Lakeview Township Lake View, Chicago

the town hall police station on corner of north halsted street , west addison street built on former site of lakeview s old town hall. served home 19th district 1907 1966 , 23rd district 1966 2010.

also according lakeview east chamber of commerce, lakeview incorporated illinois civil township charter granted illinois general assembly, independent of neighboring chicago. lakeview s first township election held in 1857. main building town hall on intersection of present-day west addison , north halsted streets. building still bearing name stands today former headquarters of chicago police department s 23rd district. lakeview township included land east of western avenue, between devon avenue , north avenue, encompassing community areas of edgewater, uptown, lakeview , lincoln park, eastern sections of community areas of north center , lincoln square.

during civil war, present-day bustling intersection of north broadway, north clark street , west diversey parkway home camp fry. when camp opened in may 1864, served training facility volunteer 132nd , 134th illinois infantry regiments. shortly after deployment columbus, kentucky, camp converted prison confederate soldiers, conditions markedly different of many other prisoner-of-war camps. few residents of area known lakeview township complained of rebel sing-alongs held in camp time time.

lakeview s industry farming, crops of celery, , @ time considered celery-growing capital. 1870 1887 population of township grew 2,000 citizens 45,000. result, there growing need of more public-service access, , lakeview absorbed chicago in 1889 way of meeting demands. in 1889, real estate boom became major economic stimulant. according lakeview east chamber of commerce, on forty percent of neighborhood s present-day buildings constructed during time.