Historic Map - Utica, NY - 1873

Bird's eye view of the city of Utica, Oneida County, New York 1873. Drawn by H. Brosius.

This reproduction bird's-eye view map of Utica, New York was drawn by H. Brosius in 1873. Utica, county seat for Oneida County lies in New York's Mohawk Valley. Situated mid-way along the Erie Canal from Rome to Salina, Utica is also terminus for the Chenango Canal that runs from Binghamton. These waterways, along with the Mohawk River led Utica to its great transportation importance in the 1800s. The Utica Free Academy was founded here in 1814. The town was a logical stopover for travelers between Rome and Salina. In 1873, Bagg's Hotel was already a longstanding establishment near the river where Genesee Street meets John Street at the place that was called Bagg Square. It was founded as a tavern in 1794 by Moses Bagg and boasts a guest list that included General George Washington, Aaron Burr, Henry Clay, General Lafayette, Joseph Bonaparte, Thomas Moore and Washington Irving among others. In 1870 Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) spoke to a sold-out house in Utica and later declared that he "brought down the house like an avalanche".

This panoramic map from 1873 features an inset illustration of New York Lunatic Asylum. It shows buildings, railroad routes, labeled streets and canals.

Features numbered & lettered references to the following locations:

1. Court House
2. Jail
3. Public Schools
4. City Hospital
5. Academy
6. Utica Orphan Asylum
7. St. Vincent Orphan Asylum
8. Chancellor Square
9. Oneida Square
10. Johnson Square
G. Weigh-Lock
11. Steuben Park
12. City Hall
13. Female Seminary
14. Bagg's Hotel
15. Globe Hotel, F. P. Grupp, Prop.
16. American Hotel
17. Dudley House
18. Mansion House, Martin & Welton, Props.
19. Butterfield House
20. Central House
21. Cottage House
22. R. R. House
23. Other Hotels
A. Gas Works
24. Downer & Kellog's Planing Mill and Sash, Door and Blind Factory
25. Planing Mills
26. Heath & Tavender's Soap and Candle Factory
27. Foundries and Machine Shops
28. Machine Shop and Mill Stone Manufactory
29. Foundries and Stove Works
30. Stone Ware, Sewer Pipe and Fire Brick
31. Boot and Shoe Factory
32. Oil Cloth Factory
33. Tanneries
B. N. Y. Central Depot
CHURCHES:
34. Trinity Episcopal
35. Grace Episcopal
36. Calvery Episcopal
37. St. George Episcopal
38. First Presbyterian
39. Westminster Presbyterian
40. Bethany Presbyterian
41. West Utica Presbyterian
42. Elizabeth St. Presbyterian
43. Bleeker St. Baptist
44. Tabernacle Baptist
45. Ebenezer Baptist
46. First Methodist Episcopal
47. South St. Methodist Episcopal
48. Zion Methodist Episcopal
49. Free Methodist Episcopal
50. St. John's Roman Catholic
51. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic
52. St. Joseph's German Catholic
53. St. Mary's German Catholic
54. Bethesda Welsh Congregational
55. Calvinist Welsh Methodist
56. Methodist Welsh Episcopal
57. First Welsh Baptist
58. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran
59. St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
60. Reform Church
61. Jewish Synagogue
62. Universalist
63. German Methodist Evangelical