Map of Highwood Bluffs 1909

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Title

Map of Highwood Bluffs 1909

Subject

Bluff area of Weehawken

Description

Map of Highwood Bluffs, the extension of High Bluff Terrace, printed in 1909. The area was purchased by S. E. Renner and Thomas Henry, developers of this area and also Sterling Avenue, on the other side of the Hudson Boulevard, now Boulevard East.

Drawn over lots 27-30 is the outline of Highwood Bluff, or the Bluff, the home of Archibald Gracie King, son of James Gore King, who settled in Weehawken in 1832. Archibald died in 1897, but the home remained standing until the mid-1920s.

Date

1909

Type

OT

Identifier

WH00143

Tags

Citation

“Map of Highwood Bluffs 1909,” The Weehawken Time Machine, accessed April 25, 2024, https://weehawkentimemachine.omeka.net/items/show/3608.