Niles Center Map Detail, circa 1938

Niles Center Map Detail, circa 1938

Hand-drawn map detail taken from an aerial photograph of Niles Center (Skokie), Illinois, circa 1938. Areas labeled include: Gross Point Road, Oakton Street; Greenhouses to the west of St. Peter Catholic Church; new schools on Lincoln Avenue [Lincoln School and Niles East High School], bridges; expressway, Howard Street, Skokie Boulevard, Touhy Avenue, and orchards south of Touhy Avenue.

From Chapter 14, "Niles Township: From the Geological Quadrangles, 1926," in Skokie: A Community History Using Old Maps by David Buisseret (Chicago Neighborhood History Project, and the Skokie Historical Society and the Newberry Library, 1985).

circa 1938

Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois (original web version); Chicago Neighborhood History Project

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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois

Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois

Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois

David Buisseret, Skokie, a Community History Using Old Maps