{"product_id":"1896-fire-insurance-atlas-and-maps-of-houston-texas","title":"1896 Fire Insurance Atlas and Maps of Houston, Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003eA complete, full-color facsimile of Insurance Maps of Houston, Harris Co., Texas, published by the Sanborn-Perris Map Co., Limited, of 115 Broadway, New York, in 1896. Seventy-nine map sheets at a scale of fifty feet to an inch cover the whole city in a single volume, with the original decorated title sheet and full street and specials indexes — a portrait of the bayou cotton port five years before Spindletop made it the capital of Texas oil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike all Sanborn fire insurance maps, every structure is drawn to scale and color-coded by construction, with building uses, business names, water mains, and hydrants marked — a lot-by-lot record of nineteenth-century Houston. The sheets take in the county court house, the Cotton Exchange Building, the Capitol Hotel and Hutchins House, the City Market House, Sweeney \u0026amp; Coombs' Opera House, and Baldwin's Natatorium, along with the working city the indexes enumerate: Grand Central Depot and the depots, shops, and roundhouses of five railroads; the Bayou City, Cleveland, Inman, and Standard cotton compresses; cotton oil mills and gins; the Magnolia Brewery and American Brewing Association; foundries, lumber yards, and soap works; churches, synagogues, schools, and St. Joseph's Infirmary — with coverage reaching the new streets of Houston Heights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition reproduces the Library of Congress copy from its full-resolution master scans. An essential reference for genealogists, house historians, and collectors of Houston and Texas history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e83 pages. 8.5\" x 11\". Full color. Paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ExileBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49872527196315,"sku":"Publishing 2026 \/ 820171065178","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/7705\/6411\/files\/s-l1600_cb6e5bd9-ce14-431b-a2a2-c698b95e7f77.jpg?v=1792533095","url":"https:\/\/tangletownpress.com\/products\/1896-fire-insurance-atlas-and-maps-of-houston-texas","provider":"Tangletown Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}