{"id":532,"date":"2023-07-22T22:37:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T22:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahs.maripress.com\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2023-07-24T22:03:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:03:15","slug":"sanborn-fire-insurance-maps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/sanborn-fire-insurance-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanborn fire insurance maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company first gained recognition for creating richly detailed fire insurance maps &#8211; maps that are so full of valuable information that they are still widely used today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich with valuable and detailed information, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps &#8211; originally created as a product to help insurance companies assess the potential risks involved in underwriting policies &#8211; have developed into a tool with myriad uses for multiple industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanborn Fire Insurance maps typically include the following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Building addresses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building height<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building footprints<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Street names<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Number of stories per building<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building construction materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Right of way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially created to estimate fire insurance risks, the company&#8217;s maps are frequently used for historical research, and for preservation and restoration efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Library of Congress has over 950+ Sanborn Maps of Wisconsin cities. To search by county and then city visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/sanborn-maps\/?fa=location:wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/sanborn-maps\/?fa=location:wisconsin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About the Sanborn Map collection visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/sanborn-maps\/about-this-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/sanborn-maps\/about-this-collection\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Color key to Sanborn Maps visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.berkeley.edu\/ld.php?content_id=56535040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/guides.lib.berkeley.edu\/ld.php?content_id=56535040<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company first gained recognition for creating richly detailed fire insurance maps &#8211; maps that are so full of valuable information that they are still widely used today. Rich with valuable&#8230; <a class=\"di-continue-reading\" href=\"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/sanborn-fire-insurance-maps\/\"> Continue Reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-right-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533,"href":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomahawkhistoricalsoc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}