PAGE 1 These are fire insurance maps of Fairfield, Texas done by Sanborn-Perris . October 1901 Population: 600 No steam and no hand engine. Independent hose carts: None Water facilities: None Prevailing Winds: North and South ------------------------------------------- Half mile south of the courthouse was Willard and Odom's Cotton Gin and Grist Mill. Pratt's Gins. Murrays System. Square Bale. No watchmen. No lights. Fuel: Wood. Gins with feeders and condenser. Steam pipe from Boiler to Lint Room. 4 Barrels of water in Gin Room. 30 Horsepower engine. Seed Cotton Ho. ------------------------------------------- COMMERCE STREET AT HALL STREET Grocer COMMERCE STREET AT KEECHIE STREET North Side: General Merchandise D. G. General Merchandise Drug Store Cobbler ----- South Side: Blacksmith Saloon Grocer Resturaunt Grocer Photographer Barber and Bath Queensw. Hardware Millinary Confectionary & Grocery Hardware and Crockery COMMERCE STREET AT MOUNT STREET D. G. Clo. etc. Meat Grocery General Store Livery Buggy House Feed Store Blacksmith Saloon HALL STREET AT SOUTH STREET Corn Crib MOUNT STREET AT SOUTH STREET Baptist Church ============================================= PAGE 2 COMANCHE STREET AT KEECHIE STREET Buggy House COMANCHE STREET AT MOUNT STREET Methodist Church Boarding House MAIN STREET AT HALL STREET County Jail COURTHOUSE SQUARE - CENTER Brick County Court House with Clock Tower COURTHOUSE SQUARE - MAIN STREET SIDE Furrier Rep'g Carpenter Blacksmith COURTHOUSE SQUARE - MOUNT STREET SIDE Printing Law Office General Store Office Bank Post Office Repair Shop D.G. Clo. & B. & S. Druugs B. & S. & Grocery General Store COURTHOUSE SQUARE - KEECHIE SIDE Sal. Meat Gunsmith on 1st floor / Grocery on 2nd floor brick Planter's Hotel COMMERCE STREET AT HALL STREET Livery COMMERCE STREET AT UNAMED STREET Warehouse Hardware and Stoves Warehouse