This reproduction antique map of Warwick, New York was drawn and published by Lucien R. Burleigh in 1887. Warwick, in Orange County, was the site of a Continental army encampment during the American Revolutionary War and would later achieve status as an important farming community. The town was named after original patentee Benjamin Ashe's plantation, "Warwick", a farm so vast that many associated the name with the area and so the village was incorporated in 1867 as Warwick.
The Longhouse Creek was dammed and mills began to be built along it and the Doublekill River. The area also maintained several dairy, fruit and vegetable farms. Nearby Mount Adam and Mount Eve were quarried heavily during the 1800's for their iron ore. Warwick is passed through by the colonial trade route "The King's Highway" as it traveled from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the Hudson River and New England. In the mid-1800's, the Warwick Valley Railroad and the Lehigh and Hudson River Railway used this same path and established railroad stations in Warwick. The railways carried freight as well as passengers to and from town.
The panoramic map from 1887 shows buildings and clearly labeled streets.
Features numbered references to the following locations:
1. Warwick Baptist Church
2. Methodist Episcopal Church
3. Episcopal Church
4. Calvary Baptist Church
5. Reformed Church
6. Roman Catholic Church
7. First National Bank
8. Warwick Institute
9. Warwick Valley Creamery
10. Fabric Fire Hose Co., J. E. Gillespie, President
11. Warwick Machine Co.
12. E. W. Randall's Steam Mill
13. Taylor & Case, Lumber and Coal
14. Savings Bank
15. Wawayanda House, T. J. Randall, Proprietor
16. National Hotel, W. D. Burgess, Proprietor
17. Valley House
18. W. T. Anderson & Co. Block
18. Post Office
19. Snyder Bros., Merchants
20. C. J. Lazear, Furniture
21. "Dispatch", W. G. Ketchum, Editor
22. "Advertiser", Office, H. Tate, Editor
23. Railway Shops
24. R. & R. J. Wisner, Lumber and Coal
25. Ogden Block, Ogden Bros., Hardware, John Carson, General Merchant
26. Hynard Bros., Merchants
27. S. S. Van Saun, Druggist
28. John McWilliams, Fire, Life and Accident Insurance and Real Estate Agency
29. Drs. Edsall & Wood, Dentists
30. J. W. Mullery, Market
31. C. W. Stevens, Wagon Maker
32. Residence of Dr. Carey
33. Residence of Dr. Braduer