Fire Insurance Maps Online (FIMo)

FIMo is a searchable database of color fire insurance maps, real estate atlases, plat books, and other historical maps of Massachusetts. Commonly known as Sanborn maps, these illustrations of high-definition show building structures, construction details, past property uses and their ownership, location of roads, railroads, and many other useful information.

Genealogists, historians, preservationists and others researching cities and buildings will find these maps very helpful. You can access this resource from our databases page. In-library use is available from all of our branches while remote access requires a WPL library card.

Insurance Maps of Worcester, Massachusetts, Volume One, 1936 Sheet 18

Perform an Interactive Map Search or a Place Name Search to find map locations for towns in Massachusetts. Once you identify the map of interest, it can be downloaded as a JPEG image or saved as a PDF document to print. Each map comes with a Key which explains the map symbols and corresponding colors. If the map was revised at any time, the Correction Record would include the dates changes were made.

Key to Volume One, Insurance Maps of Worcester, Massachusetts

For help with search tools and interpreting Sanborn maps, click on the appropriate topic in the drop down menu on the top. 

If you need help researching this database, contact us at 508-799-1655, ext. 3 to speak with a librarian, or email us your question.