Details
Creator Webster, George S., surveyor.
Title Plan of Auburn Farm belonging to the estate of Sarah Emlen Cresson, decd. Twenty Fifth Ward Philadelphia. [cartographic material] / Isaac Shallcross, Sur. and reg. 10th dist.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1883
Date Nov. 1883
Physical Description 1 map : ink and watercolor ; sheet 81 x 84 cm (31.5 x 33 in.)
Description Map showing the estate of Sarah Emlen Cresson including Erie, Venango, Tioga, Ontario, Westmoreland, F, G, H, I, and J Streets. Shows the property divided into plots numbered 1 through 7 and labeled with the acreage. Depicts the mansion located in plot 5 and the tenant house and two barns located in plot 7.
Notes Title and date from item.
Scale statement on map reads, “scale-80 feet to an inch."
Text on recto: Note-All areas extend to middle of streets. Blue figures represents confirmed curb elevation. Red [figures represents] present surface [elevation].
Table in the lower right depcited as a scroll and listing the seven plots with monetary valuations on the acreage.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020.
Subject Cresson, Sarah Emlen, 1806-1878.
Auburn Farm.
Real property -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Maps.
Genre Ink drawings -- 1880-1890.
Maps -- Hand colored -- 1880-1890.
Watercolors -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.21]
Accession number P.2022.62.3.21