Maryland

Young-Buzby-Jones Store and Dwelling, 8069 Main Street, Ellicott City, Maryland (39.267426, -76.795848)

Primary Building Felling Dates: Summer 1841, Winter 1840/1, Spring 1837

Site Master 1746-1840 (yellow pine) MSEMx1 (t = 12.43 TPDCx1; 10.64 DTRx1; 7.95 VANC2018). Site Master 1676-1840 (yellow pine) MSEMx2 (t = 9.67 BALTx1; 6.07 NY003; 5.83 MOLNY). Individual sample 1689-1840 (yellow pine) msem3 (t = 5.12 TUDORDC; 4.77 VANC2018; 4.77 cpz3).

The Young-Buzby-Jones Store and Dwelling at 8069 Main Street in Ellicott City, Maryland, is a two-and-a-half story, four-bay by two-bay building. Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled in the spring of 1837, the winter of 1840/1, and the summer of 1841.

Worthington, M J and Seiter, J I 2021 “The Tree-Ring Dating of the Young-Buzby-Jones Store and Dwelling, 8069 Main Street, Ellicott City, Maryland”, unpublished Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory archive report 2021/28

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