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Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont
- Date Created: 1869-1922
- Description: This collection contains large-scale maps of Vermont villages and cities produced to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The collection currently includes maps of communities in Chittenden and Franklin Counties that were published from 1869 to 1922. Maps from other Vermont communities will be added in the future. The detailed maps provide an important historical record of industrial areas, business districts, and some residential sections. Because most insurance maps were periodically updated and revised, they provide evidence of changes that occurred during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The colored 21 x 25 inch sheets show building footprints, construction methods and materials, size and number of floors, and uses. They also show streets, railroads, wharves and slips, property boundaries, street numbers, water systems and fire protection. Most map sets include an index sheet showing the mapped area and sheet numbers, a list of streets and addresses, a “specials index” of businesses and organizations, and a detailed key that lists the symbols used to indicate building features. Original Vermont fire insurance maps, including maps published after 1922, are available in UVM Special Collections - http://specialcollections.uvm.edu/
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Fire Insurance Maps of Burlington, Vermont, 1889
- Description: The 1889 fire insurance maps for Burlington, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn Map and Publishing Co. to provide insurance companies and underwriters with detailed and accurate information about individual properties. Queen City Park, located in the adjacent town of South Burlington, is also shown.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of Burlington, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont, 1895
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1895
- Description: The 1895 fire insurance map sheets for the village of St. Albans, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn-Perris Map Co. to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The maps record the extensive railroad facilities west of Main Street, manufacturing and industrial enterprises located nearby, the city’s commercial center along Main Street, and the churches, courthouse and academy located east of Taylor Park. The maps also include residences in the central section of St. Albans.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of Burlington, Vermont, 1894
- Date Created: 1894
- Description: The 1894 fire insurance maps for Burlington, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn-Perris Map Co. to provide insurance companies and underwriters with detailed and accurate information about individual properties. Two areas located outside Burlington, Queen City Park in the town of South Burlington and Dr. W. Seward Webb's farm in Shelburne, are also shown.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of Burlington, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of Winooski, Vermont, 1909
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1909
- Description: The 1909 fire insurance map sheets for Winooski, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn Map Co. to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The maps document the extensive mill complexes along the Winooski River, commercial buildings, and the expanding residential areas.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of Winooski, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont, 1920
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1920
- Description: The 1920 fire insurance map sheets for the city of St. Albans, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn Map Co. to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The maps record the extensive railroad facilities west of Main Street, manufacturing and industrial enterprises located nearby, the city’s commercial center along Main Street, and the churches, courthouse and academy located east of Taylor Park. The maps also include residences in the central section of St. Albans. An inset shows the village of St. Albans Bay, three miles west of St. Albans City on Lake Champlain.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of St. Albans, Vermont
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1884-1920
- Description: This collection contains large-scale maps of the village (later city) of St. Albans, Vermont produced by the Sanborn Company from 1884-1920 to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The fire insurance maps provide a detailed record of the development of St. Albans as the “Railroad City.” St. Albans was the administrative and operational headquarters for the Central Vermont. Rail yards, shops for repairing and fabricating rolling stock, offices, and freight and passenger depots covered many acres west of Main Street. The insurance maps focus on the railroad facilities, manufacturing and industrial enterprises located nearby, the city’s commercial center along Main Street, and the churches, courthouse and academy located east of Taylor Park. The maps also include residences in the central section of St. Albans. The colored 21 x 25 inch map sheets show building footprints, construction methods and materials, size and number of floors, and uses. They also indicate streets, railroads, property boundaries, street numbers, water systems, and fire protection. Each map set includes a detailed key that lists the symbols used to indicate building features. The 1889-1920 sets include an index sheet showing the mapped area and sheet numbers, a list of streets and addresses, and a “specials index” of businesses and organizations. Later St. Albans insurance maps (1926 and 1964) are available in UVM Special Collections. More information about Sanborn fire insurance maps is available here - http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/sanborn/
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont
Part of: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of Winooski, Vermont, 1889
- Creator: Sanborn Map Company
- Date Created: 1889
- Description: The 1889 fire insurance map sheets for Winooski, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn Map and Publishing Co. to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The maps document the extensive mill complexes along the Winooski River and the churches, residences, and commercial buildings in the village center.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of Winooski, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of Burlington, Vermont, 1900
- Date Created: 1900
- Description: The 1900 fire insurance maps for Burlington, Vermont were produced by the Sanborn-Perris Map Co. to provide insurance companies and underwriters with detailed and accurate information about individual properties. There are also maps of two areas located outside Burlington, Queen City Park in the town of South Burlington and Dr. W. Seward Webb's farm in Shelburne.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont, Fire Insurance Maps of Burlington, Vermont
Fire Insurance Maps of Burlington, Vermont
- Date Created: 1869-1919
- Description: This collection contains large-scale maps of Burlington, Vermont produced to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The fire insurance maps provide a remarkably detailed record of the city’s development in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The maps dating from 1885, 1894, 1900, 1906, 1912 and 1919 were produced by the Sanborn Company. The earliest set, from 1869, does not indicate a publisher, but it is very similar to other early Sanborn maps. The 1869 maps show the commercial, industrial, and residential area from the Lake Champlain waterfront east to Church and Shelburne Streets and from Pearl Street on the north to Howard Street on the south. Coverage gradually expands to include the growing downtown, the University of Vermont and the manufacturing area at Winooski Falls to the east, and new residential and commercial areas to the north and south. The colored 21 x 25 inch sheets show building footprints, construction methods and materials, size and number of floors, and uses. They also show streets, railroads, wharves and slips, property boundaries, street numbers, water systems and fire hydrants. Except for 1869, each map set includes an index sheet showing the mapped area and sheet numbers, a list of streets and addresses, a “specials index” of businesses and organizations, and a detailed key that lists the symbols used to indicate building features. Later Burlington insurance maps (1926 to 1978) are available in UVM Special Collections - http://library.uvm.edu/sc/. More information about Sanborn fire insurance maps is available here - http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/sanborn/.
- Parent Collections: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont
Part of: Fire Insurance Maps of Vermont