North Dakota Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection, 1884-1960

North Dakota Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: North Dakota Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection, 1884-1960

ID: OGLMC1348

Primary Creator: Sanborn Map Company (1867-)

Extent: 56.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 00/00/1960

Subjects: Architecture and Historic Preservation, Maps

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The North Dakota Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection contains Sanborn fire insurance maps for cities and towns in the state of North Dakota, spanning the years 1884 through 1960. The maps depict the arrangement of blocks and buildings for the given cities and towns. They provide locations of lot lines and detailed information on structures, including construction material, height and purpose (e.g. residence or business). If a building houses a business, the name of the business or the service that it provides are usually indicated.

Collection Historical Note

The Sanborn Map Company began as the D.A. Sanborn National Insurance Diagram Bureau; D. A. Sanborn, a surveyor from Somerville, Massachusetts, founded the company in approximately 1867. (No official record of the first Sanborn map exists, but the earliest surviving one, housed in the Library of Congress, is dated 1867. It’s a fire insurance map of the city of Boston, Massachusetts.) The company was probably founded in New York City, as a New York address appears on the earliest surviving map. In 1876, it incorporated under the name Sanborn Map and Publishing Company. Sanborn died in 1883, although the corporation continued. His company took over Perris and Browne, another map company, in 1899 and became Sanborn Perris Map Company, Limited. By this time, most other insurance map publishers had either gone out of business or changed specializations, making Sanborn Perris the industry leader. In 1902, the firm again changed its name to Sanborn Map Company and has held this name to the present day.

Source: Ristow, Walter W. “U.S. Fire Insurance Maps, 1852-1968.” Surveying and Mapping, v. 30, March 1970.

Subject/Index Terms

Architecture and Historic Preservation
Maps

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Method: The North Dakota Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection was donated by the Library of Congress in June 1960.

Preferred Citation: (Name and Date of Map). North Dakota Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection. OGLMC 1348. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.

Processing Information: Finding aid added to Archon in June 2019.

Box and Folder Listing

Oversize Folder 1: Bismarck

Item 1: 1884 - 4 pages
Item 2: 1888 - 8 pages (but first page is missing)
Item 3: 1899 - 9 pages
Item 4: 1904 - 9 pages

Oversize Folder 2: Bismarck

Item 1: 1908 - 11 pages
Item 2: 1912 - 14 pages
Item 3: 1919 - 15 pages

Oversize Folder 3: Bottineau

Item 1: 1908 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1913 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 4: Cando

Item 1: 1908 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1913 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 5: Carrington

Item 1: 1884 - 1 page
Item 2: 1893 - 1 page
Item 3: 1898 - 1 page
Item 4: 1904 - 2 pages
Item 5: 1907 - 2 pages
Item 6: 1909 - 4 pages
Item 7: 1914 - 5 pages

Oversize Folder 6: Cashel

Item 1: 1919 - 1 page

Oversize Folder 7: Casselton

Item 1: 1893 - 4 pages
Item 2: 1898 - 4 pages
Item 3: 1904 - 4 pages
Item 4: 1910 - 4 pages
Item 5: 1917 - 4 pages

Oversize Folder 8: Cavalier

Item 1: 1907 - 2 sheets
Item 2: 1914 - 3 sheets

Oversize Folder 9: Cooperstown

Item 1: 1893 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1898 - 2 pages
Item 3: 1904 - 2 pages
Item 4: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 5: 1914 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 10: Dazey

Item 1: 1908 - 1 page
Item 2: 1918 - 1 page

Oversize Folder 11: Devils Lake

Item 1: 1886 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1891 - 3 pages
Item 3: 1898 - 4 pages
Item 4: 1904 - 5 pages
Item 5: 1908 - 7 pages

Oversize Folder 12: Devils Lake

Item 1: 1914 - 11 pages
Item 2: 1924 - 14 pages

Oversize Folder 13: Dickinson

Item 1: 1898 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1904 - 4 pages
Item 3: 1908 - 7 pages
Item 4: 1913 - 14 pages

Oversize Folder 14: Fargo

Item 1: 1884 - 10 pages
Item 2: 1888 - 14 pages
Item 3: 1892 - 17 pages

Oversize Folder 15: Fargo

Item 1: 1896 - 20 pages
Item 2: 1901 - 22 pages
Item 3: 1905 - 23 pages

Oversize Folder 16: Fargo

Item 1: 1910 - 32 pages
Item 2: 1916 - 28 pages
Item 3: 1922 - 37 pages

Oversize Folder 17: Fessenden

Item 1: 1904 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1907 - 2 pages
Item 3: 1918 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 18: Grafton

Item 1: 1884 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1891 - 3 pages
Item 3: 1897 - 4 pages
Item 4: 1904 - 5 pages
Item 5: 1907 - 6 pages
Item 6: 1914 - 8 pages
Item 7: 1918 - 10 pages

Oversize Folder 19: Grand Forks

Item 1: 1884 - 9 pages
Item 2: 1888 - 12 pages
Item 3: 1892 - 16 pages
Item 4: 1897 - 17 pages
Item 5: 1901 - 17 pages
Item 6: 1906 - 21 pages
Item 7: 1912 - 22 sheets
Item 8: 1916 - 22 pages

Volume 1: Grand Forks, 1927 (with overlays from 1939, 1943)

