Sanborn Fire Insurance Map: Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio - 1904

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map: Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio - 1904

Description

Sanborn Maps show the outline of each building including the location of windows and doors together with street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. The maps display building materials, number of floors, and building purpose (if available). Businesses, churches, and government structures are often identified as well as the business type (cotton mill, automobile repair, etc.). An individual homeowner/ occupier is not identified.

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Oberlin, OH

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map.jpg

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Citation

“Sanborn Fire Insurance Map: Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio - 1904,” Oberlin Community History Hub, accessed May 4, 2024, https://megansmitchell.org/DH694/items/show/266.

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