Loomis Street

Loomis Street is a north-south street in Chicago that is 1400 W in Chicago's grid system, making it 1.75 miles west of the north-south baseline of State Street. It runs from the Chicago and Northwestern Railway tracks south, with interruptions, to Center Avenue in the suburb of Homewood. Between the railway tracks and the north branch of the Chicago River it is known as Noble Street and north of the River's north branch it is known as Southport Avenue. As Southport Avenue it goes up north to its intersection with Clark Street just south of Berteau.

Loomis Street / Noble Street / Southport Avenue
1400 W
North endClark Street (~4175 N) as "Southport Avenue"
South endCenter Avenue (~19000 S) in Homewood as "Loomis Street"

Loomis Street is named for Horatio G. Loomis, one of the founders of the Chicago Board of Trade.[1] Noble Street is named after civic leaders John and Mark Noble, who were employees of constable Archibald Clybourn.[1]

Transit

Southport Avenue

Noble Street

Loomis Street
  • What is now CTA's Green Line formerly had two stations on Loomis Street; one on the Lake Street Elevated, and the other on the Englewood Branch. The Lake Street Elevated station operated from 1893 to 1948, while the one on the Englewood Branch operated from 1907 until it was replaced by the Ashland/63rd station in 1969.[3]
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References
  1. "Chicago Streets" (PDF). Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. "CHICAGO BUS AND STREETCAR ROUTES". ChicagoRailfan.com. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. Garfield, Graham. "Loomis Terminal". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
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