W Goethe St

Tags

• named after poet
• named after person
• CA8-Near North Side
• german

Location

Predecessors

• Gardner St (retired)
• Hein Pl (retired)
• Hein St (retired)
• Lincoln St (retired)

Appears in

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

Might appear within

• Sanborn 1910 v. 2
• Sanborn 1935 v. 2S

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• E Goethe St
• Goethe Ave (retired)

Aligned Streets

• Blucher St (→ Potomac Ave)
• Bradley St (→ Potomac Ave)
• E Goethe St
• Grand Haven Slip (→ Goethe St)
• Hein Pl (retired)
• Hein St (retired)
• Lincoln St (retired)
• W Potomac Ave
• Potomac St (→ Potomac Ave)

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Goethe St., 1300N 1 to 81E 1 to 800W. Named after Johann Goethe a German writer and poet. Gardner St., Grand Haven Slip, Hein Pl., St., Lincoln St.»

Edit History

• 2022-05-06 | tew | {'tags': [['named after person', 'named after poet', 'german']]}
  
• 2022-02-24 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Goethe St., 1300N 1 to 81E 1 to 800W. Named after Johann Goethe a German writer and poet. Gardner St., Grand Haven Slip, Hein Pl., St., Lincoln St.»'], 'tags': [['named after person', 'named after artist', 'german']]}
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document