Fire Insurance Maps for Philadelphia Bottle and Glass Manufacturers
Ernest Hexamer created a series of insurance maps of Philadelphia beginning in 1857. The maps below were created in the period 1866 to 1896 and are in the collection of the Philadelphia Free Library. Below you will find links directly to the individual maps and information.
| Year | Manufacturer | Owners | Address |
| 1877 | American Fire Brick and Tile Works | Remmey, Richard C. | Commerce St, Cumberland St, E., and Aramingo Canal (NE corner) |
| 1885 | American Fire Brick and Tile Works | Remmey, Richard C. | Cumberland St (E.) and Commerce St (NE corner; Aramingo Canal) |
| 1878 | Dyottville Glass Works | Benners, Henry B. | Richmond St and Plum St (SE corner; Aramingo Canal) |
| 1874 | Flint Glass Works | Fox, Henry C. & Sons | Sutherland Ave, Kansas St, and Verner St (SE corner) |
| 1884 | H.C. Fox & Sons, Flint Glass Works | Fox, H.C. & Sons | Sunderland Ave, Verner St, Kansas St, and U.S. Naval Asylum (B/W corner) [Between Sunderland Ave., Verner St., Kansas St. and U.S. Naval Asylum] in South Philadelphia |
| Franklin Flint Glass Works | Gillinder & sons | Howard St, Oxford St, Putnam St, and Mascher St (NW corner) | |
| 1880 | Franklin Flint Glass Works | Gillinder & Sons | Oxford St, Howard St, Putnam St, and Mascher St (NW corner) |
| 1882 | Hall and Garrison's Looking Glass and Picture Frame Factory | Garrison & Reukauft | 1126 Washington Ave, 11th St, 12th St, and Peters St in South Philadelphia |
| 1870 | Hero Glass Works | Rawley, S. B. | Gaul St, Adams St, Aramingo St, and Almond St (SE corner) |
| 1874 | Hero Glass Works | Rowley, S. B. | Gaul St, Adams St, Aramingo St, and Cedar St (NW corner) |
| Hero Glass Works | Rowley, S. B. | Gaul St, Aramingo St, Adams St, and Almond St (SW corner) | |
| 1889 resurveyed | Hero Fruit Jar Co. | Hero Fruit Jar Co. | Aramingo St, Adams St, and Almond St (Cedar Street) [Between Adams St., Aramingo Ave., Cedar St., Gaul St. and Almond St.] |
| 1895 | Hero Fruit Jar Co. | Hero Fruit Jar Co. | Cedar St, Adams St, Almond St, and Aramingo St (NE corner) |
| 1882 | Jefferson Flint Glass Works | Rohrbacher, Frederick & Ferdinand Hormann | Lehigh Ave, Tilton St, Fisher St, and Salmon St (SE corner) |
| 1887 resurveyed | Jefferson Flint Glass Works | Rohrbacher & Hormann | Lehigh Ave, Salmon St, Tilton St, and Fisher St [South of Lehigh Ave. between Tilton St. and Fishers St.] |
| Kensington Glass Works | Sheet & Duffy | York St, Almond St, Gaul St, and Emlen St (NW corner) | |
| 1885 | Keystone Glass Works | Mason Fruit Jar Co. | Frankford Ave and Orchard St (Frankford Creek) [Frankford Ave. and Orchard St., corner] in Whitehall / Philadelphia |
| 1887 resurveyed | Leibrandt and McDowell Stove Co. | Leibrandt and McDowell Stove Co. | Ash St and Girard Ave (SE corner; Aramingo Canal) [Girard Ave. and Ash St., SEC, footing Aramingo Canal] |
| 1894 | Murray Flint Glass Works | James J. Murray & Co | Trenton Ave, Culvert St, and Waterloo St (25th Ward) |
| 1889 resurveyed | Philadelphia City Pottery | Jeffords, J.E. & Co. | Salmon St, Edgemont St, Lehigh Ave, and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad [Between Salmon St and Edgemont St, north of Lehigh Ave.] |
| Philadelphia Flint Glass Works | Ladner & Bird | York St, Moyer St, and Thompson St (SW corner) | |
| 1880 | Philadelphia Glass Works | Burgin & Sons | 525 Girard Ave , Montgomery Ave, and Palmer St ( corner) |
| Philadelphia City Pottery | Williams, Silas & Co. | Salmon St and Lehigh St (near) (NE corner) | |
| Philadelphia City Pottery | Jeffords, J.E. & Co. | Salmon St, Thompson St, Lehigh Ave, and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad (B/W corner) | |
| 1881 | Philadelphia City Pottery | Jeffords, J.E. & Co. | Salmon St, Edgemont St, and Lehigh Ave (B/W corner) |
| The Valve Jar Co. | Front St, Morris St, and Otsego St (NE corner) | ||
| 1885 | West Philadelphia Flint Glass Works, Gustavus Storm | Storm, Gustavus | 3314-3320 Market St , Ludlow St, and 33rd St (B/W corner) [Between Market St. and Ludlow St. including 3314-3320 Market St.] in West Philadelphia |
| 1877 | West Philadelphia Flint Glass Works | Storm Brothers | Market St , Ludlow St, and 33rd St (SE corner) in West Philadelphia |
