STREETS

A postcard with an interesting viewpoint on streets. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

STREETS (name changes). Dubuque, like other Iowa cities, changed street names over the years. Many changes were made in 1921 at the suggestion of CARR, Ossian E., Dubuque's first City Manager. Among those that have been changed are the following:

Clay Street. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque

Road leading to Mt. Carmel. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque

Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

The Fluckiger Motor Company sold the City of Dubuque its first street cleaner. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

A postcard with an interesting viewpoint of Main north from 9th

A postcard a viewpoint of Main south from 10th. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

1910 view of West 11th Street and its elevator.

Original Name	New Name	Date of Change
Adams Avenue	Prescott Street	1921
Adams Street	Sac Street	1921
Alma Street	Montrose
Altman Avenue	St. Joseph Street	1921
Anne Place	West 18th Street
Arch Street	Seminary Street	1921
Aspen	Linden
Audubon	Grandview
Austin Place	Raymond Place
Blocklinger Lane	West 24th Street	1921
Bluff Street	Providence
Bluff	High Bluff
Boundary Street	Grandview Avenue	1871
Brad Street	Booth
Broad Street	Mt. Pleasant
Brugh	Schiller
Cardiff Street	Summit Street	1921
Cascade Road	Fremont
Centre Street	Asbury
Center Street	Finley Street	1921
Clay Street	Central Avenue (1st to 18th)	1921
Clifford Street	Eighth Street	1921
Clifford	Foye Street
Clifton Street	Altman Avenue	1921
Columbia	Lexington
Cora Street	South Hill St.
Couler Street	Central Avenue (18th to city limits)	1921
Delhi Street	University Avenue	1921
Division	Lincoln
Dubuque Street	Sumner
Eagle Point Street	20th Street
Eagle Street Extension	Lindberg Terrace
East Street	McCormick Street	1921
East	Glen Oak
Eleanor Street	Indian Ridge
Edith Street	Roland Street	1921
Empley's Lane	Thomas Street	1921
Exchange Street	South Hill
Fink Street	Jansen Street	1921
Forrest Street	Florence
Franklin Street	West 16th Street	1921
Franklin	Fulton
Franklin	Edison
Fremont Avenue	Wartburg Avenue	circa 1889
Fremont Avenue	Wartburg Place	1921
Front Street	Peosta	1938
Grandview Heights	Plymouth Court
Grant Avenue	Wilson Street	1921
Grove Street	Greeley Street	1921
Hales Mill	Asbury
Hall Street	Auburn Street	1921
Harrison	Monroe
Hart Street	West 23rd	1921
Hazel Street	Sunnyview
Herron Street	South Locust Street	1921
High Street	Rhomberg
High Street	Highland Pl.
Iowa Street Extension	Shelby Street
James Street	Huff
Jefferson Avenue	Carter Road
John Street	Simpson
Julien Avenue	Lorimer Avenue	1858
Julien Avenue	University Avenue	1940
Julien	Primrose
Karrick Street	Finley Street	1921
Klingenberg Street	Hennepin Street	1921
Lake Street	Garfield
Leibnitz Street	Lowell Street	1921
Lemon	Viola
Lenox Avenue	Van Buren
Linden Boulevard	Logan Street	1921
Logan	Belmont
Lorimier Avenue	Julien Avenue	1859
Louisa Street	Algona Street	1921
Main Street	Front Street
Malady	South Booth
Maple Street	Morton Street	1921
Martha Ann	Martha
McCabe	Broadway
Middle Avenue	Farley Street	1921
Mineral Street	West Locust
Millville Street	32nd Street	1921
Military Street	Rockdale Road
Monroe	Harlan
Mount Carmel Avenue	South Locust Street	1921
National Street	Delhi
North Cascade Road	Fremont Avenue	1921
North Street	Hale	1921
North 1st Street	Kimball Street	1921
North Iowa Street	Shelby Street
North Main Street	Main Street	1921
O'Neill Street	Langworthy	1921
Orange	Washington
Park Avenue	Randall Place	1921
Park Street	Asbury Road
Park Hill	West 28th	1921
Park Way Avenue	Park Street	1921
Peru Road	32nd Street	1921
Pine Street	Caledonia
Pine Street	Pinard
Pine Street	Poe Street	1921
Planke Road	Couler
Pleasant View Avenue	Lexington Street	1921
Rebecca Street	Fairview Place
Reed Avenue	Marshall Street	1921
Riga Street	Algona Street	1921
Rosedale Avenue	Auburn Street	1921
Russell Street	Rowan Street	1921
Sanford Street	East 24th	1921
Seminary Street	Clarke Drive
Seminary Street (from 17th to 18th)	Heeb Street	1921
South Dodge Street	Bryant Street	1921
South Street	Lombard
Spring	North Booth
State	National
Stewart Street	Southern
Thomas Street	West 16th Street	1921
Union Avenue	Kirkwood Street	1921
Valley	Dillon Street
Vine Street	Burns Street	1921
Walnut	Karrick
Wall	Wallace
Wabash Avenue	Seward Street	1921
Warren	Putnam
Wartburg Avenue	Fremont Avenue	1920
Washington Street	O'Hagen Street
West Street	Needham Place
West 4th Street	Melrose Street	1921
West 14th Street	Loras Avenue	1940
West Main Street	Shields Street	1921
West Eagle Point Avenue	Kaufmann
West Seminary	Ungs Street
Whelan	Bradley
Wilde Street	Mt. Loretta
Willow	Rosedale Street	1921
1st Avenue	Decatur	1921
2nd Avenue	Hamilton	1921
3rd Avenue	Whittier	1921
4th Avenue	Emerson	1921
5th Avenue (west of Linwood Cemetery)	Edith Street	1921
5th Avenue (east of Linwood Cemetery)	Roosevelt Street	1921
6th Avenue	Stanton	1921
7th Avenue	Shiras Avenue	1921
8th Avenue	Farragut	1921
9th Avenue	Hawthorne	1921
10th Avenue	Sumner	1921

The name Whiskey Hill was used colloquially to refer to Southern Avenue through the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but never appeared on any printed map or street sign.

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Sources

• Lorimer Avenue." Dubuque Times Journal. Dubuque, IA, May 4, 1858.

• Map of the City of Dubuque.Iowa Publishing Company. Davenport, Iowa, 1906.

• "Ordinance Changing Street Names is Passed by Council at Last Meeting." Dubuque Times Journal, Dubuque, IA, March 27, 1921.

• Research by John Klauer; 1918 Dubuque City Directory

• Stessman, James T. "History of the Names of Streets of Dubuque." April 26, 1954. On file at Carnegie-Stout Public Library.

• "Whiskey Label Sticks to Steep Hill." Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, IA, March 16, 1999.