Map of a number of building lots & buildings near the Congress Spring in the county of Saratoga : being the property of Gideon Putnam as the same was surveyed in April 1810 per James Scott

Map of a number of building lots & buildings near the Congress Spring in the county of Saratoga : being the property of Gideon Putnam as the same was surveyed in April 1810 per James Scott

Three versions of this 1810 plat, one of the earliest of Saratoga Springs, show founder Gideon Putnam’s properties shortly before his death, mapping out Saratoga Springs’ transition from rural land to urban settlement. Putnam and his wife Doanda settled in the area 1789. This 20th century copy includes sketches of original buildings.

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Scott, James

April 1810

ca. 1900-1950

J. S. Mott & Son
Civil Engineers
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Although undated, details on this larger and linen-backed version of the map suggest a twentieth-century copy. The drawings of the schoolhouse and meeting house represent buildings that did not exist in 1810; such pictorial images do not generally form a part of official plats (property maps). This map is Number 7 in the Ted Gray collection now held at the City Historian’s office, and could be the work of city engineer Samuel J. Mott or another early city planner. The Gray collection includes many redrawings of foundational Saratoga Springs maps and plans in the County records office. The maps in the collection likely served public and private surveyors and engineers.

A 20th century copy of an original 19th c map, with the same title and several additions/modifications. An elegant item is in the New York State Archives, and a brittle contemporary copy, is in the Saratoga County Historian's office.

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High Rock Spring (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)--Maps
Property-- Saratoga Springs-- New York
Church-- Baptist
Iconography -- school
Iconography -- church
Iconography -- hotel

Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)

Putnam, Gideon, 1763-1812. Landowner, Developer, Entrepreneur. Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)
Scott, James. Mapmaker. Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)

6/2/2014