Current Street

W Washburne Ave

1232S | from 1100 to 2499

? - present

Named after Elihu B. Washburne. He was born in Livermore, Maine 23 Sept 1816. He served in Congress 16 years. He was President of the CHS 1884-1887. His son Hempstead Washburne was mayor of the city 1891 to 1893.

Location

Predecessors

Cook St (→ Washburne Ave)
Lunn Ct (→ Washburne Ave)
Obrien St (→ Washburne Ave)
13th Pl (→ Washburne Ave)
13th St (retired)
12th Pl (→ Washburne Ave)

Successors

W James M Rochford St

Might appear within

Data Issues

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Similarly named streets

Washburne St (→ Hyacinth St)
Washburne St (→ Nashotah Ave)

Aligned Streets

W 12th Pl

Source Notes

CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

«Washburne Ave., 1224S 1024 to 2500W. Named after Elihu B. Washburne. He was born in Livermore, Maine 23 Sept 1816. He served in Congress 16 years. He was President of the CHS 1884-1887. His son Hempstead Washburne was mayor of the city 1891 to 1893. Cook St., Coolidege St., Lunn Ct., O’Brien St., 12th Pl., 13th Pl., 13th St.»

Edit History

2022-05-13 | tew | added successor W James M Rochford St (JAMESMRO_01)
2022-03-25 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Washburne Ave., 1224S 1024 to 2500W. Named after Elihu B. Washburne. He was born in Livermore, Maine 23 Sept 1816. He served in Congress 16 years. He was President of the CHS 1884-1887. His son Hempstead Washburne was mayor of the city 1891 to 1893. Cook St., Coolidege St., Lunn Ct., O’Brien St., 12th Pl., 13th Pl., 13th St.»'], 'tags': [['named after person']]}
import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document