W Ontario St

Tags

• CA8-Near North Side
• named after lake
• CA24-West Town
• CA23-Humboldt Park

Location

Predecessors

• Centennial Pl (→ Ontario St)
• Metropolitan Pl (→ Ontario St)
• Cork St (→ Ontario St)

Appears in

• Map of Chicago and Additions (1836)
• Norris' Chicago Directory (1844)
• 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

Similarly named streets

• Ontario Ave (retired)
• Ontario St (retired)
• Ontario St (retired)
• E Ontario St

Aligned Streets

• E Ontario St

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Ontario St., 620N 1 to 468E 1 to 4000W. Named after the Lake. Indians of the Wisconsin nation word means “beautiful.” Centennial Pl., W. Cork St., Metropolitan Pl.»

Edit History

• 2022-05-08 | tew | {'start_date': [datetime.date(1836, 1, 1)]}
  
• 2022-03-27 | tew | added predecessor Cork St (CORK_01)
  
• 2022-02-25 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Ontario St., 620N 1 to 468E 1 to 4000W. Named after the Lake. Indians of the Wisconsin nation word means “beautiful.” Centennial Pl., W. Cork St., Metropolitan Pl.»'], 'tags': [['named after lake']]}
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document