Map of Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut
MakerMade by
Matthews-Northrup Company
(American)
Date1902
MediumLithography; black printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 20 7/8 x 22 3/4in. (53 x 57.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 23 1/2 x 25in. (59.7 x 63.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1959.114.2
DescriptionMap of the town of Seymour, Connecticut, with Beacon Falls to the north, Woodbridge and Bethany to the east, Ansonia and Derby to the south, the Housatonic River and Oxford to the west. The streets are all labeled. Black squares represent the locations of dwellings, businesses and other buildings. Businesses, schools and churches are labeled. The Naugatuck River runs through the town, with Rimmon Pond at its north end. Bladens Brook, Ice House Lake, and reservoirs owned by the Ansonia Water Company are also shown. Elevation is conveyed with contour lines.
Label TextAt first glance a straightforward street map, possibly from a city directory, this 1902 map of Seymour, Connecticut contains some odd and interesting bits of information, some historical and some contemporary. A "Discontinued Road" is accompanied by a notation that "There were formerly five houses on this road." The "site of the First Cong. Church" and the "Old Parsonage of Abner Priest" are also shown. Two peaches orchards are indicated, one with a notation "10,000 trees." John Howard Hale of Glastonbury, who was known as the "Peach King" in the early twentieth century, owned 100 acres in Seymour. In 1902, these 100 acres produced about 40,000 baskets of peaches.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 4 inches equal 1 mileStatus
Not on view
Matthews-Northrup Company
1913
