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., 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.
Creator
Webster, George S., surveyor
Date
Nov. 1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.21]
Map showing the Cresson estate (likely Sarah Emlen Cresson) including Erie, Venango, Tioga, Ontario, G, H, and I Streets. Shows the property bordered and shaded in red. Several rectangles, probably symbolizing buildings, are depicted between G and H Streets and Venango Street. Shows the total acreage and railroad acreage., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text on recto: Note-copy of a survey and plan made by Isaac E. Shallcross with location and area of rail road added., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.22]
