1795 Survey of Armstrong land for lots along Cherry Street and East Market Street in Red Hook Village

Map

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Historic Red Hook

Name/Title

1795 Survey of Armstrong land for lots along Cherry Street and East Market Street in Red Hook Village

Entry/Object ID

2014.002.028

Description

Photographic copies of 1795 survey of land owned by Brigadier General John Armstrong after he married Alida Livingston in 1789 showing subdivided lots with numbers. Surveyed 4 March, 1795 by John Cox Scale Two chains to an inch There are several versions of the survey: a) The earliest (?) has lot numbers only for the subdivided lots and a few names of owners of houses, b) Another version appears to be a draft and shows a reorientation of what became East Market Street ("The road to the Landing") and some subsequent subdivided lots. c) Another version is marked up with owners names for each lot, apparently in 1842.

Collection

Red Hook Maps