Special Collections Department
Wilbur T. Wilson
Map Collection
Series I. Maps
- Maps 1-58
- Maps 59-124
- Maps 125-198
- Maps 199-250
- Maps 251-280
- Maps 281-345
- Maps 346-412
- Maps 413-448
- Maps 449-475
- Maps 476-493
Contents List
Stored in the oversized map drawers unless otherwise indicated.
125 Seating plan of Opera House, Newark, Delaware. n.d.
59 x 31 cm. No scale. Van Dyke print of map #124.
126 Property south of Main St., between Chapel and Academy Streets, Newark, Del.
n.d.
36 x 45.5 cm. Scale: 1"=120'. Van Dyke print of map #105, q.v. for contents.
127 Property of the Board of Education, Newark, Del. n.d.
36 x 49 m. Scale: 1"=100'. Van Dyke print of map #5, q.v. for contents.
128 Lands of the estate of Joseph and Elizabeth H. Dean, dec'd., Newark, Del. n.d. (2
copies)
53 x 71.5 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. Van Dyke print of map #78, q.v. for contents.
129 Bellemoor. Suburban home sites, Wilmington and Newport Turnpike. Office 502
Shipley Street, R.M. Cranston. n.d.
50.5 x 73 cm. Scale; 1"=100'. Van Dyke print.
Shows: Marsh Road, Wilson & Newport Turnpike, Essex Street, Overland Street,
Westmoreland Avenue, Champlain Avenue, Reamer Ave., Wilmington City
Railway.
130 Map of Belmont and Oaklands, Newark, Delaware. n.d.
71 x 52 cm. Scale: 1"=150'. Van Dyke print of map #20, q.v. for contents.
131 Land of the estate of Joseph and Elizabeth H. Dean, dec'd., Newark, Del. n.d.
53 x 70 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. Tracing of map #78 and 128, q.v. for contents.
132 Property of the estate of George W. Steel, dec'd., Newark, Delaware...Farmers'
Trust Co., Agent. n.d.
56 x 39 cm. Scale: 1"=30'. Tracing of map #106, q.v. for contents.
133 Property of the estate of George W. Steel, dec'd., Newark, Delaware...Farmers'
Trust Co., Agent. n.d.
63 x 45.5 cm. Scale: 1"=30'. Van Dyke print of maps #106 and 132, q.v. for
contents.
134 Road from Fairview School to Uninion (Dempsey store and dwelling) n.d.
63 x 394 cm. Longitudinal scale: 1"=100'; vertical scale: 1"=20'. ms.
Shows: Newark & Avondale Rd., Limestone Rd, Lane to Union School, Frank
Buckingham Lane, Rd from Pleasant Hill to Limestone Rd, Mechanicsville Rd.,
Quarry Rd., Newark & Hockessin Rd.
Property of Mrs. John Knott, J. Kinsey Chambers, Fairview School, property of
Herman Cook , Lewis Whiteman, Mrs. Sarah Worrall, Joseph K. Worrall, Mrs.
T.J. Whiteman, Harvey J. Davis, Joseph Higgins, Ebenezer Church, property of
Frank V. Whiteman, Joseph Eastburn, Thomas Dwyer, Alban Buckingham,
Willard Buckingham, Frank Buckingham, Samuel Pierson, William P. Stinson,
Richard G. Buckingham, Wilmer E. Fell, J.T. Dempsey, Henry Jacobs, J.E.
Eastburn, Red Men's Hall, Uninion.
135 Right of way map, Pomeroy & Newark R.R., Newark, Del. n.d.
45 x 329 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. ms.
Shows: Creek Road, Cleveland Ave., North Chapel St., Main St., South College
Ave., Newark Centre Station, White Clay Creek.
