Historic Map - Plattsburgh, NY - 1877

Bird's eye view of Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., New York 1877. A. Ruger, del. C.H. Vogt & Co. Lith.

This reproduction bird's-eye view map of Plattsburgh, New York was drawn by Albert Ruger and published by J. J. Stoner in 1877. Plattsburgh is the county seat for New York's Clinton County and is located on the western shore of Lake Champlain where the Saranac River meets it. Samuel de Champlain explored this area in 1609 and it became a fur trading community. Zephaniah Platt, a popular lawyer and politician, founded Plattsburgh in 1788 on land granted to him by former colonial governor, The Hon. George Clinton. Platt moved to Plattsburgh ten years later and continued his law practice, becoming a regent of the State University and an originator of the Erie Canal. Plattsburgh was known as "La Ville Sur le Lac" and was the locale of the Revolutionary War's "Battle of Valcour Island" and the War of 1812's "Battle of Plattsburgh".

This panoramic map from 1877 features illustrations of the following steamers:

A. Williams
Vermont
Grand Isle

The map shows buildings, clearly labeled streets and the railroad route.

Features numbered & lettered references to the following locations:

1. Court House
2. High School
3. Town Hall
4. U. S. Custom House & Post Office
5. Primary Schools
6. R. R. Depot
7. Fair Ground
8. Cemetery
9. Gas Works
10. Witherill House, D. McBride, Prop.
11. Cumberland House, G. F. & C. S. Averill, Props.
12. Fouquet House, A. A. Smith
13. Plattsburgh Republican Office
14. Plattsburgh Sentinel Office
15. Bailey's Nursery & Green House
16. Saranac Flouring & Grist Mills. Hartwell, Winslow & Co.
17. Foundry & Machine Shops, Hartwell & Myers
18. W. W. Hartwell's Gun Factory. Sash & Door Factory
19. G. W. Hornick's Furniture Factory
20. Heathe & Bro. Marble Works
21. C. F. Norton's Saw & Lumber Mills
22. C. F. Norton's Iron Forge
23. C. F. Norton's Box Factory
24. C. F. Norton's Maine Mills
25. C. F. Norton's Shingle Mills

1. Episcopal Church
2. Methodist E. Church
3. First Presbyterian Church
4. Peristrome Presbyterian Church
5. St. John's Church
6. St. Peter's French R. Catholic Church
7. St. Peter's French R. Catholic Convent
8. Synagogue
9. Home of the Friendless