Map of New Milford, Litchfield, County, Connecticut
DraftsmanSketches by
Lawrence Fagan
(American, born about 1825)
PrintmakerLithographed by
Friend & Aub
(American, founded 1852)
PrinterPrinted by
Wagner & McGuigan
(American, 1845 - 1859)
PublisherPublished by
Richard Clark
(American)
Date1853
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper mounted on fabric
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 40 x 45 1/2in. (101.6 x 115.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 41 x 47 1/4in. (104.1 x 120cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1949.21.0
DescriptionMap of the town of New Milford, Connecticut, with Kent to the north, Washington and Roxbury to the east, Brookfield to the south, and Sherman to the west. The town is divided into sixteen districts. The Housatonic River and the Housatonic Railroad run north and south through the town. Elevation is indicated by hachure marks. Roads are shown but not named. Names of property owners are indicated. Separate small maps show the villages of New Milford and Bridgewater. Vignettes depict the Housatonic Institute, S. Morehouse's Cabinet Manufactory in Northville, Merwin's Hotel, Gaylordsville from the south, J. Eli Treat's Store, the store of Noble and Bennett, the Congregational Church in Bridgewater, and the Congregational Church and the Episcopal Church in New Milford. Also shown are the residences of Horace Merwin, Burr Glover, Anson Squier, Harvey Stone, Elijah Boardman, Noabiah Mygatt, John G. Noble, A. Clark, David C. Sanford, Colonel John C. Smith, Colonel Hiram Keeler, A. B. Mygatt, D. P. Clark, Anan Hine, G. W. Whittelsey, J. B. Harrison, and J. P. Treadwell.
Label TextNew Milford is the largest town in Connecticut, and it was even larger in 1853, when it still included the town of Bridgewater. Bridgewater, which appears as a village within the town of New Milford on this map, would be incorporated as a separate town in 1856. Other villages include Northville and Gaylordsville, or Merwinsville. The name was changed in 1853 the same year this map was published. In that year, Sylvanus Merwin, the proprietor of Merwin's Hotel, became the village postmaster. Although the name still appears as Gaylordsville on the map itself, in the vignette showing the hotel, its location is given as Merwinsville. The hotel also served as a station on the Housatonic Railroad.
NotesCartographic Note: Five inches equals one mileStatus
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