Property of Pennsylvania R.R., P.& N.R.R., Jim Hossinger, Theodore Armstrong,
H.T. Riddle, William Dean, Joseph Dean, James Farley, John E. Lewis, James
Roberts, John Pilling, Mrs. W.F. Walker, Isaac Walker, Thompson Lilley, Alex
Perry, T.A. Mullin, Mrs. S. Biddle, John Johnson, Jno. F. Williamson, Roman
Catholic Church, Mary A. Cloud, Ed. Gilmore, Samuel Wright, R. Pilling, James
Lockheard, Wm. Pennington, Mrs. B. Peters, Thomas Kelly, Alexander Wilson, J.
Griffith, Alfred A. Curtis, John Rupp, George B. Mooney, Edward Wilson, W.D.
Cornog, Dr. Eri W. Haines, Patrick Corbet, Wm. Schult, Geo. Medill.
136 Map of property at the intersection of the Mechanicsville Road and the road
toward Strickersville. n.d.
20 x 42.5 cm. Scale: 1"=200'. blue print.
Shows: Property of James Smith, John T. Johnson, Jonathan Conkey, John
Wright, George Chambers.
137 Map of the Ad. Smith Farm. n.d.
40 x 25 cm. No scale. blue print.
Shows: New London Road, Rd from Mechanicsville Rd. to Creek Rd., property of
Ad. Smith, John Chambers, John McAlister, Mrs. Rebecca Garrett, Andrew
Monaghan, James Anderson.
138 Dellas W. Mews survey. n.d.
38 x 19 cm. Scale: 1"=5 chains. blue print.
Shows: Rd. From New Leads to North East.
Property of Benjamin Miller, James McCauley, John Y. Daniels, Earnest
Stanford.
139 Map of property at the junction of the Pike Creek Road and the road from Pike
Creek to Limestone Road. n.d.
26.5 x 36.5 cm. Scale: 1"=4 chains. blue print.
Shows: Pike Creek, Road to Limestone Rd., Pike Creek road.
Property of John H. Whiteman, Abel Jeanes, Lewis Negendank, William P.
Richardson, Robert Taylor.
140 Plan made from description in Vaughn deed. Property on the road between
Cooch's Bridge and Glasgow.
21.5 x 31 cm. Scale: 1"=8 chains. ms.
Shows: Property of Cantwell Clark, Miss Skinner, Adam Dayett, John Vanhickle,
Robert Cann, Perry Saunders.
141 Plan made from description in Vaughn Deed. Property on the road between
Cooch's Bridge and Glasgow. n.d.
21.5 x 31 cm. Scale: 1"=8 chains. blue print of map #140, q.v. for contents.
142 Rural Free Delivery route No. 1 from Rocks, Harford County, Maryland. Exhibit
B. n.d.
30.5 x 20 cm. Scale: 1.25"=1 mile. blue print.
Shows: Five Forks Road, Madonna Road, Baltimore and Delta R.R., Deer Creek,
Little Deer Creek, Stirrup Run, Rocks P.O., Clermont P.O., Anderson's Mills,
Hope's Corner, Amos & Street's Store, McComas Corner.
143 Map of property of John R. Lynam and Krebs Pigment and Chemical Co.,
between P.W.& B.R.R. and Christiana Creek, surveyed April 22, 1902
30.5 x 23 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. blue print. (2 copies)
Shows: Christiana Creek, P.W.& B.R.R.
Property of John R. Lynman, Krebs Pigment and Chemical Co.
144 Plan of proposed pipe line on Depot Road, Newark, Delaware. n.d.
26 x 40 cm. Scale of plan: 1"=40'; longitudinal scale of profile: 1"=40'; vertical
scale of profile: 1"=4'; longitudinal scale of cross section: 1"=20'; vertical scale of
cross section: 1"=4'. blue print.
145 Map of land conveyed from Saml. to Leonard Comley. n.d.
35.5 x 23 cm. Scale: 1"=4 chains. blue print.
Shows: Road from Christiana to Cooch's Bridge, Christiana Creek.
