Current Street

S Church St

11900S | from 10300 to 11799

1870 - present

Named after Thomas Church, a subdivider who was born in New York on 8 Nov 1801. He was a member of the U.S. land offices on Lake Street. He was the owner of the first brick building in Chicago.

Location

Predecessors

Linden Pl (retired)
Oak St (→ Church St)

Might appear within

Data Issues

unconfirmed

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Similarly named streets

Church St (→ Devon Ave c.1904)
Church St (→ Churchill St)
Church Ct (→ Grady Ct)
Church St (→ Schiller St)
Church Ct (retired)
Church Pl (retired)
Church Pl (retired)
Church Rd (retired)
Church St (retired)
Church St (retired)
Church St (retired)

Aligned Streets

Oak St (→ Church St)

Source Notes

CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

«Church St., 1500W10200to 11900SW. Named afterThomasChurcha subdivider who was born in New York on 8 Nov 1801 and he was a member of the U.S. land offices on Lake Street. He was the owner of the first brick building in Chicago. Linden Pl., Oak St.»
Appears on 1870 map of Morgan Park

Edit History

2022-04-03 | tew | {'start_date': [datetime.date(1870, 1, 1)], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Church St., 1500W10200to 11900SW. Named afterThomasChurcha subdivider who was born in New York on 8 Nov 1801 and he was a member of the U.S. land offices on Lake Street. He was the owner of the first brick building in Chicago. Linden Pl., Oak St.»\r\n* Appears on [1870 map of Morgan Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Park,_Chicago#/media/File:Map_of_Morgan_Park.jpg)'], 'tags': [['named after developer', 'CA72-Beverly', 'CA75-Morgan Park', 'named after person']]}
2022-04-03 | tew | {'diagonal': [True], 'tags': [['named after developer', 'named after person']]}
2022-02-24 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'historical_note': ['Named after Thomas Church, a subdivider who was born in New York on 8 Nov 1801. He was a member of the U.S. land offices on Lake Street. He was the owner of the first brick building in Chicago.'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Church St., 1500W10200to 11900SW. Named afterThomasChurcha subdivider who was born in New York on 8 Nov 1801 and he was a member of the U.S. land offices on Lake Street. He was the owner of the first brick building in Chicago. Linden Pl., Oak St.»'], 'tags': [['named after person', 'named after developer']]}
import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document