Historic Street Name Change

Previous Street Name: Fort

‘Current/Next’ Street Name: Broadway

Earliest Date for ‘Previous’ Name: 1857

Latest Date for ‘Previous’ Name:   before 1894

Entry covers from cross street to cross street or similar: 10th to Bellevue (~14). Below 10th shows on 1857 Bancroft for two more block. Alignment changed betw

Approximate Number of Blocks: 12

Length of segment: 1.6 miles

Map(s) used to confirm street name changes:
  1888 Sanborn
  1857 Bancroft
  1890 Sanborn

Reference 1: Sanborn 1888 & 1894

Notes: Became Broadway between 1884 and 1888


Extent as JSON: [lng lat] {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[-118.25745083391668,34.04096057131749],[-118.25328804552557,34.045263375550654],[-118.24796654284002,34.050952698832965],[-118.2454774528742,34.05369054959561],[-118.24225880205633,34.05692607741035],[-118.24104369853274,34.0590273724937]]}

Updated: April 10, 2020 11:22



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Between ~1857 and ~before 1894, Fort became Broadway

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