Flushing Map (4 results)

Condition: Good + condition. Large color engraved map showing 5 large lots for sale in Flushing at the end of the Civil War, when the area was mainly farmland and orchards. Showing the lots adjacent to Whitestone Avenue, and surveyed in May 1865 by Oscar Darling. The map shows "Land of Watson Bowron" to the north; Whitestone Avenue to the west, "Land of Dr. J. G. Roesler" to the south, and additional land belonging to A. Houghton to the east. Houghton's land is divided into 5 lots, with Lot 1 titled "Grass Land' of slightly over one acre; Lot 2 showing a mansion, ice house, coach house and green house of 3 acres; Lot 3 with an orchard & barn of 2.7 acres; Lot 4 with a cottage, .52 acres; and Lot 5 "Grass Land" of 1.1 acres. A private road bisects the lots. Watson Bowron, the property owner just to the north of the lots for sale, was born in Newcastle, Westchester Co, NY in 1807. In 1842 Bowron and his wife lived on a farm in the 25th ward of Brooklyn. Bowron later subdivided the farm and sold the lots. The area was known as Bowronville and was laid out and named by him, with Palmetto, Woodbine, Ivy and Grove streets and Evergreen Avenue. In 1852 Bowron bought a farm in Flushing adjacent to the Houghton property, which he also laid out into lots and sold under the Bowron Land Association. 18 x 24". Period folds flattened. Slight loss at fold intersections; slightly chipped at right edge.

Very good. Some toning and edge wear. Minor spotting. Minor verso repairs. Size 11.5 x 14 Inches. A scarce example of Fredrick W. Beers' map parts of Flushing, Queens, New York City. Published in 1873. Oriented to the east. Roughly covers from Bayside Avenue south to Walnut Avenue. Includes Sanford Hall, the Private Asylum. Detailed to the level of individual properties and buildings with landowners noted. This is probably the finest atlas map of this part of Queens, New York, to appear in the 19th century. Prepared by Beers, Comstock & Cline out of their office at 36 Vesey Street, New York City, for inclusion in the first published atlas of Long Island, the 1873 issue of Atlas of Long Island, New York . References: New York Public Library, Map Division, 1527294. Rumsey 0066.043.

Very good. Some wear and verso repair along original centerfold. Minor spotting. Minor edge repair on verso. Size 14.5 x 29.5 Inches. A scarce 1873 example of Fredrick W. Beers' map parts of Queens, New York City. Oriented to the east. Roughly covers Boerum Avenue, Brewster Avenue, Parsons Avenue, Sanford Avenue, Jamaica Avenue, Ireland Avenue, Whittier Avenue, Tennyson Avenue and Longfellow Avenue. Notes the Parsons Nursery and the Sanford Hall Private Asylum. Detailed to the level of individual properties and buildings with landowners noted. This is probably the finest atlas map of this part of Queens, New York, to appear in the 19th century. Prepared by Beers, Comstock & Cline out of their office at 36 Vesey Street, New York City, for inclusion in the first published atlas of Long Island, the 1873 issue of Atlas of Long Island, New York . References: New York Public Library, Map Division, 1527293. Rumsey 0066.042.

Very good. Minor wear and verso repair along original centerfold. Overall toning and minor spotting. Size 15 x 22 Inches. A scarce example of Fredrick W. Beers' map of College Point, part of Flushing, Queens, New York. Published in 1873, it covers the College Point area of Flushing, Queens, home to the Asian diaspora in New York City. It covers from 2nd avenue to College Point and the Long Island Sound. Bounded on the east by Flushing Bay and on the west by Powells Cove. Proposed landfills in the Long Island Sound are ghosted in. Detailed to the level of individual buildings and properties with landholders noted. This is probably the finest atlas map of Flushing, Queens to appear in the 19th century. Prepared by Beers, Comstock & Cline out of their office at 36 Vesey Street, New York City, for inclusion in the first published atlas of Long Island, the 1873 issue of Atlas of Long Island, New York . References: New York Public Library, Map Division, 1527287. Rumsey 0066.037. Philips (Atlases) 2202.