Map of the Village of Beekmantown

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Map of the Village of Beekmantown

Entry/Object ID

L.2004.52

Description

Lithographed map of Beekmantown, Westchester County, New York pasted on linen; title appears just off center near the bottom edge of the map, "MAP / of the Village of / BEEKMANTOWN / Shewing (sic) the Town Lots with Initials of original purchasers / BY GEO. W. CARTWRIGHT, C. E. / Octr. (sic) 1836 - 1839;" from the "HUDSON RIVER" along the entire left side of the map and "Beekman Street" to the junction of the "Albany Post Road" at the right top corner and the "Albany Post Road" and "College Avenue" at the right center (edge of mapped area); "Beekman Street," "Depeyster St.," "Clinton Street," "Division Street," "Cortlandt Street," "Chestnut Street," "College Avenue," "Albany Post Road," "Point Landing & Street," "Tarrytown St.," "Hill to Main St.;" town lots marked by rectangles with numbers and, in places, initials, and shaded squares and rectangles to denote houses; "Sites for Country Seats in one and two acre lots" area on upper right section of map; "Town Line," "Mount Pleasant Town Line" and "Greenburg (sic) Town Line;" "HUDSON RIVER," "Tarry Town (sic) Bay" and "Andre Brook;" "Beekman Landing," "Ship / Yard," "Stone & Red / Pottery," "Messrs. Woods / Kilns," "Seminary;" "To N.Y. 26 miles -- Steam Boat every Morning & Afternoon" printed vertically in lower left corner, the words breaking through the borders; "Scale 150 feet to an inch" appears in the center bottom; compass in lower right area of map; "C.B. Graham's Lithy. No. 90 Nassau St. N.Y." in lower right corner; map bordered (from the inside out) by thin single line, then thin double lines, then a thick black line, then thin double lines, all of them straight.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

C. B. Graham's Lithography

Date made

1836 - 2039

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Map 40b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

21-1/2 in

Width

28-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (54.6 x 72.4 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Many crease marks; diagonal and horizontal fold marks; folded and torn edges on all sides; long inward tears on upper and lower right side; large chip on upper left side; long inward tear on lower left side; surface dirt, foxing and staining extensively on both front and back.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

George W. Cartwright

Notes

Engineer

Related Entries

Notes

L.2004.53 - Map - Identical L.2004.54 - Map - Identical L.2004.51 - Map - Identical

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Library