{"title":"Georgia","description":"\u003cp\u003eFacsimile reprints of Sanborn fire insurance atlases, county and state atlases, and other historical works for Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1898-fire-insurance-maps-and-atlas-of-savannah-georgia","title":"1898 Fire Insurance Maps and Atlas of Savannah, Georgia","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1898 the Sanborn-Perris Map Company of New York resurveyed Savannah for the fire-insurance underwriters, who needed to know exactly what they were being asked to insure. The result is the most detailed portrait of the city made to that date: every building drawn to scale at fifty feet to the inch and color-coded for construction - pink for brick, yellow for frame - then annotated with height in storeys, roof type, occupancy, window and door openings, party and fire walls, hydrants, cisterns and steam boilers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume opens on a general plan of the city keyed to the numbered sheets that follow, and a second general plan of the cotton warehouses and naval stores yards along the river. From there it works outward: the Savannah River wharves and the Ocean Steamship Company's terminals, cotton presses and guano works; the shops of Broughton and Congress streets; the City Market and the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences; Franklin and St. James squares and the residential blocks around them; Forsyth Place and the Military Parade Grounds; the City Hospital; and Laurel Grove Cemetery at the western edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanborn atlases are among the most heavily used primary sources in American urban history, architectural preservation, genealogy and environmental site assessment, because nothing else records the ordinary built fabric of a city building by building. Complete volumes are scarce - most surviving copies have been broken up and sold off as single sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition reproduces the 1898 volume complete and in full color from the copy in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress: the title page, the index of streets and specials, both general plans, and all 106 numbered sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e112 pages. 8.5\" x 11\". Full color. Paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and shipped directly to you — please allow up to 7 business days before shipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ExileBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49872474898587,"sku":"Publishing 2026 - Ingram DS \/ 820130950832","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/7705\/6411\/files\/s-l1600_08674bfa-ccf5-492b-b6b3-0fcc605f7c7c.jpg?v=1792532527"}],"url":"https:\/\/tangletownpress.com\/collections\/state-georgia.oembed","provider":"Tangletown Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}