- Digital
Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
- Access note: login required for off-campus
access.
Access to maps of over 100 Tennessee towns and cities. Sanborn maps
are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians,
architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners,
environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth,
and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. They are
large-scale plans containing data that can be used to estimate the
potential risk for urban structures. This includes information such as the
outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials,
heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The
maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property
boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Seven or eight
different editions represent some areas.
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