Historic Map - Wappingers Falls, NY - 1889
Description
This bird's-eye view map of Wappingers Falls, New York was published by Lucien R. Burleigh in 1889. The local legend surrounding Wappingers Falls reports that in the mid-1600s, two New York City merchants, Francis Rombout and Gulian Verplanck bargained with the Wappani Indians to purchase land. Agreeing to the purchase for the vague description "all the land that could be seen", Rombout quickly climbed to the top of Mount Beacon and expanded his claim dramatically. This land patent would include the city of Beacon and the towns of Fishkill and Wappinger Falls.
Wappinger Falls prospered in the late 1800s with the massive Calico Printing Works housed within thirteen factory buildings located on the Wappinger Creek waterfront below its cascading falls.
Irving Grinnell, a wealthy New Yorker and philanthropist retired early to Wappingers Falls and together with the local Zion Church minister Henry Yates Satterlee, established a library in 1867 at the corner of Market and East Main Streets. By 1880 the need for a larger library was apparent and funds were acquired to build a new library at the corner of East Main and Spring Streets. Grinnell brought in a New York City architect to design his dream library which included a tower resembling one he'd seen in St. Battenberg, Switzerland and with the top story overhanging the bottom as buildings he'd recalled seeing in Chester, England. The library was entered through a turret to a winding staircase leading to an upstairs circulating library and reading room. The lower story maintained as a meeting room that could be rented out. The new Grinnell Library was chartered in the year before this map's publication. The village of Wappingers Falls was incorporated in 1871.
This panoramic map from 1889 shows buildings, railroad routes and clearly labeled streets.
Features numbered references to the following locations:
1. St. Mary's Catholic Church
2. Zion Episcopal Church
3. Methodist Episcopal Church
4. Baptist Church
5. Presbyterian Church
6. Grinnell Library Building, "Chronicle" and Job Office
7. J. O'Farrell's Opera House
8. Lafayette Lodge, I. O. O. F. Building
9. Groceries and Provisions, Mrs. C. McCloskey
10. Temperance Hall
11. Groceries and Provisions, J. J. Hughes
12. Furniture and Undertaking, Goring & Flynn
13. Dry Goods and Notions, Samuel Fogg Jr.
14. Bakery and Confectionery, Edward Odell
15. Newspapers, Stationery, School Supplies, Cigars and Tobacco, John H. Dakin
16. Boots, Shoes, etc., John McCann
17. Empire Clothing Manufactory, John F. Eagan & Co.
18. Roy's Drug Store, Post Office, James Roy, P. M.
19. Manufacturing Clothiers, Sweet, Orr & Co., T. E. Goring, Supt.
20. Ice Houses, James O'Farrell
21. Meat Markets, Wild Game and Vegetables, Jas. Van Nosdall
22. Carpets, Oil Cloth and General Groceries, John C DuBois
23. The Peoples Hotel, Martin Mullen
24. Livery and Sale Stables, E. O. Whitman
25. Kaune's Hotel, Ludolph Kaune
26. Warren House, W. H. Warren
27. Rush's Hotel, George Rush
28. Groceries and Provisions, M. J. Cashin
29. Furniture and Undertaking, J. A. Redfield, Manager
30. Merchant Tailoring and Clothier, C. W. Hignell
31. Stoves and Hardware, A. W. Armstrong & Co.
32. Drugs and Medicines, E. M. Goring
33. Fruits, Nuts and Confectionery, Valente & Cuneo
34. Dry Goods, Carpets and Oil Cloths, J. R. Barlow
35. Hats and Gent's Furnishing Goods, E. L. Cole
35. Job Printing Office, Frank C. Bacon
36. Drugs & Medicines, A. S. Peacock
37. Hatter, Gent's Furnisher and Clothier, H. Clay Abel
38. General Merchandise, Hardware and Feed, J. D. Harcourt's Son
39. Mfr. and Dealer in Cigars and Tobaccos, R. N. Cumming
40. Choice Family Groceries, Dawson & Graham
41. General Groceries, Oil Cloth & Crockery, A. M. Dawson & Co.
42. Dutchess Co., Calico Printing Works
43. The Brown Comb Co. Works
44. Cigar Store and Mfy. and News Room, H. V. Woodfield
45. R. V. Stewart's Foundry and Machine Works, between Wappingers Falls and New Hamburg
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