1660: identify taverns, churches, etc.

[tedbarnett]

Currently, our buildings in the 1660 level are undifferentiated. Most are homes, but some of them were churches/chapels or taverns or warehouses.

Check our Google Sheet (which we derived from the Stokes Key, I believe) to see which buildings are non-residential. Then suggest appropriate changes to the buildings blueprints. Exterior signs? Graveyards? Horse posts? External cross or stained glass.

[KatherineMcDonnell]

Churches:

• Would have plain exteriors with no decorations, made of either wood or stone
• Stained glass would have been unlikely given the small size of New Amsterdam (Stained glass was typically used in larger churches/cathedrals)
• Likely no ornamentation on the outside of the church except for a bell tower and potentially a small wooden cross
• Similarly, interiors would have little to no decorations (plain windows, no paintings, only a simple wooden cross)
• Churches would also have graveyards close by where parishioners would be lay to rest

[KatherineMcDonnell]

Taverns:

• Signage would have consisted of a hanging sign or emblem on the outside of the building and/or the name of the tavern engraved on signage above the entrance
• Some taverns would have stables near them or posts to leave horses, and would likely have people moving in and out of the tavern consistently as travelers came and went
• Tavern signs mostly comprised of imagery of animals or objects that represented the name of the tavern (For example, a tavern named “The Large Goat” would have a goat illustration on the sign by the door)

[KatherineMcDonnell]

This tavern on Unreal Engine is a good example of what the interior and exterior of a tavern would look like in the 1600s.

While this design is likely bigger than what most taverns would look like in 1660s New Amsterdam, the overall layout would be similar.

[tedbarnett]

@KatherineMcDonnell Could you suggest 3 buildings along the 1664 waterfront that we should customize as tavern or chapel? Spreadsheet should have the data.

[KatherineMcDonnell]

F-11: tavern

• According to Stokes Key to the Castello Plan, this tavern offered drink but not board. It was also a notably loud tavern and the owner got in repeated trouble with city law enforcers.

• F-16: tavern that offered drink, food, and beds.

• Interior should include a large central room along with a room of beds upstairs
• There likely would have been a post to tie horses to outside.

[KatherineMcDonnell]

F-10: "The Old Church" This building was no longer used as a church by 1664, but was instead a private residence.The only church at this time was located within the fort. We could decorate that church accordingly.