Reproduction bird's-eye view map of Middletown, New York, drawn and published by Lucien R. Burleigh in 1887. In 1887, Middletown was a village in eastern Orange County, New York, settled in the late 1700's in the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains along the Walkill River. With the arrival of the Erie Railroad and New York, Ontario and Western Railway, the village attracted several industries to the area including tool manufacturers and glass makers. Middletown would officially become a city in the year after this map's publishing. Today Middletown is almost entirely bordered by the township of Walkill.
This panoramic map from 1887 shows railroad route, buildings and clearly labeled street names.
Features numbered references to the following locations:
1. First Presbyterian Church
2. Second Presbyterian Church
3. Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Paul's
4. Episcopal Church
5. Congregational Church
6. Baptist Church
7. Roman Catholic Church
8. Free Christian Meeting House
9. A. M. E. Zion Church
10. Old School Baptist Church
11. New York State Homeopathic Asylum for the Insane
12. Post Office
13. Hotel Russell, A. H. Russell, Prop.
14. Russell House, Startup Bros., Props.
15. Taylor House, Albert Clark, Prop.
16. Midland Hotel, H. B. Ostendorf, Prop.
17. Holding House, Chris. Weidman, Prop.
18. Wheeler, Madden & Clemson Mfg. Co., Saws and Files
19. S. S. Wickham, Flour, Feed and Lumber
20. Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co.
21. N. Y. L. E. & W. R. R. Depot
22. N. Y. O. & W. R. R. Depot, Wickham Ave.
23. Main St. Depot and Freight House
24. Madden & Cockayne File Works
25. Childrens' Home
26. Convent27. McDermott Bros. & Low, Tool Manufactory
27. Lindsay Bros. Architects and Builders
28. Middletown Soap Works
29. D. A. Ketchum, Lumber and Coal
30. C. R. Fuller, Lumber and Coal
31. S. H. Bodine, Lumber and Coal
32. Gordon & Crane, Lumber and Coal
33. Middletown Beef Co.
34. "Daily Press" Building
35. "Daily Argus" Building
36. "Advance" Office
37. Middletown Glass Works
38. New York Hat Works
39. Fur Hat Works
40. Straw Hat Works
41. Silk Mills
42. Bull's Opera House
43. Gunther's Hotel
44. Low Building, Geo. Shannon, Frames & Pictures
45. Howell, Hinchman & Co., Tannery
46. Mallon & Writer, Marble Shop
47. Herman Brower, Glove Manufactory
48. F. H. Eilenberger, Cigar Manufactory
49. Charles Piatt & Son, Sash & Blind Manufactory
50. John T. Ogden, Harness and Robes
51. W. C. Many, Coal, Lumber, Flour and Feed
52. H. A. M. Harman, Market
53. Adam Heckroth, Cigar Manufactory