Historic Map - Little Falls, NY - 1881
Description
Reproduction panoramic map of Little Falls, New York, published by H. H. Rowley & Co. in 1881. Little Falls is in Herkimer County and is named after the nearby picturesque falls. The New York canal systems boosted Little Falls economy; first in 1792 with the Western Inland Canal and later with the Erie Canal. In 1881 Little Falls had two knitting mills, a yarn mill and was a major producer of cheese.
This map from 1881 shows buildings, railroad route and clearly labeled street names. It features inset illustrations of the following:
Methodist Church
Roman Catholic Church
Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Universalist Church
Episcopal Church
E. B. Waite & Co., Paper Works
Victor Adams, Paper Box Manufactory
Little Falls Knitting Mill
Eagle Mills, Titus Sheard, Proprietor.
Features numbered references to the following locations:
1. Methodist Episcopal Church
2. Baptist Church
3. Universalist Church
4. Episcopal Church
5. Roman Catholic Church
6. Presbyterian Church
7. German Church
8. Zion M. E. Church
9. Academy
10. West School
11. South School, H. E. Piper, Principal
12. Catholic School
13. Post Office
14. R. R. Y. M. C. A. Reading Room
15. R. R. Depot
16. Cronkhites Block
Little Falls National Bank
17. National Herkimer County Bank
18. Whitman & Burrell's Block
19. Skinner Block
20. Collins Block
21. Keller Block
22. C. Benedict's Carriage Mfr.
23. Grand Central Hotel
24. Girvan House
25. Eagle Knitting Mills
26. Sheard's Yarn Mills
27. Little Falls Knitting Mills
28. Little Falls Cotton Mills
29. Reddy's Foundry
30. Kingston Paper Mill
31. Warrior Mower Company
32. Condensed Milk Factory
33. Mohawk & Elboeuf Mills
34. W. B. Houghton & Son's Planing Mills
35. Victor Adams' Box Factory
36. Saxony Woolen Mills
37. Green & Girvan's Knitting Mills
38. West & Co., Planing Mills
39. Gilbert & Weeks' Tannery
40. Paper Mill, E. B. Waite & Co.
41. Gilbert's Starch Works
42. Residence of Titus Sheard
43. Temperance House
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