W Irving Park Rd

Tags

• CA5-North Center
• CA15-Portage Park
• named after person
• CA6-Lake View
• CA76-O'Hare
• CA3-Uptown
• CA17-Dunning
• named after writer
• CA16-Irving Park

Location

Predecessors

• Albert St (→ Irving Park Rd)
• Graceland Ave (retired)
• Graceland Rd (retired)

Might appear within

• Rascher's Atlas of Lake View Twp. (1887)
• Sanborn 1894 v. A
• Sanborn 1905 v. 17
• Official Atlas of Township of Lake View (1909)
• Sanborn 1913 v. 19
• Sanborn 1924 v. K
• Sanborn 1940 v. 20
• Sanborn 1941 v. 46

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• Irving Park Blvd (retired)
• W Irving Park Dr
• Irving Park Ave (retired)

Aligned Streets

• W Forest Preserve Ave
• Forest Preserve Rd (→ Forest Preserve Ave)
• Irving Park Ave (retired)
• Irving Park Blvd (retired)
• W Irving Park Dr
• W Seymour Ave
• Valor Rd

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Irving Park Road, 4000W 643 to 8900W. Named by Major Noble who owned all the land in the section known as Major Noble Farms after Washington Irving. Ave., Blvd., Albert St., Graceland Ave., Rd.»

Edit History

• 2022-05-09 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'historical_note': ['Named by Major Noble (who owned all the land in the section known as Major Noble Farms) after Washington Irving.'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Irving Park Road, 4000W 643 to 8900W. Named by Major Noble who owned all the land in the section known as Major Noble Farms after Washington Irving. Ave., Blvd., Albert St., Graceland Ave., Rd.»'], 'tags': [['named after writer', 'named after person']]}
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document