Business Portion of Chicago - 1862[source]
This lithograph map of downtown Chicago in 1862 was prepared by E. Whitefield for the map-making concern of Rufus Blanchard (which can be found on LaSalle Street north of the Courthouse). It offers a rich sense of the location of businesses and what they did. This was shortly before different kinds of businesses became more segregated by location.
Known Streets
- Central Ave (→ Beaubien Ct)
- W Couch Pl
- W Court Pl
- N Dearborn St
- S Dearborn St
- N Franklin St
- E Lake St
- W Lake St
- W Madison St
- N Michigan Ave
- S Michigan Ave
- W Monroe St
- E Randolph St
- W Randolph St
- River St (→ Wacker Dr)
- South Water St (→ Wacker Dr)
- N State St
- S State St
- N Wabash Ave
- S Wabash Ave
- W Washington St