Price: $4,500.00
SKU: 100361
ARTIST: William Dame
PUBLISHER: Published by Daniel Watson, Real Estate agent, 235 Thames St. Newport, R.I.
MEDIUM: Stone engraving,
DATE: 1876
EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/2 x 37" (49.7 x 94 cm)
DESCRIPTION: Title continues with: compiled from the Coast Survey chart and other reliable sources, by Wm. Dame. American Photo-Lithographic Co.<br><br> Outstanding map of Conanicut Island detailing the municipal arrangement of Jamestown and its surrounding farmlands and estates. Many property owners identified by name.<br><br> Two layouts appear for proposed development which never materialized: Ocean Highlands, a scant platted grid at the bottom of the island and Conanicut Park, a planned Methodist community at its northern tip. Conanicut Park was to comprise of small irregular lots averaging about 50 by 100 feet and priced at $150 each. The homes were to be small ornamental cottages. A number of these small homes were built and still survive to this day. Overall, the planned community was a financial bust.<br><br> Several small vignette illustrations surround the map, some of these are views of: Fort Dumpling, Benton’s Reef lightship, Fort Adams, Lime Rocks the New and Old Ferry docks in Jamestown. <br><br> The map is quite scarce with under five examples known. A comparison to the example at the New York Public Library shows several variations which seem to indicate ours would be a second state: a changed Newport address for real estate agent and publisher Daniel Watson; the pictorial vignettes seen here are absent; and a good number of property owner's names not seen there are presently added or updated.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fair condition: Lower right corner replaced in facsmilie. No loss of map image, just the neatline and vignette of windmill. Visibly good.
REFERENCE: Phillips Maps, page 245.
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