S Wells St

Location

Predecessors

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

Appears in

• Wright's Survey Map of Chicago (1834)
• Map of Chicago and Additions (1836)

Might appear within

• Rascher's Atlas of the Town of Lake v1 (1891)
• Sanborn 1895 v. 15
• Sanborn 1903 v. 1
• Sanborn 1906 v. 1
• Sanborn 1912 v. 4

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• Wells Pl (retired)
• Wells St (retired)
• N Wells St

Aligned Streets

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

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