Edwin Clark Litchfield

Edwin Litchfield (1815 – 1885) was born in Delhi, New York, trained as a lawyer, founded the law firm of Litchfield and Tracy in 1848 and moved to 123 Waverly Place in Greenwich Village. He and his two brothers, Electus Litchfield (1817-1888) and Egbert Litchfield (dates unknown), became railroad investors and contractors. By the 1850’s, With the income from his position as treasurer and president of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroads, Litchfield began buying up large tracks of farm land in Brooklyn. He owned a square mile of land that is currently 1st Street to 9th Street, from the Gowanus Creek to Prospect Park. He planned to develop the land from 4th Avenue to the Park for residential use and the land below 4th Avenue for industrial use.

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