S Leavitt St

Tags

• CA61-New City
• CA63-Gage Park
• CA75-Morgan Park
• CA31-Lower West Side
• named after person
• CA28-Near West Side
• CA59-McKinley Park
• CA72-Beverly
• CA70-Ashburn
• canal
• CA71-Auburn Gresham

Location

Predecessors

• Barnett St (→ Leavitt St)
• Cross St (→ Leavitt St)
• Highland Ave (→ Leavitt St)
• Sharp St (→ Leavitt St)
• Sherman Ave (→ Leavitt St)
• Sherman St (→ Leavitt St)
• Suffern St (→ Leavitt St)
• Warner Ave (retired)

Might appear within

• Rascher's Atlas of the Town of Lake v1 (1891)
• Sanborn 1910 v. D
• Sanborn 1911 v. 3
• Sanborn 1912 v. 4
• Sanborn 1914 v. 8
• Sanborn 1916 v. 6
• Sanborn 1917 v. 7
• Sanborn 1919 v. 22
• Sanborn 1920 v. 23
• Sanborn 1936 v. 35
• Sanborn 1950 v. 49

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• N Leavitt St
• Leavitt St (retired)

Aligned Streets

• Barnett St (→ Leavitt St)
• Cross St (→ Leavitt St)
• Henshaw Ave (→ Leavitt St)
• Highland Ave (→ Leavitt St)
• N Leavitt St
• Sharp St (→ Leavitt St)
• Sherman Ave (→ Leavitt St)
• Sherman St (→ Leavitt St)
• Snow St (→ Leavitt St)
• Suffern St (→ Leavitt St)
• Warner Ave (retired)

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Leavitt St., 2200W 1 to 7400N 1 to 10658S. Named after David Leavitt Commissioner of the Illinois-Michiagn Canal. Barnett St., Courtland ?., Cross St., Henshaw Ave., Highland Ave., Saratoga ?., Sharp St., Sherman Ave., Sherman St., Snow St., Suffern St., Warner Ave.»

Edit History

• 2022-05-13 | tew | {'historical_note': ['Named after David Leavitt, Commissioner of the Illinois-Michigan Canal.'], 'tags': [['CA72-Beverly', 'CA31-Lower West Side', 'CA75-Morgan Park', 'named after person', 'CA71-Auburn Gresham', 'CA28-Near West Side', 'canal', 'CA63-Gage Park', 'CA61-New City', 'CA59-McKinley Park', 'CA70-Ashburn']]}
  
• 2022-05-13 | tew | removed predecessor Snow St (SNOW_01)
  
• 2022-05-13 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'historical_note': ['Named after David Leavitt, Commissioner of the Illinois-Michiagn Canal.'], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Leavitt St., 2200W 1 to 7400N 1 to 10658S. Named after David Leavitt Commissioner of the Illinois-Michiagn Canal. Barnett St., Courtland ?., Cross St., Henshaw Ave., Highland Ave., Saratoga ?., Sharp St., Sherman Ave., Sherman St., Snow St., Suffern St., Warner Ave.»'], 'tags': [['named after person', 'canal']]}
  
• 2022-05-13 | tew | removed predecessor Henshaw Ave (HENSHAW_01)
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document