Research Catalog

Title

Map of the Melrose addition to Roanoke City, Virginia : owned by the Melrose Land Co. / prepared by G. Wm. Baist, Map Publisher.

Author

Baist, G. Wm. (George William), 1859-1927

Publication

906 Walnut Street, Philadelphia : G. Wm. Baist, Map Publisher, [1890]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 map : hand colored; 32 x 80 cm on sheet 39 x 87 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US250.2.07

Subjects

• Roanoke (Va.) > Maps
• Maps
• Real property > Virginia > Roanoke > Maps
• Real estate development > Virginia > Roanoke > Maps
• Roanoke (Virginia) > Maps
• Cadastral maps
• City planning > Virginia > Roanoke > Maps

Genre/Form

• Cadastral maps.
• Maps.

Note

• Shows streets, railroad, block and lot numbers, and major public buildings.
• Oriented with north toward upper left.
• "For information address C. O'Leary & Co., general real estate agents, Roanoke, Virginia."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5478

OCLC

1001810657

Author

Baist, G. Wm. (George William), 1859-1927, creator, publisher.

Title

Map of the Melrose addition to Roanoke City, Virginia : owned by the Melrose Land Co. / prepared by G. Wm. Baist, Map Publisher.

Publisher

906 Walnut Street, Philadelphia : G. Wm. Baist, Map Publisher, [1890]

Cartographic Data

Scale not given (W 79°59ʹ23ʺ--W 79°56ʹ38ʺ/N 37°17ʹ24ʺ--N 37°16ʹ52ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 8, page 666, column 2, no. 4

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy stamped in top margin: "Von Hermert & Co, Roanoke, Va."

Source

US250.2.07

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Roanoke (Virginia) Maps.

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5478