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No prehistoric artifacts of note have been recovered from this site. It is located on the east bank of the Clinton River where the river makes a sharp north turn, just to the west of Riverbank Rd. Although the structure no longer exists, Pilling was able to locate it using ethnohistorical accounts and aerial photographs. There is also a Native American Earthwork (20-MB-4) on the Tucker property known locally as “Tucker's Indian Fort”. Arnold Pilling and students from Wayne State University conducted excavations at the Old Tucker House. There is no precise date for the construction of this house.

Local accounts place the log cabin about 4 feet in front of the the Old Tucker House which was built after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1796. Although the deed is dated 1780 the first structure, a log cabin, was not built until 1784.

A copy of the 1780 deed (11W97) is in the possession of the Museum of Anthropology. William Tucker acquired the property from local Native Americans (possibly the Chippewa) in 1780. The Old Tucker House is located at 29020 Riverbank Road Mt. Tucker House (aka Old Tucker House, Tucker's Indian Fort) WSUMA Accession Nos.: Site No.:Ģ0MB10 (aka MB-H-15 House), 20MB3 (Prehistoric Earthwork) Excavated By: Anthromuseum » Collections » Tucker House