The Homestead Lot

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Orange County Historical Society - New York

The "Homestead Lot": This image depicts a historical map overlaid with a pinkish tint, showing an area identified as "The Homestead Lot," with a notation of it being a Quitclaim Deed from Elizabeth H. Cranford and others to Lena T. C. Cox in 1896. The map includes details such as proposed land features, roads, a railway, and landmarks like Sterling Iron & Ry. Co., Macgrane Coxe, and Harriman State Park. The map is marked with various property lines, labeled roads, and numbers that likely indicate survey measurements or plot designations, and there are additional handwritten notes detailing property ownership transfers with dates alongside specific locations.
The "Homestead Lot"

This image depicts a historical map overlaid with a pinkish tint, showing an area identified as "The Homestead Lot," with a notation of it being a Quitclaim Deed from Elizabeth H. Cranford and others to Lena T. C. Cox in 1896. The map includes details such as proposed land features, roads, a railway, and landmarks like Sterling Iron & Ry. Co., Macgrane Coxe, and Harriman State Park. The map is marked with various property lines, labeled roads, and numbers that likely indicate survey measurements or plot designations, and there are additional handwritten notes detailing property ownership transfers with dates alongside specific locations.

Name/Title

The "Homestead Lot"

Entry/Object ID

OCHS-000557

Scope and Content

This appears to be a tracing of a portion of a larger survey map, centered on "The Homestead Lot," with a notation of it being a Quitclaim Deed from Elizabeth H. Cranford and others to Lena T. C. Cox in 1896. The map includes details such as proposed land features, roads, a railway, and landmarks like the Southfields Furnace, Sterling Iron & Ry. Co., Macgrane Coxe lot, and Harriman State Park. The map is marked with various property lines, labeled roads, and numbers that likely indicate survey measurements or plot designations, and there are additional handwritten notes: ° Proposed lake upstream of the Southfields Furnace ° Heddy Bridge ° Mombasha Creek ° "The Magazine" ° Lena T.C. Coxe ° See C. B. 90, pages 143 to 147, Exception October 1928. ° Sterling! Ry. Co. to Macgrane Coxe, Sep. 28, 1895. L426 p.451. 15.57 A. ° Furnace Stack ° Eurica of house 682 ° The "Homestead Lot" Quitclaim Deeds from Elizabeth H. Crawford and others to % Lena T. C. Coxe (1896 - L 426. pages 383-384) 44 A. ° Old Roadbed of Southfield Branch RR ° Mill Sites ° Harriman State Park. ° (Quillet Speller) ° Louisa Speller to Macgrane Coxe, June 86/90 L377 p.240 ° Monument ° Mary W. Harriman ° School House S446 ° Southfield

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Create Date

August 18, 2026

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Update Date

August 18, 2026