S Denvir Ave

Tags

• CA28-Near West Side
• named after person
• unlikely story

Location

Predecessors

• Inanda Ave (retired 1920)
• Union Ct (→ Denvir Ave)
• Union Pl (→ Denvir Ave)

Might appear within

• Sanborn 1922 v. 11

Data Issues

• unconfirmed

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Denvir Ave., 2530W 500 to 532S. Named after James C. Denvir assistant sheriff of Cook County. Inanda Ave., Union Ct., Pl.,»

• see Streetwise Chicago, p. 31.

Edit History

• 2022-04-10 | tew | {'start_date': [datetime.date(1920, 6, 17)], 'tags': [['named after person', 'unlikely story', 'CA28-Near West Side']]}
  
• 2022-04-10 | tew | {'tags': [['named after person', 'unlikely story', 'CA28-Near West Side']]}
  
• 2022-04-10 | tew | {'historical_note': ['Named after James C. Denvir (1870-1974), deputy county treasurer, assistant sheriff of Cook County, and president of Cook County Civil Service Commission. Oldest politician in Chicago at the time of his death.'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Denvir Ave., 2530W 500 to 532S. Named after James C. Denvir assistant sheriff of Cook County. Inanda Ave., Union Ct., Pl.,»\r\n* see _Streetwise Chicago_, p. 31.'], 'tags': [['named after person', 'CA28-Near West Side']]}
  
• 2022-04-10 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Denvir Ave., 2530W 500 to 532S. Named after James C. Denvir assistant sheriff of Cook County. Inanda Ave., Union Ct., Pl.,»'], 'tags': [['named after person']]}
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document