Handsome original 1867 antique lithographed hand colored map of the town of New Fairfield in Fairfield County, Connecticut, printed more than 150 years ago.

• It depicts the area before the creation of Candlewood Lake and Margerie Reservoir, and details include wagon roads, businesses, school districts, churches, cemeteries, saw mills, and individual homes and farms, with the names of property owners.



• It is drawn on a scale of two inches to the mile, and the image area measures 40.4 x 32 cm [16" x 12½"].



• There's an inset plan of New Fairfield Center, drawn on a scale of 40 rods to the inch, along with a business directory.



• Among the named places, features, and businesses are Ball Pond, A.F. Beardsley's Lightning Rod Factory, Congregational Church, Wood Creek, Town Hall, Squantz Pond, Great Meadow, Benjamin Beers Churn & Cultivator Factory, Locust Glen, and the Great Hollow School.



• Condition:  The map is in excellent condition, bright and clean, with no marks, rips, or tears. It is blank on the back, with no printing on the reverse side. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• It was published by F.W. Beers, A.D. Ellis & G.C. Soule, New York, 1867 in Atlas of New York and Vicinity. It is identified as Plate 49.



• It is an original, authentic 1867 map, not a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine.



• It would make a handsome display in your den or office. It would also make a perfect gift, and we'll include our helpful framing tips with your purchase, along with a photocopy of the title page of the atlas in which it was printed.



• Frederick W. Beers, known for his county survey maps of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Connecticut and Vermont came from a family of surveyors, cartographers and publishers originally from Newtown, Connecticut.



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