W Erie St

Tags

• named after lake

Location

Predecessors

• Chicago Ter (retired)
• Maple Ave (retired)
• 3rd St (→ Erie St)

Appears in

• Map of Chicago and Additions (1836)
• Rees and Rucker Map of Chicago (1849)
• Chicago Blue Book (1890)

Might appear within

• Sanborn 1896 v. 11
• Sanborn 1896 v. B
• Sanborn 1903 v. 1
• Sanborn 1906 v. 1-N&W
• Sanborn 1908 v. 18
• Sanborn 1908 v. 18
• Sanborn 1916 v. 6
• Sanborn 1922 v. 11

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• E Erie St
• Erie Ave (retired)
• Erie Ave (retired)
• Erie St (retired)

Aligned Streets

• E Erie St

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Erie St., 660N 1 to 454E 1 to 6000W. Named after the Lake. It is an Indian word for “wildcat”. Chicago Terr., Maple Ave., 3rd St.»

Edit History

• 2022-03-31 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Erie St., 660N 1 to 454E 1 to 6000W. Named after the Lake. It is an Indian word for “wildcat”. Chicago Terr., Maple Ave., 3rd St.»'], 'tags': [['named after lake']]}
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document