Item #161 Plan Of A Section Of Sea Shore Lots AT Makonikey Heights Marthas Vineyard Mass…. H. T. WHITMAN.
A Best Laid Plan
Martha's Vineyard/ Makonikey.
[Boston, c. 1890]

Plan Of A Section Of Sea Shore Lots AT Makonikey Heights Marthas Vineyard Mass….

16 x 23 inches, Lithograph mounted on early linen, lightly toned, some wrinkling, else excellent.

A rare, nicely executed plan designed to attract investment in an early development in the Makonikey area in the northwest part of Martha's Vineyard, lying between Tisbury and Vineyard Haven.  What today is a semi rural area was once the site of a uniquely ill-fated resort hotel that was part of this development; its location has been penciled in the lower portion of the map.  The Makonikey Inn both opened and closed in 1893, the year of the great Panic, and though the structure survived for some decades, it never again made a go as a hotel:

http://www.mvtimes.com/2017/02/08/this-was-then-the-makonikey-inn/

A key map at lower right highlights the area of the Makonikey Heights development.

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