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The Westchester County Archives houses an extensive collection of maps and
building plans -- over 75,000 items -- dating from 1766 to the present. An online
item index of much of this collection is available through the Archives'
internal database system, as well as other paper-based finding aids. Digital
images are already available for some items in this
collection, and high-quality scans can be produced for most other
items
if necessary. Price information for map reproduction is available
upon request.
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Sample page from County Block Index, which indexes
maps filed with the County Clerk's office from 1766 to the early
1990s.
Click on image to view details of this page for an area in
Scarsdale.
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The Maps and Plans collection at the Westchester County Archives includes the following types of
materials (dates are approximate):
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- Property
maps (1766-early 1990s) filed in the County Clerk's Office, showing individual
properties and often including building details and other property date
- Parks and
parkways maps (1914-present), including land-taking maps used in parkway
construction and detailed maps of many parks
- City, town
and village maps (mid-1800s- present) from all areas of the County and the
Bronx, which was, until 1898, part of Westchester County
- Specialty
maps (1920s-present) which cover topics such as zoning, planning, taxation,
historic sites, archeological sites, bus routes, etc.
- Atlases
(1867-present) of the County, including some insurance
atlases. The
pages from an 1867 atlas are available online.
- Building
plans (1910s-present) of many county buildings, including Playland amusement
rides and facilities, the County Office Building, various Courthouses, the
Grasslands Hospital complex, bridges of the Bronx River Parkway, and others
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