Property of Charles Cannon, Evan Robinson, Samuel Comley.
146 Map of property on Wilmington Ave. [Elsmere?] n.d.
Shows: Wilmington Ave.
Property of L.B. Guest, S.M. Cranston, Mrs. Wilhelmina Frederick.
147 Heirs of Wm. Couper, dec'd. to John Moody. n.d.
30 x 28 cm. Scale: 1"=30 perches. blue print.
Shows: Ogletown Rd., Rd. To Christiana Rd.
Property of Arnold Naudain, Ellen T. Naudain, Annie M. Naudain, Elizabeth
Naudain, Thomas Hawthorne, Edward McAllister, James Morrison, Jane
Morrison, Samuel Morrison.
148 Map of property west of intersection of White Clay Creek and the Lincoln
Highway east of Newark, Del. n.d.
30.5 x 50 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. Tracing of map #115, 121-122, q.v. for contents.
149 Estate of David C. Rose to Dr. Wallace M. Johnson. Circ. 1924.
39 x 48.5 cm. Scale: 1"=120'. ms.
Shows: Cooch's Bridge Road, Newark Poultry Farms.
Property of David C. Rose, Dr. Wallace M. Johnson on the road leading from
Newark, Del. to Cooch's Bridge, Mrs. Mary H. Rose.
150 Map showing property of Alfred H. Davis, Bartholomew Drourke, and Dr.
Wallace M. Johnson on the road leading from Newark, Del. To Cooch's Bridge.
n.d.
34 x 26 cm. Scale: 1"=120'. ms.
151 Estate John Pilling, dec'd., May 9, 1924, conveyed to John [?] Cunningham.
33 x 25.5 cm. Scale: 1"=20'. ms.
Shows also: Property of Miss Martha A.E. Phillips, John Chambers.
152 Ritz survey. n.d.
10.5 x 21.5 cm. Scale: 1"=20'. ms.
Shows: Park Ave.
153 Mousley survey. n.d.
21 x 40.5 cm. Scale: 1"=120'. ms.
154 Mrs. Mae E. Pass to H.A. Mousley, surveyed Oct. 7, 1929.
26 x 27 cm. No scale. ms. (2 sheets)
With work sheet and computation of areas by double meridian distances.
155 To DuPont from George E.C. Davis, surveyed July 5, 1929.
24.5 x 30 cm. Scale: 1"=150'. ms.
156 Herman Cook reservation from farm sold to DuPont, surveyed June 20, 1929.
15.5 x 29 cm. Scale: 1"=80'. ms.
Shows: Rd. from PaperMill Bridge to Milford Cross Roads
157 Property of Thomas F. Manns, Mrs. Ritz, Charles C. Palmer and Robert O.
Bausman on Park Place Road, Newark, Del. n.d.
44.5 x 24 cm. Scale: 1"=40'. ms.
158 Map of the Kennedy farm on New London Road at junction with road to
Yeatman's Mill, n.d.
30 x 47.5 cm. No scale. blue print.
Shows: New London Road, Rd. leading from Head of Elk to Evans Mill (later
known as Yeatman's Mill).
Property of Wm. S. Kennedy, Jr., Robert Kennedy, Rebecca Kennedy, John W.
Kennedy, James Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Wm. Curry, John Harper, Wm.
Lair, Jr.
159 Map of the Kennedy farm on New London Road at junction with road to
Yeatman's Mill. n.d.
30.5 x 48.5 cm. No scale. Van Dyke positive print of map #158, q.v. for
contents.
160 William Kennedy farm. n.d.
34 x 54 cm. No scale. Tracing of certain mail lines of map #158, but without
text.
161 William Kennedy farm, Strickersville. n.d.
40 x 53 cm. Scale: 1"=20 per. ms.
Shows: Limestone Road, New London Road.
