S Prairie Ave

Location

Predecessors

• Howard St (retired)

Appears in

• Rees and Rucker Map of Chicago (1849)

Might appear within

• Rascher's Atlas of the North Half of Hyde Park v.1 (1890)
• Rascher's Atlas of the North Half of Hyde Park v.2 (1890)
• Sanborn 1895 v. 16
• Sanborn 1910 v. E
• Sanborn 1911 v. G
• Sanborn 1912 v. 4
• Sanborn 1938 v. 41
• Sanborn 1939 v. 42
• Sanborn 1947 v. 47

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• S Prairie Pkwy
• Prairie Ave (→ Thorndale Ave)
• Prairie St (→ 108th St)
• Prairie Ave (→ Menard Ave)
• Prairie Ave (→ Forest Ave)
• Prairie Ave (→ Palatine Ave)
• Prairie Ave (→ Throop St)
• Prairie Ave (→ Woodlawn Ave)
• Prairie ? (→ Giles Ave)
• Prairie Ave (→ Carroll Ave)
• Prairie Ave (→ Oleander Ave)

Aligned Streets

• S Daniel Dr
• Daniel Pvt
• N Fairbanks Ct
• S Forest Ave
• S Giles Ave
• S Prairie Park Pl
• West Dr (retired)

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Prairie Ave., 300E 1601 to 13358S. Named because area surrounded by a prairie. It was an old Indian trail from Ft. Dearborn to Ft. Wayne. Settlers left fort on this road. Howard St.»

Edit History

• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document