“WinnDevelopment has done a great deal of work on historic properties in the Northeast during the past four decades now and respects the need to be sensitive in these situations,” said company spokesman Ed Cafasso. The primary builder, WinnDevelopment, has said it will provide the archeologist and historic heritage consultants to monitor the site. The Delaware tribe had no objections, while the Shawnee declined to comment on the issue, according to public documentsĬity and state officials this week signed off on an agreement that details the archeological monitoring that will take place during the construction. 45 revolvers may also lay buried beneath the asphalt.Īt one point, state historic preservation officials were also concerned about the new development’s impact on Native American artifacts and required the builder to seek the blessings of the Delaware and Shawnee tribes before proceeding. The foundation of a house where the Colt family lived almost 200 years ago as their Paterson gun mill produced legendary Colt. PATERSON - An archeologist will monitor the construction of a new $26 million affordable housing complex at the Argus Mill site near the Great Falls as part of a tentative agreement designed to prevent the destruction of 19th century artifacts.Īt present, most of the location in question is covered by an asphalt parking lot at the corner of Van Houten and Mill streets.īut experts say that beneath the surface of that parking lot loom the remains of mill workers’ homes from the start of the city’s Dublin neighborhood in the 1830s. Watch Video: Paterson NJ Great Falls during a rainfall