Property of Wm. S. Kennedy, John K. Mackey, Edward F. Scott, James Kennedy,
James Ingram, John Harper, Wm. Curry, Joseph Anderson, Ephraim Morrison,
Isaac Chambers, George Hagerty, Catherine Kennedy, Samuel Evans, Phoebe
Lunn, Wm. Hutchinson, Robert Kennedy, Rebecca Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Jr.,
John Smith, Wm. Davis, Oliver Russell, Joel Jackson, Samuel Tyson, Jesse
Dehaven, Jacob Painter, Tunis Lee, James Conney, Anson Garrett, Robert Carter,
Jonathan Collom.
162 Map of the property of Wm. Kennedy, Jr., near Strickersville, Pa. n.d.
20 x 20 cm. No scale. ms.
"1.42 miles from Wm Kennedy Residence to Kimblesville."
163 Map of Newark Trust and Safe Deposit Co.'s suburban home sites, Newark, Del.
Surveyed March, 1909.
29.5 x 57 cm. Scale: 1"=120'. blue print of map #120 with ms. additions.
Shows: Depot Road, [Park Place Road], Red Men's Home.
Property of Mrs. Jennie Jex, Ernest Frazer, John Doyle, Everett Harding, Mrs.
Kate L. Malone, C.R.E. Lewis, Charles R. Holton, Sarah Campbell, Emma
Campbell, Edward L. Richards, Edgar McMullen, Frank Mackie, Everett C.
Johnson.
164 Plan of W.T. Wilson property. n.d.
45 x 28 cm. No scale. ms.
Shows: Main St.
Property of Wilbur T. Wilson, Mrs. S.A. Roach, J.W. Evans, Benjamin Caulk,
James T. Maxwell.
165 Property south of Main St. and east of Old Oak Lane, Newark, Del. [1911?]
25.5 x 35 cm. Scale: 1"=50'. ms. on tracing paper.
Shows: Main St., Wilson Lane.
property of Rathmell Wilson, Herman Tyson, Mrs. Anna Mary Wilson, Miss
Elizabeth Wilson, Miss Martha R. Wilson, Miss Alice Wilson.
166 Estate of Geo. H. Huber, dec'd., to Diamond Ice Co./ James Pappas to Diamond
Ice Co. [1928]
31 x 51 cm. Scale: 1"=20'. ms. (2 sheets)
With work sheet and description.
Shows: Main St., Haines St.
Property of John F. Richards, John Kinsey Chambers, Jane Haines, Dr. Eri W.
Haines, Diamond Ice & Coal Co., George H. Huber, James Pappas, Gus Pappas,
John E. Lewis.
167 New East End Building Sights [sic], Main St., Newark, n.d.
29 x 43 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. ms.
Shows: Main St., Lincoln Highway, McKee Lane, Delaware Ave.
Property of R.L. Haney, J. Calvin Hess, J. Leonard & Bertha V. Lewis, Mrs. Essie
W. Spooner, M.W. Richie, Miss Naudain, Potts.
168 Map showing James Wilson and Academy exchange. n.d.
51.5 x 36 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. ms. on tracing cloth.
Shows: Main St., Academy St., Delaware Ave., Newark Academy.
Property of Jas. A. Wilson, Eri W. Haines, Edmund A. Lewis.
169 Whittingham lot, Lincoln Highway. n.d.
25 x 48 cm. Scale: 1"=60'. ms. (2 sheets)
With sheet of description and dimensions.
Shows: Woodland Ave., Barnard property line.
170 Map of property northwest of the crossing of Amstel Ave. and Orchard Road,
Newark, Del. n.d.
22 x 28 cm. Scale: 1"=40'. ms.
Shows: Amstel Ave., Latta Ave.
Property of Charles A. Knotts, Alice W. Knotts, John V. Price, Lena Price,
Newark Real Estate Company.
171 Wilmington station of the Atlantic Refining Co. of Philadelphia. February, 1900.
32 x 59.5 cm. Scale: 1"=20'. blue print.
