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Re-Subdivision of Block 7 in Bushnell’s Addition to Chicago
By:
Michael McDermot
Date:
July 12, 1862
Dimensions:
13 x 22 inches (33 x 55.9 cm)
Signatures:
Michael McDermott (City Surveyor), Malhon D. Ogden (Proprietor), Valentine C.
Turner (Proprietor), Eliza Turner (Proprietor), William B. Ogden (Proprietor), by Edwin
Sheldon, and Conrad S. Drehly (Justice of the Peace)
This map shows the re-subdivision of Block 7 in Bushnell’s Addition into twenty-six separate
lots, owned by four different proprietors. An alley system running through provided access to
nineteen of the twenty-six lots. Block 7 sits across the street, due south from Washington Park.
It is bordered by the streets of Chestnut, Clark, Dearborn and Washington Place, which is now
Delaware Place. Today the entire block is the site of the Park Newberry Condominium
Association, a name given due to its close proximity to the Newberry Library.
Condition:
Slightly brittle paper with breaks along the edges and one at top right that extends 2
inches. Contemporary pinholes within map and manuscript on the verso.