Wolcott Avenue
1900 W. from 7546 N. to 11858 S. This street is in BOTH, Rogers Park and West Ridge
In the 1895 Chicago Blue Book, Wolcott Street. (North Division) from 460 Belmont Avenue north to Bryn Mawr Avenue This street isn't quite far north enough to be in Rogers Park, at this time.
NOT in the 1897, 1898, 1901, 1902 Chicago Blue Book.
Named after Dr. Alexander Wolcott, Jr. (1790-1830) who came to Chicago from Windsor, Connecticut, as an Indian Agent in 1820. He married Ellen Marion Kinzie, the daughter of John Kinzie, one of Chicago's founders. Their wedding was the first in Chicago.
Depending on where in Chicago you are referencing, this street was previously known either as Hilldale Avenue or Murphy Avenue.
Conversions
7438 N. Wolcott was 4633 Murphy Avenue
Present Addresses
6000 Block
6806 N. Wolcott Avenue, was 4173 Central, Charles Richard Adams, architect, 1901-02 Chicago City Directory.
6700 Block
6747 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6747 N. Hilldale Avenue, John F. Grimes, 1919.
6748 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6748 N. Hilldale Avenue, Paul McKay, 1919.
6800 Block
6801 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6801 N. Hilldale Avenue, William H. Kammien, 1919.
6802 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6802 N. Hilldale Avenue, Carl F. Mayer, 1919.
6808 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6806 N. Hilldale Avenue, the Mayer family house. No date given.
6815 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6815 N. Hilldale Avenue, Max Eisenhauer, 1919.
6815 W. Wolcott Avenue, Charlene O'Connor and Alex O’Connor, 2013.
6821 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6821 N. Hilldale Avenue, Cornelius B. Denpster, 1919.
6821 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6821 N. Hilldale Avenue, Roland M. Hollock, 1919.
6900 Block
6959 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6959 N. Hilldale Avenue, Albert E. Dickerman, 1919.
6959 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6959 N. Hilldale Avenue, Miss Jessie Easter, 1919.
6959 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6959 N. Hilldale Avenue, Albert J. Gossweiler, Jr., 1919.
6959 N. Wolcott Avenue was 6959 N. Hilldale Avenue, Harry H. Haynie, 1919.
7000 Block
7014 N. Wolcott Avenue, was 7014 N. Hilldale Avenue, Mrs. Minnie Adelhelm, 1919.
7016 N. Wollcott Avenue, was 7016 N. Hilldale Avenue, Charles S. Alabeck, 1919.
7024 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7024 N. Hilldale Avenue, B.P. Mengel, 1919.
7028 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7028 N. Hilldale Avenue, Henry Kirsch, 1919.
7059 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7059 N. Hilldale Avenue, John W. Hicklin, 1919.
7067 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7067 N. Hilldale Avenue, Joseph Hock, 1919.
7100 Block
7121 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7121 N. Hilldale Avenue, John Domke, 1919.
7136 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7136 N. Hilldale Avenue, Anna B. Mellen, 1919.
7200 Block
7210 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7210 N. Hilldale Avenue, Anna B. Cooper, 1919.
7213 N. Wolcott Avenue, was 7213 N. Hilldale Avenue, Wyman Adams, 1919.
7218 N. Wolcott Avenue, was 7218 N. Hilldale Avenue, C.A. Harrington, 1919.
7300 Block
7311 N. Wolcott Avenue, was 7311 N. Hilldale Avenue, John Beckerich, 1919.
7315 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7315 N. Hilldale Avenue, Nickolas Kieffer, 1919.
7319 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7319 N. Hilldale Avenue, R.H.J. McCandless, 1919.
7360 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7360 N. Murphy Avenue, Charles Hengesch, 1919.
7400 Block
7414 N. Wolcott Avenue, James R. Jordan Academy
7437 N. Wolcott Avenue is a 3-story CHA apartment building. No date given.
7438 N. Wolcott was the address for the Nepper family greenhouse. Before the address changes, the old address was 4633 Murphy Avenue.
7500 Block
7508 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7508 N. Murphy Avenue, Joseph Josefon, 1919.
7508 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7508 N. Murphy Avenue, Jacob Kilb, 1919.
7522 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7522 N. Murphy Avenue, M.A. Gilbertson, 1919.
7531 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7531 N. Murphy Avenue, Ragnar Kiefbeck, 1919.
7536 N. Wolcott Avenue was 7536 N. Murphy Avenue, H.N. Dammann, 1919.
7542 N. Wolcott Avenue, was 7542 N. Murphy Avenue, John M. Beatty, 1919.
