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City of Chicago Building Permits - February 21, 1872 - June 30, 1954 |
Reel Guide to Permit Ledgers
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BOOK REEL CITY AREA DATES COVERED
7 All City 2/21/1872 through 12/31/1881
(Note: This is the first reel.)
8 All City 1/1/1882 through 9/17/1885
9 All City 9/17/1885 through 9/30/1888
All City 10/1/1888 through 7/21/1891
(except Hyde Park,
Lake, & Lakeview)
10 Hyde Park, Lake, 3/1/1890 through 12/31/1891
Lakeview
All City 7/21/1891 through 4/30/1894
(except Hyde Park,
Lake & Lakeview)
11 Hyde Park, Lake,
Lakeview 1/2/1892 through 6/30/1893
Hyde Park, Lake, Lakeview 7/1/1893 through 12/31/1894
North & South N & S 5/1/1894 through 12/31/1894
S 1/2/1895 through 12/31/1897
12 North 1/2/1895 through 12/31/1897
Southwest & Northwest 1/2/1895 through 12/31/1897
North & South 1/3/1898 through 7/31/1901
13 Southwest& Northwest 1/3/1898 through 7/31/1901
North & South S 8/1/1901 through 6/15/1904
N 8/2/1901 through 6/30/1904
Southwest & Northwest 8/1/1901 through 7/7/1904
14 North & South S 6/15/1904 through 12/31/1906
N 7/1/1904 through 12/31/1906
North & South 1/2/1907 through 12/31/1908
15 North & South 1/2/1909 through 12/31/1910
North & South 1/3/1911 through 12/31/1912
16 Southwest & Northwest 7/8/1904 through 12/31/1906
Southwest & Northwest 1/2/1907 through 12/31/1908
17 Southwest & Northwest 1/2/1909 through 12/31/1910
Southwest & Northwest 1/5/1911 through 12/31/1912
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BOOK REEL CITY AREA DATES COVERED
1 18 North 11/25/1911 through 03/13/1913
2 18 West 11/25/1911 through 10/9/1913
3 19 South 11/25/1911 through 10/25/1912
4 19 Central, South C 11/28/1911 through 4/22/1920
S 10/24/1912 through 12/31/1912
5 20 North 3/14/1913 through 5/11/1914
6 20 South 1/2/1913 through 11/5/1913
7 21 West 10/9/1913 through 2/2/1916
8 number 8 not used
9 21 North 5/11/1914 through 7/22/1915
10 22 West 2/2/1916 through 11/6/1919
11 22 South 11/5/1913 through 10/24/1914
12 23 North 7/23/1915 through 8/8/1916
13 number 13 not used
14 23 South 10/26/1914 through 11/3/1915
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BOOK REEL CITY AREA DATES COVERED
15 24 North 8/8/1916 through 12/23/1919
16 24 South 11/4/1915 through 10/27/1916
17, 18 number 17 and 18 not used
19 25 South 10/27/1916 through 3/6/1919
20 25 South 3/6/1919 through 2/15/1921
21 26 West 11/12/1919 through 4/17/1922
22 26 North, South N 12/26/1919 through 4/17/1922
S 4/4/1922 through 4/17/1922
23 27 South 2/16/1921 through 4/4/1922
(See Book 22 for S 4/4/1922 through 4/17/1922)
24 27 West 4/18/1922 through 6/19/1923
25 28 North 4/18/1922 through 9/26/1923
26 28 South 4/18/1922 through 1/12/1923
27 29 Central, South
(Central permits between 4/22/1920 and 4/18/1922
are recorded in the North & South books.)
