Norridge’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Norridge. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Farmers first established settlements in the area in the 1830s.
Located in Norwood Park Township, the first names of what would become Norridge were "Goat Village", due to a local resident's goat farm, and "Swamp" due to a lack of streets and the area's swamp-like conditions. Norridge began as an 80-acre (320,000 m2) subdivision that ran from Ozanam Avenue in the west to Olcott Avenue in the east and from Irving Park Road in the south to Montrose Avenue in the north. In 1948, a local improvement association incorporated Norridge as a village, stymieing an effort by Chicago to annex the area.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Norridge’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Norridge’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOutdoor Theatre Lounge and Restau…, 1951: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Norridge
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Norridge, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Norridge is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Norridge has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Passionist Fathers Monastery in Chicago, 1.8 miles away.
Norridge and the nearest listed places
Closest to Norridge
Passionist Fathers MonasteryChicago · Built 19101.8mi
Noble-Seymour-Crippen HouseChicago · Italianate2mi
Norwood Park Historical DistrictChicago · American Four-Square2.1mi
Chicago and North Western Railroad DepotChicago · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · Built 19072.3mi
Dorhmann-Buckman HouseRiver Grove · Italianate · Built 18752.5miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Outdoor Theatre Lounge and Restaurant, 4330 N. Harlem Ave, Norridge Village (NBY 7176) (1951) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.