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Boston
Sanborn Maps
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Boston
Sanborn Maps Online
Electronic
Sanborn Maps
Find
Boston area Sanborn maps online using the digitized version of
the Chadwyck-Healey Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Massachusetts.
Years of coverage ranges from 1867-1970. These maps show:
-
the footprint of every building and record building size, use,
address numbers.
- vulnerability
to fire, flood, and earthquakes.
- industrial
uses, dumps, parks, and cemeteries, making them useful for environmental
and health assessments.
- These
maps record the social and architectural history of American
cities and towns in Massachusetts.
Boston
Sanborn Maps on Microfilm
- detailed
fire insurance maps by the Sanborn Map Company show building
footprints, lot size, land use, etc.
- Microfilm
located in file cabinets at rear of Level 1 in Rotch Library
- NOTE:
Neighborhood
boundaries may differ from their modern counterparts.
Ex: Brighton was
a separate municipality from Boston; the 1884 Brighton
map is in Reel 11 with other towns.
- modern
Boston Sanborns (1964 and 1990) are in the microfilm of Sanborn
maps
for other Massachusetts cities and
towns.
Contents
of the microfilm collection of Sanborn maps from 1867-1982. [7
reels]
G1230.S26 1983
Reel 4
Town
|
Year
|
Vol.
|
Area
|
Sections
|
|
Beverly
|
1886-1937
|
|
|
|
|
Blackstone
|
1885-1940
|
|
|
|
|
Boston
|
1867
|
v.
1
|
Downtown
|
|
|
|
1885
|
v.
1
|
Downtown
- South End
|
1-25C
|
|
|
1887
|
v.
2
|
Back
Bay - South End
|
29-59
|
|
|
1888
|
v.
3
|
Roxbury
- Jamaica Plain - West Roxbury, parts of Brighton &
Brookline
|
62-100
|
|
|
1888
|
v.
4
|
South
Boston - Dorchester - Mattapan
|
106-141
|
| |
1888
|
v.
5 |
Charlestown
- East
Boston
|
146-178 |
Reel 5
top
of page
Town
|
Year
|
Vol.
|
Area
|
Sections
|
| Cambridge/
Somerville |
1888
|
v.
6
|
parts
of Somerville & Cambridge
|
182-219
|
| Boston |
1895 |
v.
1 |
Downtown
- Chinatown |
1-58
|
| |
1897 |
v.
2 |
Back
Bay - South End - North Dorchester |
1-83
|
|
|
1897
|
v.
3
|
Roxbury
- Mission Hill - Jamaica Plain (aka "West Roxbury")
|
1-112
|
| |
1899
|
v.
4
|
South
Boston - North Dorchester |
1-104
|
| |
1900
|
v.
5 |
Charlestown
- East Boston (incl Breed's Isl.)
|
1-111 |
Reel 6
Town
|
Year
|
Vol.
|
Area
|
Sections
|
| Boston |
1898
|
v.
6
|
Allston-Brighton,
part of Brookline
|
1-118
|
| |
1898
|
v.
7 |
Jamaica
Plain - Roslindale - West Roxbury - Hyde Park |
1-118
|
| |
1899 |
v.
8 |
North
Dorchester - Mattapan |
1-110
|
|
|
1904
|
|
Central
Business District
|
|
| |
1922
|
|
water
mains - Downtown |
|
| |
1922
|
|
"Congested
district" (Downtown) - shows bldg material type
|
|
| |
1909 |
v.
1 |
Downtown |
1-58 |
| |
1929 |
v.
1N |
North
End - West End - Downtown |
1-34 |
| |
|
|
Central
Bus. Distr. 1:250 |
|
| |
1929 |
v.
1S |
Downtown
- Chinatown - part of South End |
35-68 |
Reel 7
top
of page
Town
|
Year
|
Vol.
|
Area
|
Sections
|
|
Boston
|
1914
|
v.
2
|
Back
Bay - South End
|
1-89
|
| |
1937 |
v.
2N |
Back
Bay - Fenway |
201-250
|
| |
1938 |
v.
2S |
South
End |
251-299
|
|
|
1919
|
v.
3
|
Fenway
- Mission Hill - Jamaica Plain - Roxbury
|
1-114
|
|
|
1923
|
v.
4
|
South
Boston - North Dorchester |
401-499H |
| |
1927
|
v.
5 |
East
Boston - Charlestown
|
501-599G |
Reel 8
Town
|
Year
|
Vol.
|
Area
|
Sections
|
|
Boston
|
1925
|
v.
