Joanna, Sherri, Barb, Amanda & Cara) with Laz volunteers (Ed, Ann, John, Rebecca & Tony). Dave is behind the camera.

Unique look inside the 1799 Lazaretto, before it’s repurposing as a hybrid museum & municipal building, by Paul Michael Kane https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/148185

What took over protecting Delaware and Philadelphia counties from disease after the 1799 Lazaretto closed in 1895? The State Quarantine Station at Marcus Hook https://dtimeshistory.blogspot.com//the-marcus-hook-quaran Photo: The Marcus Hook Quarantine Station view from the river about 1900 shortlty after it opened.