Stokes, I. N. Phelps The iconography of Manhattan Island 1498-1909 (v. 3)

(New York :  Robert H. Dodd,  1915-1928.)

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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES

174-180

The Landmark: Map

Lithograph, with topographical       c. 260XC. 68           Date depicted: 1625-1909.

and other additions in pen                                      Date issued:  Original   Map

and ink,                                                                           1891.    Additions 1918.

Authors: Prepared under the author's supervision by Jennie F. and Clinton H.
Macarthy.    Additions plotted and drawn by C. H. Hornickel.

Owner: N.Y. Public Library.

The Landmark Map is intended to locate, in relation to the topography of the modern
city, the important sites, buildings, streets, etc., mentioned or illustrated in the Iconog¬
raphy. The map or plan selected as a background is "The Land Map of the City of New
York prepared by the Board of Taxes and Assessments under authority of Chapter 349
of the Laws of 1889 and Chapter 166 of the Laws of 1890," and issued by the city in 1891.
This plan consists of forty-three plates, each measuring 26^^x215^, of which the first
twenty-four and part of the forty-first collectively cover Manhattan Island. The large
numbers shown on the original plan in the centre of each block were adopted in 1889 to
officially designate the city blocks. The approximate locations of the various landmarks
are indicated by smaller numbers, inscribed in circles.

The Reference Key gives, opposite the name of each landmark, its city block and number
on the Landmark Map. The numerals at the left of the dash refer to the number of the
block; those on the right to the location of the landmark in or adjacent to the block, as
shown on the plan by the same numeral, surrounded by a circle. Thus, "Walton Housk.
106—I" indicates that the Walton House stood in block io6, where the reference number i
appears in a circle. Where no dash occurs, and only a single number is cited, it is to be
understood that the block alone is indicated, and that the site or building referred to
occupies or occupied the entire block; e, g., "Madison Square. 852." This key includes
also brief information (citing authorities) regarding each landmark, and reference to its
depiction* and further description in the Iconography and elsewhere.

Following the Reference Key will be found a list of the principal Streets, both
present and obsolete.

The Block Key gives, under the heading Block, the official block number assigned in
1891, and, under the heading Ref., the number indicating the location on the plan of the
corresponding landmark, the name of which appears in the third column.

The "Map of Harlem: Showing the Lands as in the Original Lots and Farms," pre¬
pared by James Riker, in 1879, to illustrate his History of Harlem, is reproduced as an
inset on Plate 179.

* It was the author's intention to supply a more comprehensive list of pictorial references. Owing, how¬
ever, to prolonged absence from New York, and to the necessity, towards the end, of hastening the publica¬
tion of the already long delayed third volume, this proved impracticable.
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