Atwell-Hicks Map Collection, circa 1838-1902

Summary

Creator:

Atwell-Hicks.

Abstract:

Ann Arbor, Mich., civil engineering, surveying, and planning firm. Cadastral maps, showing land ownership, of Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor, Mich.; also maps of mill sites on Huron River at Broadway in Ann Arbor. Many of the maps drawn by J. B. Davis.

Extent:

40 items

Language:

English

Call Number:

94160 Bb 2

Authors:

Finding aid created by Leonard A. Coombs, September 1993

Background

Scope and Content:

The maps in this collection were not created by Atwell-Hicks, but were apparently acquired by the firm in the course of its business.

There are four groups of maps in the collection: Plat maps of Washtenaw County (20 maps), Plat maps of Ann Arbor (11 maps), Maps of mill sites along the Huron River at Broadway in Ann Arbor (7 maps), and Miscellaneous (1 map).

Plat maps of Washtenaw County include one map for each township, which show names of initial land purchasers and subsequent landowners through about the 1850s. Plat maps of Ann Arbor are cadastral maps (show property boundaries) and some show land ownership as well. Maps of mill sites along the Huron River at Broadway in Ann Arbor show in great detail the complex of mills, millraces, dams, and outbuildings in the Broadway area. Miscellaneous includes one map of a lake in Lenawee County.

Biographical / Historical:

Atwell-Hicks, Inc. is an Ann Arbor, Mich., civil engineering, surveying, and planning firm. It was founded in 1905 by Harry H. Atwell, professor of civil engineering at the University of Michigan. The firm has been involved in one way or another in much of the twentieth-century development of Ann Arbor, especially in the post-World War II period.

Acquisition Information:

The collection was donated in 1993 by Atwell-Hicks (donor 7559 )

Subjects

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Subjects:

Real property -- Michigan -- Washtenaw County -- Maps.
Real property -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor -- Maps.
Landowners -- Michigan -- Washtenaw County -- Maps.
Landowners -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor -- Maps.
Mills and mill work -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor -- Maps.

Formats:

Maps.

Names:

Davis, Joseph Baker, 1845-1920.

Places:

Washtenaw County (Mich.) -- Maps.
Ann Arbor (Mich.) -- Maps.
Huron River (Oakland County-Monroe County, Mich.)