Current Street

N Avers Ave

3832W | from 300 to 6399

? - present

Frederick Avers was born in New York in 1831 he came to Chicago and surveyed and subdivided the property in 1872. He was the builder of the Sherman House before the Chicago Fire and also the home of Marshall Field. He took a prominent role in the re-building of the city after the fire.

Location

Predecessors

Columbia Pl (retired)
Crandall Ave (retired)
Davlin St (retired)
Genevieve Ave (retired)
Glover Ave (retired)
Guttenberg Ave (→ Avers Ave c.1897)
Harding Ave (retired)
Omar Ave (retired)

Appears in

Lakeside Directory (1911)

Might appear within

Data Issues

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Similarly named streets

S Avers Ave
Avers Ave (retired)
Avers Blvd (retired)

Aligned Streets

S Avers Ave

Source Notes

CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

«Avers Ave., 3834W 1200N to 10600S. Frederick Avers was born in New York in 1831 he came to Chicago and surveyed and subdivided the property in 1872. He was the builder of the Sherman House before the Chicago Fire and also the home of Marshall Field. He took a prominent role in the re-building of the city after the fire. Blvd., Bethel St., Crandall Ave., Davlin St., Harding Ave., Genevieve Ave., Glover Ave., Omar Ave., Guttenberg Ave., Columbia Pl., Castello Ave.»

Edit History

2022-03-25 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'historical_note': ['Frederick Avers was born in New York in 1831 he came to Chicago and surveyed and subdivided the property in 1872. He was the builder of the Sherman House before the Chicago Fire and also the home of Marshall Field. He took a prominent role in the re-building of the city after the fire.'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Avers Ave., 3834W 1200N to 10600S. Frederick Avers was born in New York in 1831 he came to Chicago and surveyed and subdivided the property in 1872. He was the builder of the Sherman House before the Chicago Fire and also the home of Marshall Field. He took a prominent role in the re-building of the city after the fire. Blvd., Bethel St., Crandall Ave., Davlin St., Harding Ave., Genevieve Ave., Glover Ave., Omar Ave., Guttenberg Ave., Columbia Pl., Castello Ave.»'], 'tags': [['named after person', 'named after developer']]}
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