Maps, etc.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
A series of plans showing the existing ways and owners of property 1630, 1635, 1640, 1645, 1909
Assessing Department plans
Large format plans arranged by ward number and block. Includes the block numbers, street names, plot dimensions, and building footprints. These plans were used for reference purposes only.
Atlases
Bridge and Ferry Division plans
Cemetery Division maps and plans
Fenwick Smith Atlas collection
Atlases of Boston donated to the City Archives by Fenwick Smith.
Landmarks Commission survey maps
This series consists primarily of Topographical and Planimetric Survey Maps of neighborhoods within the City of Boston in which designated historic districts and landmarks reside. In addition to the Topographical maps, there are Historical Maps, Historic District Boundary Maps, and National Register Boundary Maps. Most of the maps are dated from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. There are a few historical maps dated 1872 and 1883.
Parks Department plans
Boston Parks Department Engineering Division plans. Includes plans produced for Boston Common, Fens, Airport, Commonwealth Avenue, Franklin Park, Copley Square and other projects.
Plans filed in the City Clerk's Office
Surveyor plans
In November of 1876, the Board of Assessors requested an appropriation of $1500 for the purpose of causing the preparation of a set of reduced copies, on tracing cloth, of surveyors' plans of estates, to be used in street and office work in the Assessors' Department. Includes copies of surveyor plans, arranged by neighborhood, which were drawn circa 1856-1877.
Ward and precinct maps
Map books showing ward and precinct boundaries for the years 1878, 1886, 1889, 1890, 1895, 1916, 1921, 1925 and 1936 printed by the Election Department.