Vermont Mutual Insurance Group donates Sanborn maps

Dateline: April 15, 2011

Barre, Vt.– The Vermont Historical Society recently received a collection of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps donated by the Vermont Mutual Insurance Group in Montpelier. Dating from the early 1900s, these maps show building footprints as a way of designating fire insurance risk in urban areas in Vermont and across the nation. Paul Carnahan, Vermont Historical Society librarian (middle), accepts the maps from Thomas Tierney, Vermont Mutual’s Chairman, President and CEO (right), and William Catto, Chief Operating Officer (left).