Shows: Commerce St., Christiana River.
Property of the company.
172 Map of unidentified plat adjoining the properties of Wm. Kelley, B. Saunders, Sid
Saunders, F. Clair, Mary Ann Springer, Wm. P. Richardson, John H. Whiteman,
Abel Jeanes. n.d.
25 x 47.5 cm. No scale. blue print.
(See Map 139)
173 Map of property of John R. Lynam, etc., between Christiana Creek and P.B.&
W.R.R. n.d.
30 x 33 cm. No scale. blue print. (2 copies)
174 Property south of Main St., between Chapel and Academy Streets, Newark,
Delaware. n.d.
34 x 44 cm. Scale: 1"=120'. Tracing of map #105, q.v. for contents.
175 Grate inlet "A" to be built at Sta. 111 + 50 on the Lancaster t'p'k. n.d.
25 x 38.5 cm.
176 Map of property of Ridley Creek Supply Company. n.d.
30 x 41 cm. No scale. blue print.
Shows: Ridley Creek.
Property G. Pearson Cloud, Preston Moore, John G. Smedley.
177 Map of property of Michael Keeley, Andrew Fisher, Joel Woodward, Jacob A.
Gicker and Benjamin Healey. n.d.
31 x 50.5 cm. No scale. blue print.
Shows: Road to Christiana Bridge, line of Welsh Tract Baptist Church.
178 Map of property of John L. Talley, Dutton Richards, Jas. H. McClary, Samuel
Cooper. n.d.
25 x 33.5 cm. No scale. blue print.
Shows also: Road from Red Clay Creek Church to Marshallton.
179 Map of property of John Talley, Dutton Richards, Irving Woodward, E. Lynam.
n.d.
24 x 31.5 cm. No scale. blue print.
180 Harrison Gray building lots, New London Road, Newark, Del. n.d.
49.5 x 34 cm. Scale: 1"=50'. blue print.
Shows: New London Road, Bog Run.
Property of George Green, Delaware School Auxiliary Assn.
181 Wm. Morrison farm conveyed to J. Scott, later in succession to Hermann Cook
and Hallack DuPont. n.d.
53 x 40.5 cm. Scale: 1"=300'. ms.
Shows: Property of Wm. Register, Edward Richards, Mrs. Wm. Morrison.
182 Map of property South of Main St. and above Delaware Ave., Newark, Del. n.d
19.5 x 44.5 cm. No scale. blue print.
Shows: Main St., Delaware Ave.
Property of Dr. Walter Steel, Miss Annie Hossinger, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Zigler.
183 J.W. Suddard to Plitt, August 1925
36 x 21 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. ms.
Shows: Rd. Leading from Newark to Glasgow.
Property of J.W. Suddard, Oliver Suddard.
184 Map of property west of Chapel St. & South of Main St., Newark, Del. 1895.
32.5 x 64.5 cm. Scale: 1"=180'. ms.
Shows: Main St., Chapel St., Haines St., Griffith St., Delaware Ave.
Property of A.J. Mote, Benjamin Wilson, Jas. T. Maxwell, Edmund A. Lewis, Jas.
A. Wilson, P.W.& B.R.R. Co., David C. Rose, E. McPike, H. Steel, W.T. Singles,
H.B. Herdman, Wright & Son Co.
185 Map of property bounded by B.& O.R.R., North College Ave. and Cleveland
Ave., Newark, Del. n.d.
16.5 x 30 cm. No scale. ms. on tracing cloth.
Shows: B.& O.R.R., North College Ave. and Cleveland Ave., College Ave.,
Wilbur St.
Property of John Price.
186 J.W. Suddard to Oliver Suddard. Surveyed November, 1922.
21.5 x 35 cm. Scale: 1"=3 chains. ms.
Shows: Public road from Newark to Glasgow.
