Name/Title
Tarrytown Heights Land Company Plan of the Land Belonging to the CompanyEntry/Object ID
L.2004.150 a-bDescription
Lithographed and watercolored map of the Tarrytown Land Company's holdings, two separate pages from a book: title appears in upper left "TARRYTOWN LAND COMPANY / PLAN OF THE LAND / BELONGING TO THE COMPANY / AS LAID OUT BY / OLMSTED VAUX & CO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS / 1871"; number 42 appears in upper left corner of "a", just inside border; "a" comprises the left side of the map; plots of land colored green and stretch from border of COUNTY LAND and the Tarrytown Land Company in the lower left corner to the borders of the land of S.D. LAW, C.W. HORTON and THOMAS CARL and the Tarrytown Land Company in the upper right corner; plots of land delineated and numbered, as well as assigned acreage; streets and roads names and lined with drawings of threes; street names include Martlinberg Road, Eustatia Road, Longwood Road, and Requa Road; East Tarrytown Station depicted alongside of New York & Boston R.R.; Church & School Reservations also depicted; sections of land plots named "MARTLINBERG," "LANDRINBERG," and "HUGUENOT HILL;" "NOTE" appears at bottom right, extending slightly to the second page ("b"); note reads, "THE PRINCIPAL HEIGHTS AND VALLEYS IN THE VILLA DISTRICTS ARE DISTINGUISHED / BY NAMES [AS CARLSBERG, ELZENDALE & C.] IN LARGE OPEN LETTERS / EACH VILLA LOT IS NUMBERED AND ITS SIZE GIVEN IN ACRES, THUS: 159 / 6 3/8 AC / THE ELEVATION ABOVE LOW WATER LEVEL OF THE HUDSON AT TARRYTOWN OF THE HIGHEST GROUND IN EACH VILLA LOT IS SHOWN BY FIGURES IN A CIRCLE, THUS: 515 [encircled] / THE VILLAGE LOTS ARE NUMBERED IN TWO SERIES, 1 a to 171 a and 1 b to 69 b."; scales appear below, given in feet and chains; the number 43 appears at top right of "b," the right side of the map; number just inside outer border; compass appears at center right and points diagonally towards the upper right corner; plots of land extend from the border between the properties of DAVID H. PAGE and C. DEREVERE and the Tarrytown Land Company in the lower left side to the border between the properties of IRA MILLER, W.H. SHERWOOD and A. RENDALL and the Tarrytown Land Company in the upper right corner; lower right corner shows border between the property of JOHN GIBNEY and the Tarrytown Land Company; BEDFORD ROAD extends horizontally across page; other streets include RAAFENBERG ROAD, WILGEN ROAD, ELZEN ROAD; COPROCK ROAD; BRUNTSBERG ROAD; SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD; BALTSBURG ROAD; RIPPERSDALE ROAD; CARLSBROOK ROAD and LONGWOOD ROAD"; New York & Boston Railroad depicted; plots grouped into areas such as RAAFENBERG, WILGENDALE, COP ROCK HEIGHT, CARLSBERG, BOWERBANKS, RIPPERSDALE, BALTSBERG, and BRUNTSBERG; reverse of "a" shows pencil inscription at upper right corner, "Westchester Co / N.Y." and red and white sticker in lower right corner reading "SP8506 / 11/20/51 / WHITLOCK"; reverse of "b" shows red pencil inscription at lower left reading "#23;" red ink stamp appears in center, reading "WE CAN FURNISH A FRAME FOR / THIS MAP OR ONE IN ORIGINAL / ANTIQUE MOLDING OF THE / PERIOD $7.50 / C.E.H. WHITLOCK / New Haven 11, Connecticut."Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
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Dimension Description
BHeight
13-1/8 inWidth
16-7/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. (33.3 x 42.9 cm)Dimension Description
AHeight
13-1/4 inWidth
16-7/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 16 7/8 in. (33.7 x 42.9 cm)Material
Paper (wove), ink, WatercolorCondition
Notes
Remarks: Map separated into two pages; "a" has two-inch tear along right edge; 1/2-inch tear at bottom right; 1-inch tear along top right edge; tiny chip to the left of this tear; one-inch tear at upper right edge; overall creasing and darkened, brittle edges; reverse shows red smudge at center; small water stain at upper right; miniscule stains at bottom right; "b" shows overall creasing and darkened, brittle edges; one-inch tear at top right edge; 1/4-inch tear to the right.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Olmsted Vaux & CompanyNotes
SurveyorGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 28BNote Type
DepartmentNote
Library