C 4/18/1922 through 8/13/1926
S 1/13/1912 through 7/30/1923
28 29 West 6/19/1923 through 7/3/1924
29 30 North 9/27/1923 through 1/12/1925
30 30 South 7/31/1923 through 3/19/1924
31 31 South 3/19/1924 through 9/18/1924
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BOOK REEL CITY AREA DATES COVERED
32 31 West 7/3/1924 through 6/12/1925
33 32 North, South N 1/13/1925 through 5/12/1926
S 4/15/1925 through 4/21/1925
34 32 South 9/18/1924 through 4/14/1925
(See Book 33 for S 4/15/1925 through 4/21/1925
35 33 West 6/12/1925 through 6/14/1926
36 33 South 4/21/1925 through 10/29/1925
37 34 South 10/29/1926 through 7/14/1926
38 34 North 5/12/1926 through 1/2/1928
39 35 West 6/16/1926 through 8/5/1927
40 35 Central, Citywide C 8/20/1926 through 12/29/1939
(Citywide permits are included in 1939)
41 36 South 7/14/1926 through 4/8/1927
42 36 West 8/4/1927 through 5/6/1929
43 37 South 4/8/1927 through 3/8/1928
44 37 North 1/4/1928 through 2/1/1933
45 38 South 3/9/1928 through 4/19/1929
46 38 West 5/6/1929 through 7/12/1929
(West permits 7/12/1939 - 1/2/1940 are listed with Citywide permits at the end of Book 40.)
47 39 South 4/19/1929 through 7/31/1933
To the top of the pageBOOK REEL CITY AREA DATES COVERED 48 39 North 3/3/1933 through 4/7/1939 (North permits 4/7/1939 - 1/2/1940 are listed with Citywide permits at the end of Book 40.) 49 40 South 7/5/1933 through 1/20/1939 (South permits 1/2/1939 - 1/2/1940 are listed with Citywide permits at the end of Book 40.) 50 40 Citywide 1/2/1940 through 11/8/1940 51 41 Citywide 11/8/1940 through 7/23/1941 52 41 Citywide 7/23/1941 through 4/6/1942 53 42 Citywide 4/7/1942 through 1/13/1944 54 42 Citywide 1/13/1944 through 7/18/1945 55 43 Citywide 7/18/1945 through 3/15/1946 56 43 Citywide 3/15/1946 through 2/19/1947 57 44 Citywide 2/19/1947 through 10/16/1947 58 44 Citywide 10/16/1947 through 7/19/1948 59 45 Citywide 7/19/1948 through 5/16/1949 60 45 Citywide 5/16/1949 through 12/28/1949 61 46 Citywide 12/29/1949 through 6/30/1950 62 46 Citywide 6/30/1950 through 12/5/1950 63 47 Citywide 12/6/1950 through 7/11/1951 64 47 Citywide 7/11/1951 through 3/10/1952 65 48 Citywide 3/10/1952 through 9/19/1952 (Note: pp. 106-299, 4/7/1952 - 6/3/1952 are reproduced in an appendix at the end of Book 65 because of illegibility.) 66 48 Citywide 9/19/1952 through 4/24/1953 67 49 Citywide 4/24/1953 through 9/22/1953 68 49 Citywide 9/22/1953 through 4/9/1954 69 50 Citywide 4/9/1954 through 6/30/1954 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To the top of the page
Following is a list of miscellaneous reports filmed with the Building Permits. Reel 50 FIRE REPORTS 7/19/1933 through 4/23/1951 Reel 51 FIRE REPORTS 5/3/1951 through 2/13/1957 Reel 52 FIRE REPORTS 2/13/1957 through 6/10/1959 Reel 53 FIRE REPORTS 6/11/1959 through 5/24/1965 Reel 54 RIRE REPORTS 5/24/1965 through 12/4/1968 Each section of these reports has an alphabetic index by street name. The reports contain information on fires in Chicago buildings including owner, amount of damage, and cause. These reports are not necessarily complete. Reel 55 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DATA 1917 through 1922 Reel 56 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DATA 1922 through 1925 These reports contain miscellaneous statistics on the number of buildings inspected and the types of projects for the years listed. There is no index; the data is arranged by ledger book in chronological order.