In 1886, the Sanborn Insurance Co. of New York made its first survey of downtown Fayetteville to determine insurance rates, primarily for commercial clients rather than residential homes. The surveys, as a result, concentrated on the commercial ares of Fayetteville, primarily the square, but also the nascent businesses near the Fayetteville depot.
Addresses listed with buildings were assigned by the Sanborn Insurance Co. and bear little or no relation to current-day addresses, save the name of the streets, which have changed very little in this part of town.
You can click on the menu at left to see where a particular building was located, or you can click on a building on the map to see its use. The zoom-in (+) and zoom-out (-) buttons in the lower right will help you see the buildings better.
These maps were updated through the late 19th and early 20th centuries to keep up with the growing city.
The buildings here are color-coded:
- Blue — Public buildings
- Gold — Residential dwellings
- Green — Hotels, boarding houses and tenements
- Brown — Retail shops and professional offices
- Gray — Manufacturing services and other non-descript buildings
Wells were also listed on the maps because their proximity to a building affected its fire rating.
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