From the PALMM Sanborn Map site: "[The maps] showed the size (including color-coding), shape and construction of buildings (brick, adobe, frame, etc), dwellings (including hotels and churches), and other structures such as bridges, docks and barns. Along with fire stations, you could also find water facilities, sprinklers, hydrants, cisterns, and alarm boxes as well as firewalls, windows, doors, elevators and chimneys and roof types. The maps included street names, property boundaries and lot lines, and house and block numbers...Today, the maps are an invaluable guide to inner-city history, land use, and historic preservation."
Choose one of the 4 years to view a map. Click on one of the numbered blocks to view more detail. You can then zoom in/out and pan around. Click here to open this site in a new window.
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