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Title:
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Durham, North Carolina, 1884 (Google Earth Overlay) Beta
Creator(s):
Sanborn (Firm), Publisher
Date:
1884
Description:
Using the Google Earth web application, we have created semi-transparent images from the original set of Fire Insurance Map of 1888 and placed these over satellite imagery of present-day Durham. Because of a paucity of information of some buildings presented on pages 6 and 7, we provide an approximate location for the Bobbin and Shuttle Mill, the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company, and J.W. Allen's Tobacco Prize House. This fire insurance map by the Sanborn Map & Publishing Company provides a detailed look at the commercial buildings that stood within the town limits of Durham, North Carolina in 1884. The map contains an index page to city streets and the location of the county courthouse, jail, churches, manufacturers, tobacco warehouses and prizing establishments, mills, stables, and other enterprises. A key to the maps provides details about the construction of the buildings (whether they have been built from stone, brick or wood) as well as details about the number of stories and windows. The maps also list the type of commercial enterprises housed in various structures. For larger businesses, the cartographer details the number of workers employed and describes the establishments’ fire-fighting capabilities.
Source:
North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Copyright:
Reproduced with the permission of the North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Notes:
For the 103 MB KMZ file, click here

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Real property -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Maps
Durham (N.C.) -- Maps -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century
Real property -- North Carolina -- Durham County -- 19th century

Geographic Term:
Durham (N.C.)

The copyright interest in the material in this digital collection has not been transferred to the Digital Durham project. These text and images may not be used for any commercial purpose without the permission of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the Digital Durham Project. Copyright permission for subsequent uses is the responsibility of the user.