A map of a number of building lots lying near the Congress [Spring] in the town of Saratoga Springs and county of Saratoga : [being] the property of the heirs of Gideon Putnam [deceased] as the same was surveyed in April 1810 by James Scott Surveyor
By G.G. Scott, Ballston
August, 1825

A map of a number of building lots lying near the Congress [Spring] in the town of Saratoga Springs and county of Saratoga : [being] the property of the heirs of Gideon Putnam [deceased] as the same was surveyed in April 1810 by James Scott Surveyor
By G.G. Scott, Ballston
August, 1825

1825

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.

English

Scott, James

Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)--Maps
Putnam, Gideon

1810

1825

The original Scott map is both foundational and influential. It inspired at least two later versions, all of them manuscript (hand-drawn): this 1825 copy, drawn by G.G. Scott, son of the original surveyor and held by Saratoga County. Since the map is cited in the 1826 charter incorporating Saratoga Springs, perhaps G.G. Scott made it to help establish the corporation line.

This map, drawn to indicate the properties belonging to Gideon Putnam, served as a document to detail the inheritance of his heirs after his death. This map is particularly damaged and several tears have compromised the readability.

Road widths are indicated in some instances.

This copy is drawn by G.G. Scott, son of the original mapmaker, It includes pencil annotations suggesting later city planners or agents consulted this original as property ownership changed and the lot was further divided.

This is an 1825 copy of the 1810 Scott map, with the same title and several additions/modifications, It is in the Saratoga Springs County Historian's Office. A 20th century illustrated copy, is in the Saratoga City Historian's office, and an elegant, colored ms. is in the NY State Library.

Saratoga County Historian's Office (Saratoga County, N.Y.)

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Bath House (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
Boarding House (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
Compass rose
Congress Bath (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
Meeting House (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
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School House (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)

Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)

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

Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)

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