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A close up 1913 Sanborn map view of the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and West Monroe Street. In 1913, the site was occupied by wood frame houses fronting Myrtle Avenue and a junk yard along West Monroe Street. The horse stables of the Southern Express Company face West Adams Street. Hanover Street is surrounded by several wood frame residences and one brick residential structure.
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A close up 1913 Sanborn map view of the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and West Monroe Street. In 1913, the site was occupied by wood frame houses fronting Myrtle Avenue and a junk yard along West Monroe Street. The horse stables of the Southern Express Company face West Adams Street. Hanover Street is surrounded by several wood frame residences and one brick residential structure.

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  • A close up 1913 Sanborn map view of the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and West Monroe Street. In 1913, the site was occupied by wood frame houses fronting Myrtle Avenue and a junk yard along West Monroe Street. The horse stables of the Southern Express Company face West Adams Street. Hanover Street is surrounded by several wood frame residences and one brick residential structure.
  • This illustration combines the 1913 Sanborn map with a December 2011 Google Earth aerial.
  • This illustration combines the 19th century plat map with the 1913 Sanborn Map. It appears the plat map was never officially platted. North of Adams Street and West of Jefferson Street, the street grid is radically different from what was proposed and actually developed. However, Cleveland/Division and the majority of the proposed north-south streets align on both maps.
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  • This illustration combines the 19th century plat map with the December 2011 Google Earth aerial. Of interesting note is the shape of the 19th century creek verses the angle of building and parking lot footprints in the vicinity of Myrtle and Church Streets.
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  • A close up view of a 1965 Sanborn map of the intersection of North Myrtle Avenue and West Monroe Street. The southern block of residences at the intersection of Myrtle and Monroe have been demolished along with several in the vicinity of Everson (Hanover) and Monroe. In addition, the center of the site a wood storage company (1261 West Monroe). In addition to the Southern Express Company, several brick and concrete block commercial buildings have been built south of Monroe Street, including a restaurant on Myrtle Avenue and a store in the right-of-way of West Duval and Everson Streets.
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