Fire insurance survey · June 1888

Sanborn fire insurance map, June 1888

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.

Two years after the earthquake, and the sheet that proves the point about numbers: its index lists the Lutheran church at 405 King Street, which is where St. Matthew’s stands today. The 1888 numbering is the modern numbering.

Because the 1884 edition gives King Street the same overall run and puts the same blocks in the same ranges, the renumbering had already reached King Street before May 1884 — which is why neither Sanborn can convert a wartime address.

What is on the sheet

  • every building on the peninsula
  • street numbers
  • an index of streets and “specials” by sheet

The catalog’s own notes

Jun 1888. 50 sheet(s). Bound.

Places

King Street

The record

Title, as catalogedSanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.
Title used hereSanborn fire insurance map, June 1888
MakerSanborn Map and Publishing Co., Limited, 117 Broadway, New York
Date, as catalogedJune 1888
KindFire insurance survey
Scale50 feet to an inch
Medium50 sheets, bound
CollectionSanborn Maps Collection
Image served byLibrary of Congress
RightsPublic domain
Rights statement, verbatimThe content of the Library of Congress online Sanborn Maps Collection is in the public domain and is free to use and reuse. Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection.
Credit lineLibrary of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection
Catalog recordhttps://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn08124_002/
Last verified2026-08-30

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