Map of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Tarrytown, N.Y. 1905

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2004.89

Description

Wood engraved map with some gothic lettering of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York; map is dated 1905; "MAP / OF THE / Sleepy Hollow Cemetery / at Tarrytown, N.Y. / 1905;" title appears in upper right corner; area indicating trees above the left section; top section bordered by "POCANTICO RIVER RAPIDS" and "POCANTICO RIVER" at top, and "WAY SIDE AVENUE" and "BROADWAY" at the bottom; the lower right side shows the "OLD DUTCH / CHURCH" (with illustration), the "OLD CHURCH YARD;" cemetery area names are numbered (1-86) and include "IRVING RIDGE / 14 / PLEASANT RIDGE," "19 / BATTLE HILL," "POETS MOUND / TARRY GROVE / 11 / LAUREL HILL," "WOLFERT'S REST," "BEEKMAN MOUND / ANDRE GROVE / 9," "3 / HUDSON / HILL," "16 / LONE FIELD," "22 / FATHERLAND, "21 / BEAVER / BOTTOM / SUNNY SIDE," "SHADY SIDE (no number)" "43 / LONE VALLEY," "FIELD / MACHPELAH (no number)," "34 / CATARACT HILL," "29 / FAIRY LAND" " 18 / "EVENING SIDE;" section on left is less densely marked and names include "MONTICELLO / 50," "45 / CONCORDIA," "51 / MELROSE," "55 / LA GRANGE," "66 / GIBRALTAR," "67 / SALEM," "69 / AVOCA," "70 / TYROL," "83 / PIEDMONT," "68 / IONA," "78 / CAMP PILGRIM," "80 / BIVOUAC GROUND / CASHMERE," "73 / MT. NEBO," "77 / TIVOLI," "76 / PINE BLUFF / CASTLE ISLE / BELLE ISLE," "62 / WESTMINSTER," "61 / BENLOMAND (sic);" "POCANTICO BRIDGE" on extreme right; "SLEEPY HOLLOW AVENUE," "LINCOLN AVENUE," "TRANSIT AVENUE," "HORSEMANS (sic) RIDE," "SWAN COVE," and many smaller avenues throughout the cemetery "Magnetic Meridian.," written on compass in the upper left corner; map is bordered by a plain black line; "MAP 154" is written vertically in red pencil on lower left corner of reverse side.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Cartographer

Date made

1905

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Map 154

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12-1/2 in

Width

29-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 29 3/4 in. (31.8 x 75.6 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Vertical and diagonal fold marks; two small tears on right top at folds; seperated upper left corner repaired on back with cellophane tape; cellophane tape also across most of the bottom edge, repairing some tears and acting as reinforcement.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Library