Sanborn Insurance Maps

Sanborn Insurance maps were originally created to estimate fire insurance risks, so they provide lots of information about the types of construction of houses and the use of buildings. The Archives contains many scanned images, but they are hard to find. The list can be found at Special Collection 2907 but, once you get to the right microfilm copy, it is hard to find the right image. The following provides indexes and links to the specific images:

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