Property of Charles H. Lafferty, J.W. Evans, Charles A. Morrison, J.W. Suddard,
Oliver Suddard, Christiana Creek, Welsh Tract Road.
187 Map of property between Charles G. Blandy and Mrs. Mary Donnell, on the south
side of W. Main St., Newark, Del. n.d.
34 x 30.5 cm. no scale. ms.
Shows: Main St.
Property of John Whann, Charles G. Blandy, Joseph Hossinger, Mrs. Mary
Donnell.
188 School property -- Final survey. n.d
41 x 53.5 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. ms. badly torn.
Shows: Century Club.
Property of S.J. Wright, Huber.
189 Map of property of Harvey Hoffecker, late of George Ferguson. n.d.
31.5 x 37.5 cm. Scale: 1"=40'. blue print.
Shows: Public road, i.e., East Main St.
Property of Harry Hoffecker, George Ferguson, Mrs. Sarah McKee.
190 Map of Wm. Lovett tract, Newark, Del. Survey & map by Howard K. Preston,
April 1925.
18 x 38 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. ms. on tracing cloth.
Shows: Hynes, i.e., Haines St., Lovett Ave.
Property of Newark Public School, James T. Maxwell, George H. Huber.
191 School property & tracings of exchange between Wm. Lovett and Board of
Education of the Newark Special School District. 1925.
41 x 70 cm. Scale: 1"=80'. ms.
Shows: Property of Newark Board of Education, George H. Huber, John K.
Chambers, Wm. J. Lovett, Jacob Rupp, Albert L. Lewis, Samuel J. Wright.
192 Property conveyed by Hugh J. Toomey to Lee Ferguson. Surveyed Sept. 1, 1925.
28.5 x 40.5 cm. no scale. ms.
193 Map of property bounded by the property of George H. Huber, S.J. Wright, Wm.
J. Lovett, James T. Maxwell, Newark Public School, & Mrs. Nellie Bennett.
Surveyed by Howard K. Preston, May 20, 1925.
15 x 38 cm. Scale: 1"=100'. ms. on tracing cloth.
194 Map of property west of N. College Ave. between Ray St. and Cleveland Ave.
n.d.
31.5 x 48.5 cm. no scale. blue print.
Shows: College Ave., Cleveland Ave., Ray St.
Property of W.R. Kennedy, Wm. G. Logan, Jos. H. Hossinger.
195 Map of property on Elkton Road bounded by the properties of George G. Kerr,
Alfred Heiser, George McConaughey and the Bower estate. n.d.
51 x 37.5 cm. Scale: 1"=5 chains. blue print.
196 Map of property of James A. Wilson, Mrs. Rebecca A. Wilson, Robert Potts and
Miss Naudain on East Main St., Newark, Del., n.d.
53 x 35.5 cm. no scale. ms. on tracing cloth.
197 Rural Free Delivery route No. 1, from Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Exhibit C. n.d.
60.5 x 40 cm. Scale: 2"=1 mile. blue print.
Shows: Quaker Lane, Trapman's Lane, Ivy Hill Road, Western Run Pike, York
Pike, Gladman's Run, Western Run, Northern Central R.R., Gunpowder Falls,
Beaver Dam, Cockeysville, Showman P.O., Oregon P.O., A. Brogden's Corner,
Ashland Iron Co.
198 Map of land conveyed from Whitaker Iron Company to School District No. 112. n.d.
39 x 30 cm. Scale: 1"=30'. blue print.
Shows: Christiana and Elkton Turnpike
Property of Whitaker Iron Co., James Williams.
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Wilbur T. Wilson
Map Collection
Manuscript Collection Number: 377
Accessioned: Gift of the Estate of Wilbur T. Wilson, 1942
Extent: 4 linear ft. and ca. 500 maps
Content: Maps, notebooks, ledgers, directory, and narrative.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: August 1998 by Arthur Siegel; completed by Tabitha Groh, February 2000
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