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1873 Beers Map of Stony Brook and Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York
StonyBrook2-beers-1873$112.50
Title
Port Jefferson, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk Co. / Stony Brook, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, Co.
1873 (undated) 15.5 x 21.5 in (39.37 x 54.61 cm)
1873 (undated) 15.5 x 21.5 in (39.37 x 54.61 cm)
Description
A scarce 1873 example of Fredrick W. Beers' map of Port Jefferson and Stony Brook, Long Island, New York. Essentially two maps on a single sheet, the left hand side of the maps depicts the town of Stony Brook from the Harbor Channel to the Oak Hill Cemetery. This area is the home to Stony Brook College. Right hand side of the map depicts the town of Port Jefferson. Detailed to the level of individual buildings and properties with landholders noted. This is probably the finest atlas map of Stony Brook and Port Jefferson, Long Island to appear in the 19th century. Prepared by Beers, Comstock & Cline out of their office at 36 Vesey Street, New York City, for inclusion in the first published atlas of Long Island, the 1873 issue of Atlas of Long Island, New York.
Cartographer
The Beers family (Fredrick, Silas, James and Daniel) (fl. c. 1850 - 1886), along with Charles and Augustus Warner, were prominent map publishers working from the 1850s to the late 1880s. Often publishing under the Warner & Beers designation, the combined firms produced a series of important state and county atlases and map of much of the northeastern United States. Many of their regional maps are among the most detailed and well laid out maps ever produced of their respective regions. Because Warner & Beers county maps were often detailed down to the individual homes and landowners, they have become highly sought after by general and family historians. In additional to producing maps of surpassing detail, Warner & Beers also maintained an earlier generation's attention to detail and quality while publishing in an era ever increasingly dominated by the low cost printing methods used by the publishing empires of Rand McNally and George Cram. More by this mapmaker...
Source
Atlas of Long Island, New York. From Recent Actual Surveys and Records Under the Superintendence of F. W. Beers. (1873 First Edition)
Condition
Very good. Some wear and verso repair along original centerfold. Minor spotting. Minor edge repair on verso.
References
New York Public Library, Map Division, 1527342. Rumsey 0066.085.