Connecticut Historical Society collection 2012.312.130 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Socie…

Town of West Hartford, West Hartford Center Section

PublisherPublished by Frederick C. Rockwell American, 1855 - 1928

Dateafter 1891

MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 20 x 30in. (50.8 x 76.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 22 3/4 x 32 1/2in. (57.8 x 82.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of part of West Hartford, Connecticut, from Fern Street to the north, Quaker Lane to the east, Park Street to the south, and Fairview Cemetery to the west. Trout Brook runs through it. Real estate is shown, with lots of land labeled with the owners names and showing buildings of various materials and uses. Two plats, subdivided into numbered lots that Fred C. Rockwell was selling, are depicted at the bottom. There is a street railroad on Farmington Avenue.

Object number2012.312.130

MarkingsRecto, top and bottom left corners, printed in black ink on stickers: "MAPS / Drawer / 32"

Verso, bottom center, handwritten on sticker: "1053"InscribedRecto, top left, printed in black ink: "TOWN OF / WEST HARTFORD / WEST HARTFORD CENTER SECTION"

Left side, printed in black ink: "FRED. C. ROCKWELL, / DEALER IN MOST DESIRABLE / West Hartford Real Estate, / OFFICE, 24 MECHANIC STREET, / HARTFORD CONN."

Names of the property owners indicated on the map includes:
On Farmington Avenue:
Edward Keeney, Erastus Gilbert, John B. Robinson (next to the car house), S. P. Griswold (occurs five times), George M. Hersey, Mrs. Louis M. Smith, S. V. Evgelke, Justus Millard, Mrs. Clara K. Woodford, Mrs. E. S. Hamilton, Mrs. Smith, H. B. Allen, Mrs. S. A. Lord, W. H. Hall, F. G. Butler, David Stoddard, Mrs. Blinn Francis, Nathan Miller, Mrs. L. J. Andrews, M. S. Buckland (Store and P.O.), Mrs. M. J. Shepard, M. A. Andrews, E. H. Arnold and Son, Mrs. H. L. Nichols, E. H. Arnold, E. G. Clark, N. G. White, R. L. Webb (occurs twice), Anson Chappell, George Foster, Gilbert Heirs, J. D. Brown, Heirs of P. G. Parsons, William Griswold, George B. Foster

On Main Street:
Mrs. Seymour Steele, H. Hawley, W. A. Burr, Mrs. Goodman, James A. King, D. W. Ellsworth, Mrs. Chas Scarborough, Heirs of Angel Talcott, Asher Rogers, J. P. Oviatt, Mrs. Chas. Cain, Mrs. Margaret W. Seyms, D. G. Francis, Mrs. M and L. Ellsworth, D. W. E. Alcott, Walter Caldwell, George R. Howard, Mrs. E. G. Sisson, Rufus Keeney (4A), George E. Flagg, Misses E. and A. Elmer, Mrs. Amelia Humphrey, Joseph E. Brage, Edward Keeney (36A), C. M. Pond, Elizur Keeney, Rufus ___y, Reverend E. L. Jaggar, Mrs. C. W. Flagg, Benjamin S. Bishop

On Quaker Lane:
A. C. Ware, John Ward, William Matson

On Prince Street:
Peter H. Bush, F. C. Rockwell, Mrs. Kate Stutz, Henry Bush, Peter H. Bush

On Outlook Avenue:
N. G. White

On Park Street:
Charles Hawley, Mrs. I. Rainsford, Charles Hatch, Walter Cadwell, Antonio King, James M. Thomson (occurs twice), J. W. Ryder, J and W. M. Steele, E. H. SeymourNotesCartographic Note: 1 inch equals 300 feet

Date Note: The notations "estate of Erastus Gilbert" and "Gilbert Heirs" appear on the map. Erastus Gilbert died in 1891, leaving extensive real estate holdings.

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