Case Flat File Drawer 14
Container
Contains 24 Collections and/or Records:
Map of the Village of Catskill
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2019.0014-7C.7
Scope and Contents
This map is an interesting survey of the lower portion of the east side of the Village of Catskill. The map is made from a 1795 survey completed by William Cockburn and shows the section of Catskill creek from the Hop-o-Nose to Femmen hook prior to the contruction of the Long Dock. Included in the map are the surveyed village lots along Main Street, surveyed lots under water north of the mouth of the creek, and the names of some property owners. Of particular note on the map is that the homes...
Map of a Public Road laid out between the Cauterskill and Madison Roads [Vedder Mountain Road]
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2019.0009-7G.1
Scope and Contents
Map is a detailed survey of a public highway surveyed in 1850 by John Van Vechten now known as Vedder Mountain Road. The road spans a gap crossing between Cauterskill Road and the road to Madison [Leeds] in the Town of Catskill. Homes of residents living along the highway are shown to orient the map, and are also referenced in the description of the survey. Homes shown include those of Richard Ecklor, Levi Plank, Sarah Brandow, the Lampmans, James Moore, and the Burgh House.
Survey of a Road Laid out by the Trustees of the Village of Catskill near the Home of Apollos Cooke
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2020.0012-LOB 6.112
Scope and Contents
Map is a copy of an 1825 survey that was traced by Charles Van Orden showing the proposed route of a road commencing at the intersections of Main and Green Streets in Catskill and proceeding southeast along the route of modern lower Main Street heading to Catskill Point. The map is notable for its lengthy description copied from the Book of Roads, as well as for showing several interesting reference points including the homes of John Johnston, Abraham Van Orden, and the Luddington House. Also...
Supplemental Map Showing Lands to be used for Reservoir, Pipeline, and Dock for the Catskill Water Works.
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2020.0015-LOB 6.46
Scope and Contents
Map is a colored drawing showing the organization of the water works created to supply clean drinking water to the Village of Catskill in 1884. The map shows the Hudson River and the pump station/dock of the water work, while A red line denotes the pipeline from the pump station ascending High Street and crossing the lands of the Heirs of Maria Cole and the lands of Theodore Cole. A reservoir is shown on the lands of George Clark adjacent to the lands of Theodore Cole, and a separate red line...
Copy of a Map showing the First and Second Divisions of the Lindsey Patent
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2020.0016-LOB 6.21
Scope and Contents
Map is a blueprint copy by Charles H. Van Orden of an earlier map once in the possession of Theodore A. Cole. The Lindsey Patent was the original grant covering the east side of the Village of Catskill confirmed in 1738. The First division of 10 lots was made in in 1741, and a second division comprising 20 lots was made the same year. The Map shows the first and second divisions as well as some geographic and manmade features for reference. The Hudson River comprises the eastern boundary, the...
Copy of a Map of the Divisions of the Lindsey Patent
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2020.0017-LOB 6.22
Scope and Contents
Map is a blueprint of a survey by Charles H. Van Orden showing measurements and headings for a survey of the first and second divisions of the Lindsey Patent. This map, which is an alternate description of MAP 2020.0016, gives the initials of original owners of the lots in both divisions as well as the lot numbers, but provides no narrative description of the Patent nor a cardinal point to orient it. This was likely meant to be read in conjunction with MAP 2020.0016 and was probably also made...
Map of the Division of Lot Number One of the First Division of the Lindsey Patent
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2020.0013-LOB 6.27
Scope and Contents
Map is a color-coded survey by John Van Vechten of the subdivided lots along the west side of Main Street in the Village of Catskill probably before 1820. No buildings are shown but street names are given as well as the initials of those who owned each respective lot shown. In one instance a lot is described as being "Fulton's Mill Lot" while Bridge Street is only shown as comprising the stretch of that road from Main to the Bridge itself. The uphill or easterly portion of modern Bridge Street...
Map of the Catskill Cement District, 1915
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2022.0004/7C.23
Scope and Contents
This map illustrates the broad scale of land ownership and infrastructure related to the operations of the Catskill Cement Company, Alsen American Portland Cement Company, and Acme Cement Company in the Town of Catskill. Lands owned by the companies are colored pink, and roads, buildings, rail systems, and water features are clearly delineated.
Map showing lands owned by the Catskill Cement Company., 1914
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2022.0005/7B.6
Scope and Contents
This map was drafted to illustrate the holdings of the Catskill Cement Company, the southern-most of the three original cement plants in the Catskill Cement District. The map shows all of the facility infrastructure as well as neighboring roads and homes. All parcels within the red-bordered property lines of the Catskill Cement Company are labeled with the names of the previous owners, and adjoining property owners are also named.
Survey of the Lands of the late Barent Staats Salisbury
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2020.0014-LOB 6.35
Scope and Contents
Map is a survey composed by William Tolley on behalf of the heirs of Barent Staats Salisbury. The survey is described as being parts of lot 1, 12, and 13 as well as all of lot 2 of a parcel of land owned by Salisbury on his death. Shown on the survey is a long parcel extending between with several geographic features orienting the map. The parcel extends from the Susquehanna Turnpike near Catskill Creek in modern Jefferson Heights to the Athens Road as it enters the vicinity of modern Leeds....