S May St

Tags

• CA28-Near West Side
• CA31-Lower West Side
• CA73-Washington Heights
• CA71-Auburn Gresham
• CA68-Englewood
• CA61-New City
• CA60-Bridgeport
• named after woman
• named after person
• CA53-West Pullman
• CA75-Morgan Park

Location

Predecessors

• Cortland St (retired)
• Farmer St (retired)
• Victor St (retired)
• Wahl St (retired)
• Wall St (retired)

Might appear within

• Rascher's Atlas of the Town of Lake v1 (1891)
• Sanborn 1895 v. 15
• Sanborn 1910 v. E
• Sanborn 1911 v. 3
• Sanborn 1911 v. G
• Sanborn 1912 v. 4
• Sanborn 1914 v. 8
• Sanborn 1917 v. 7
• Sanborn 1936 v. 35
• Sanborn 1938 v. 41
• Sanborn 1939 v. 42

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• N May St
• May St (vacated)
• May St (→ Harding Ave)
• May St (→ Chase Ave)
• May St (→ Mildred Ave)

Aligned Streets

• Genevieve St (retired)
• Grover St (retired)
• Joseph St (→ Stark St)
• N May St
• S Wall St

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «May St., 1132W 1 to 922N 600 to 12300S. Named after the daughter of Mayor James Curtis. Cortland St., Farmer St., Genevieve St., Grove St., Grover St., Mount Ave., Victor St., Wahl St., Wall St.»

Edit History

• 2022-05-06 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «May St., 1132W 1 to 922N 600 to 12300S. Named after the daughter of Mayor James Curtis. Cortland St., Farmer St., Genevieve St., Grove St., Grover St., Mount Ave., Victor St., Wahl St., Wall St.»'], 'tags': [['named after person', 'named after woman']]}
  
• 2022-04-17 | tew | removed predecessor Grover St (GROVER_02)
  
• 2022-04-17 | tew | removed predecessor Grove St (GROVE_14)
  
• 2022-04-17 | tew | removed predecessor Genevieve St (GENEVIEV_02)
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document