- No252
Record series 3121-019, Savannah cadastral survey – ward survey maps, 1939-1940
Survey maps of Savannah’s wards prepared in 1939 and 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as part of the three-year, $65,000 WPA Savannah Cadastral Survey project.
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Date of Original
1939/1940
Subject
City planning--Georgia--Savannah
Historic districts--Georgia--Savannah
Maps--Georgia--Savannah
Surveys--Georgia--Savannah
Location
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
Medium
maps
Type
Still Image
Description
The Engineering Department, Savannah Cadastral Survey – Ward Survey Maps (1939-1940) includes 252 sheets of survey maps of Savannah’s wards prepared by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as part of the three-year, $65,000 WPA Savannah Cadastral Survey project. The city of Savannah is laid out in a system of wards, or blocks of land. The Cadastral Survey included all wards within the city’s corporate limits at the time. On May 9, 1940, Major H. U. Wallace, District WPA Engineer, presented Mayor Thomas Gamble with the Ward Survey Maps at City Hall. The survey was originally intended for use of the local tax assessors, but it has also proved useful for planning public utilities and improvements, determining property lines, and tracing the history of buildings and properties.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
City of Savannah Municipal Archives
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