N Wells St

Tags

• CA8-Near North Side
• CA7-Lincoln Park
• CA32-Loop

Location

Predecessors

• Baltic St (retired)
• 5th Ave (→ Wells St)
• Larmon Ave (retired)
• Rutter St (retired)
• Shurtleff Ave (retired)
• Shurtleff St (retired)
• Wisconsin St (retired)

Appears in

• Thompson's Plat (1830)
• Wright's Survey Map of Chicago (1834)
• Map of Chicago and Additions (1836)
• Norris' Chicago Directory (1844)
• Chicago Blue Book (1890)

Might appear within

• Sanborn 1903 v. 1
• Sanborn 1906 v. 1
• Sanborn 1906 v. 1-N&W
• Sanborn 1910 v. 2
• Sanborn 1935 v. 2N
• Sanborn 1935 v. 2S

Data Issues

• unconfirmed

Similarly named streets

• Wells Pl (retired)
• Wells St (retired)
• S Wells St

Aligned Streets

• 5th Ave (→ Wells St)
• Atlantic St (→ Wells St)
• Blackwell St (→ Wells St)
• Larmon Ave (retired)
• S Ross Ave
• S Wells St
• S Wentworth Ave

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Wells St., 200W 1 to 1852N 1 to 5858S. Named after Capt William Wells. Atlantic St., Baltic St., 5th Ave., Larmon Ave., Rutter St., Shurtleff Ave., St., Wisconsin St., Blackwell St., Stephenson St.»

Edit History

• 2022-04-22 | tew | {'start_date': [datetime.date(1830, 1, 1)], 'start_date_circa': [True], 'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Wells St., 200W 1 to 1852N 1 to 5858S. Named after Capt William Wells. Atlantic St., Baltic St., 5th Ave., Larmon Ave., Rutter St., Shurtleff Ave., St., Wisconsin St., Blackwell St., Stephenson St.»'], 'tags': [[]]}
  
• 2022-04-21 | tew | removed predecessor Blackwell St (BLACKWEL_01)
  
• 2022-04-19 | tew | removed predecessor Atlantic St (ATLANTIC_03)
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document