Map of 74 Building Lots at Mount Prospect, Middletown, Connecticut
PrinterPrinted by
F. Heppenheimer
(American, active 1854 - 1884)
Date1854-1856
MediumLithography; black printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 17 1/4 x 22in. (43.8 x 55.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 1/4 x 24in. (48.9 x 61cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2006.129.0
DescriptionMap of part of Middletown, Connecticut, from Spring Street to the north, land lots to the east, Meagher Place to the south, and Prospect Street to the east. It depicts 74 numbered lots with dimensions provided, presumably in feet. Between Erin Place and Spring Street are two large, unnumbered lots owned by Stone and Johnston.
Label TextLarge numbers of Irish immigrants began arriving in Middletown, Connecticut in the 1840s during the potato famine. Most were desperately poor, hardly in a position to purchase real estate. Yet this map, which includes several Irish names, both as street names and apparently as the names of purchasers, suggests that at least some of these early immgrants managed to acquire property. Street names include Erin Place and Meagher Place; property owners include Patrick M. Dunn, John Glynn, and Mary Hannigan. Meagher Place no longer exists, but Erin Place, now known as Erin Street, still runs parallel to Spring Street in the northern part of Middletown.
NotesCartographic Note: No scaleDate Note: According to Harry T. Peters, the lithographer F. Heppenheimer gave his address as 22 North William Street from 1854 to 1856. After that, his address appears as 22 and 24 North William Street.
Title Note: The name Mount Prospect does not occur in Connecticut Place Names. The area in question appears to correspond to Prospect Hill, which is located at the top of Spring Street, near Saint John's Cemetery.
Status
Not on view
D. W. Kellogg & Co.
1830-1840
