A Map of Tarrytown, Westchester Co. NY & Beekmantown

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2004.111

Description

Highly detailed, handdrawn and handwritten map of Tarrytown, New York; title appears in upper left corner as follows: "A Map of / Tarrytown, Westchester Co. N.Y. & Beekmantown;" more text appears in the upper right hand corner as follows: " Map of North & South Tarry Town (sic), / all the knowledge i (sic) ever had of the place which i (sic) / have drawn from Memory as it appeared 20 years / ago to me, every house, Residents, names and streets & stores / residents' names, Except Streets and houses marked not thus x means dont (sic) know whether there is a house there or not / x [in a box] means i (sic) know the house but dont (sic) know who lived there.;" map is drawn on paper that was probably used for mechanical purposes with precut holes; map runs from Beekman Avenue in the upper left corner to the railroad in the lower left corner, and Broadway near the eastern part of the property of "J. Benedict" in the upper right corner to the Hudson River in the lower right corner with Tarrytown filling the center; street plan of Tarrytown includes principal streets, buildings with outlines and names of residents or owners, schools, churches, businesses, boatyard, steamboat landing, fields; detailed drawings of "Perry's castle" and "John G. Herricks (sic) / castle" in the upper left corner and area just right of upper center respectively; "Family / Tomb of / Capt (sic) Cobb" with drawing in upper right section; "Croton Aqueduct," "Tarrytown / Cove," " and "Hudson River" at bottom right of map with "Requas (sic) Dock" and the "Hudson River Rail Road;" compass appears just below middle of center right; three pointing hands, two in same direction; in upper right corner below text, two with "N.Y. City , 27 miles" written next to them, and "to Albany / YNABLA ot" written to the left of the third hand; some random pencil marks on upper left reverse side; some faded writing in pencil appears horizontally on the upper left corner side reading " S [illegible word(s)] / Beekmantown."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Susan Beekman Thomas

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1900

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

23-3/4 in

Width

17-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 23 3/4 x 17 7/8 in. (60.3 x 45.4 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), ink, Pencil

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Map is drawn on paper which has regular, precut holes and slits; 1" vertical tear in upper left side; minute tears at fold edges; upper right corner is folded inwards but intact; right side is uneven and folded upward with vertical tear at lower right corner; brown spot in upper right section which shows through on reverse side; both sides have surface dirt and staining.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 28B

Note Type

Department

Note

Library