Brown cover

Volume 2: Grand Forks, 1927 (with overlays from 1951, 1957, 1960)

Green cover

Oversize Folder 20: Hankinson

Item 1: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1914 - 2 pages

Oversize Folder 21: Harvey

Item 1: 1904 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1907 - 3 pages
Item 3: 1913 - 3 pages
Item 4: 1939 - 5 pages

Oversize Folder 22: Hillsboro

Item 1: 1897 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1905 - 3 pages
Item 3: 1910 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 23: Jamestown

Item 1: 1884 - 4 pages
Item 2: 1886 - 5 pages
Item 3: 1891 - 6 pages
Item 4: 1898 - 7 pages
Item 5: 1904 - 8 pages

Oversize Folder 24: Jamestown

Item 1: 1907 - 10 pages
Item 2: 1913 - 17 pages
Item 3: 1919 - 21 pages

Oversize Folder 25: Lakota

Item 1: 1898 - 1 page
Item 2: 1904 - 2 pages
Item 3: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 4: 1914 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 26: LaMoure

Item 1: 1893 - 1 page
Item 2: 1898 - 2 pages (but first page is missing)
Item 3: 1905 - 2 pages
Item 4: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 5: 1914 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 27: Langdon

Item 1: 1907 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1914 - 4 pages
Item 3: 1918 - 5 pages

Oversize Folder 28: Larimore

Item 1: 1904 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 29: Leeds

Item 1: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1918 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 30: Lidgerwood

Item 1: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1914 - 2 pages

Oversize Folder 31: Lisbon

Item 1: 1893 - 5 pages
Item 2: 1898 - 5 pages
Item 3: 1905 - 5 pages
Item 4: 1908 - 5 pages
Item 5: 1914 - 7 pages

Oversize Folder 32: Mandan

Item 1: 1884 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1888 - 3 pages
Item 3: 1892 - 4 pages
Item 4: 1898 - 5 pages
Item 5: 1904 - 6 pages
Item 6: 1907 - 8 pages

Oversize Folder 33: Mandan

Item 1: 1913 - 13 pages
Item 2: 1919 - 14 pages

Oversize Folder 34: Mayville

Item 1: 1893 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1898 - 3 pages
Item 3: 1904 - 3 pages
Item 4: 1914 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 35: McHenry

Item 1: 1908 - 1 page

Oversize Folder 36: Minnewaukan

Item 1: 1904 - 1 page
Item 2: 1913 - 1 page

Oversize Folder 37: Minot

Item 1: 1904 - 4 pages
Item 2: 1907 - 6 pages
Item 3: 1913 - 15 pages
Item 4: 1918 - 20 pages

Oversize Folder 38: Minto

Item 1: 1904 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1914 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 39: Neche

Item 1: 1907 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1918 - 2 pages

Oversize Folder 40: New Rockford

Item 1: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1912 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 41: New Salem

Item 1: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1913 - 4 pages

Oversize Folder 42: Oakes

Item 1: 1908 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1914 - 4 pages

Oversize Folder 43: Park River

Item 1: 1893 - 1 page
Item 2: 1898 - 2 pages
Item 3: 1904 - 3 pages
Item 4: 1916 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 44: Pembina

Item 1: 1884 - 1 page
Item 2: 1892 - 2 pages
Item 3: 1897 - 2 pages
Item 4: 1904 - 2 pages
Item 5: 1907 - 2 pages
Item 6: 1910 - 2 pages

Oversize Folder 45: Portland

Item 1: 1886 - 1 page
Item 2: 1892 - 1 page
Item 3: 1898 - 2 pages
Item 4: 1904 - 2 pages
Item 5: 1914 - 2 pages

Oversize Folder 46: Rugby

Item 1: 1907 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1913 - 2 pages

Oversize Folder 47: Sanborn

Item 1: 1893 - 1 page
Item 2: 1898 - 1 page
Item 3: 1901 - 1 page
Item 4: 1910 - 1 page

Oversize Folder 48: Sheldon

Item 1: 1886 - 1 page
Item 2: 1904 - 1 page
Item 3: 1908 - 1 page

Oversize Folder 49: St. Thomas

Item 1: 1907 - 2 pages

Oversize Folder 50: Valley City

Item 1: 1884 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1891 - 3 pages
Item 3: 1898 - 4 pages
Item 4: 1904 - 5 pages
Item 5: 1908 - 7 pages
Item 6: 1913 - 7 pages
Item 7: 1919 - 13 pages

Oversize Folder 51: Wahpeton

Item 1: 1884 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1886 - 4 pages
Item 3: 1891 - 4 pages
Item 4: 1898 - 5 pages
Item 5: 1904 - 6 pages
Item 6: 1910 - 8 pages
Item 7: 1916 - 8 pages

Oversize Folder 52: Walhalla

Item 1: 1907 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1918 - 3 pages

Oversize Folder 53: Washburn

Item 1: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1913 - 2 pages

Oversize Folder 54: Williston

Item 1: 1907 - 3 pages
Item 2: 1913 - 7 pages
Item 3: 1916 - 9 pages

Oversize Folder 55: Wilton

Item 1: 1908 - 2 pages
Item 2: 1919 - 2 pages

Oversize Folder 56: Wyndmere

Item 1: 1908 - 1 page
Item 2: 1914 - 1 page

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