Winchester Avenue

Winchester Avenue Soundex Code W522

1932 West, from 7546 North to 10058 South. This street is in BOTH, Edgewater and Rogers Park from Howard Street south to Peterson Avenue]].

The City Council passed a lengthy ordinance January 14, 1895, rationalizing the street naming system. Winchester' southernmost address that requires conversion is 3608 = 6001 and the northernmost address is 6037 (this is new system and there are no conversions from old system).

This street is NOT listed in the 1895, 1897 Chicago Blue Book.

1898 Chicago Blue Book: N. Winchester Avenue (North Division) from 488 Montrose Avenue north to Balmoral Avenue Residents addresses start on page 296. None of these are far enough north to have entered Rogers Park.

1901 Chicago Blue Book, page 44: N. Winchester Avenue (North Division) from 488 [[Montrose av. north to Balmoral Avenue Residents addresses start on page 317. None of these are far enough north to have entered Rogers Park.

1902 Chicago Blue Book, page 44: N. Winchester Avenue (North Division) from 488 Montrose Avenue north to Balmoral Avenue Residents addresses start on page 274. None of these are far enough north to have entered Rogers Park.

1904 Chicago Blue Book, page 46: N. Winchester Avenue (North Division) from 488 Montrose Avenue north to Balmoral Avenue Residents addresses start on page 277. None of these are far enough north to have entered Rogers Park.

The street was named for Winchester, a municipal borough of Hampshire County in the south of England.

Winchester Avenue was Parkhurst Avenue