Current Street
W Adams St
200S | from 1 to 5599
c.1834 - present
Named in honor of John Adams, second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.
Location
Predecessors
- Adams Blvd (→ Adams St)
- Monroe St (→ Adams St)
- Wilcox Ave (→ Adams St)
Appears in
- Wright's Survey Map of Chicago (1834)
- Map of Chicago and Additions (1836)
- Norris' Chicago Directory (1844)
- Rees and Rucker Map of Chicago (1849)
- City Directory and Business Advertiser (1855)
- Snyder Map of Chicago (1882)
- Chicago Blue Book (1890)
- Rand, McNally & Co.'s Map of the Central Portion of Chicago (1895)
- Lakeside Directory (1911)
Similarly named streets
- E Adams St
- Adams St (→ Adams Blvd)
- Adams Blvd (→ Adams St)
- Adams St (→ Bishop St)
- Adams St (→ Cullom Ave)
- W Adams Blvd
- Adams Park (retired)
- Adams St (retired)
- Adams St (→ Madison St)
- Adams St (→ Quincy St)
- Adams Ave (→ Blackstone Ave)
- Adams Ave (→ Dante Ave)
Aligned Streets
- E Adams St
- Monroe St (→ Adams St)
- Wilcox Ave (→ Adams St)
Source Notes
- CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:
«Adams St., 200S 1-100E 1-6000W. Named in honor of John Adams, second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Monroe St., Wilcox Ave.»
Edit History
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2022-05-06 | tew | {'tags': [['named after president', 'CA27-East Garfield Park', 'named after person', 'CA26-West Garfield Park', 'CA25-Austin', 'CA32-Loop', 'CA28-Near West Side']]}
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2022-04-27 | tew | {'start_date': [datetime.date(1834, 1, 1)], 'start_date_circa': [True], 'tags': [['CA25-Austin', 'CA28-Near West Side', 'named after person', 'CA26-West Garfield Park', 'named after president', 'CA27-East Garfield Park', 'CA32-Loop']]}
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2022-04-20 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Adams St., 200S 1-100E 1-6000W. Named in honor of John Adams, second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Monroe St., Wilcox Ave.»'], 'tags': [['named after person', 'named after president']]}
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import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document