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Sanborn Maps
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The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps show details of street patterns, lot lines, and the placement, size, shape, construction materials, and use of buildings in American cities. This online collection is in black and white only, so the color coding denoting construction material does not show. See also: How to read a Sanborn Map
Use this database to answer questions like:
Did my house use to have a garage? Are there buried fuel tanks?
What used to be at a particular address?
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Maps
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