6
|
Allston
- Brighton
|
601-699I
|
| |
1928 |
v.
7 |
Jamaica
Plain - Roslindale - West Roxbury |
1-98
|
| |
1931 |
v.
8 |
mid-Dorchester
- Roxbury |
801-899B
|
|
|
1908
|
v.
9
|
Dorchester
|
1-116
|
|
|
1931
|
v.
9
|
South
Dorchester |
901-999G |
| |
1929
|
v.
10 |
Roslindale
- West Roxbury
|
1001-1095 |
Reel 9
top
of page
Town
|
Year
|
Vol.
|
Area
|
Sections
|
|
Boston
|
1930
|
v.
11
|
Hyde
Park - South Dorchester - West Roxbury
|
1101-1238
|
| |
1929
revised to 1946 |
v.
1N |
Downtown,
incl. water supply mains & congested district maps |
1-68
|
| |
1937
rev. to 1951 |
v.
2N |
Back
Bay - Fenway |
201-250
|
|
|
1938
rev. to 1950
|
v.
2S
|
South
End
|
251-299
|
|
|
1919
rev. to 1947
|
v.
3
|
Fenway
- Mission Hill - Jamaica Plain - Roxbury |
1-114 |
| |
1923
rev. to 1947
|
v.
4 |
South
Boston - North Dorchester
|
401-499H |
Reel 10
Town
|
Year
|
Vol.
|
Area
|
Sections
|
|
Boston
|
1927
revised to 1947
|
v. 5
|
East
Boston - Charlestown
|
501-599H
|
| |
1925
rev. to 1949 |
v.
6 |
Allston
- Brighton |
601-699I
|
| |
1928
rev. to 1947 |
v.
7 |
Jamaica
Plain - Roslindale - West Roxbury |
1-98
|
|
|
1931
rev. to 1946
|
v.
8
|
Dorchester
- Roxbury
|
801-899B
|
|
|
1931
rev. to 1947
|
v.
9
|
Dorchester |
901-999H |
| |
1929
rev. to 1948
|
v.
10 |
Roslindale
- West Roxbury
|
1001-1096 |
Reel 11
Town
|
Year
|
Vol.
|
Area
|
Sections
|
|
Boston
|
1930
revised. to 1950
|
v.
11-12
|
Hyde
Park - South Dorchester - West Roxbury
|
1101-1239
|
| Boston-
misc. sheets |
1916 |
v.
6 |
Brighton |
88
|
|
|
1917-1919 |
v.
4 |
South
Boston |
30,
65, 107
|
|
|
1920
|
v.
6
|
Brighton
|
26
|
|
Beverly-misc.sheets
|
1920
|
|
|
58 |
| Boston-misc.
sheets |
1922
|
v.
4 |
South
Boston
|
9,
11, 19 |
| |
1922 |
v.
4 |
Dorchester |
91 |
| Bourne |
1913-1941 |
|
|
|
| Braintree |
1886-1935 |
|
|
|
| Bridgewater |
1885-1936 |
|
|
|
| **Brighton |
1884 |
|
|
|
| Brockton |
1885-1950 |
|
|
|
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of page
Boston
Sanborn Maps Print Collection
The
latest Boston Sanborns (1992/1995) are located on reserve.
The
Reference/Indexes area has print collections for 1962,
1974, 1981, 1988.
Limited
Access Collection (available Monday-Friday 10-5):
Note:
no photocopying allowed due to fragility of these materials
| Boston |
1882 |
G1234.B6.C5
1882 |
(G.M.
Hopkins) |
| Boston |
1883 |
G1234.B6.A74
1883 v.1 |
(G.W.
Bromley & Co.)* |
| Boston |
1902 |
G1234.B7.B76x
1902 |
(G.W.
Bromley & Co.)* |
| Boston |
1917 |
G1234.B6.B868
1917 |
(G.W.
Bromley & Co.)* |
| Boston |
1922 |
G1234.B6.B868
1922 |
(G.W.
Bromley & Co.)* |
| Boston
|
1928 |
G1234.B6.A75
1928 |
(G.W.
Bromley & Co.)* |
| Boston |
1929 |
G1234.B6
v. 1-5 |
(Sanborn) |
| Cambridge |
1900 |
G1234.C2.S198
v. 2 |
(Sanborn) |
| Cambridge |
1930 |
G1234.C3.A74
1930 |
(G.W.
Bromley & Co.) |
*Bromley
covers downtown Boston and Back Bay/Fenway/South End only.
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