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Monday, September 28, 2009

Chicago Street name changes 1909 to 1911

Pondering a pre 1909 locality in the Windy City? This may help:
go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~itappcnc/pipcnstreet.htm and you can search for Chicago Street names and name changes, one of the links listed is for 1909 which explains the street name changes: http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/1909snc/start.pdf and another link which refers you to conversion changes in the heart of the Loop in 1911. I still need to make full use of this site because I keep finding more Chicago ancestors. For more information on the pre 1909 addresses this website refers you to the Chicago Historical Society files. Lets see what they have online....http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1205.html
This article comments on the background of the decision to change the street names. The Chicago Historical Society also has a list of "zoomable" maps of Chicago from 1812 to the present. http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/700011.html. Another resource is a Publication by the Chicago Historical Society Your House Has A History which also mentions the street name and address changes. http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/pdf/Your_House_Has_A_History.pdf and also contains another link to the digitized address conversion guide from 1910 and an additional publication from 1948. The Chicago Architecture History page is on the following page:
http://www.chicagohistory.org/research/resources/architecture

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