John Hume Kedzie (1815–1903) was an American lawyer, real-estate developer , and politician.
19-709: Kedzie may refer to: People with the surname [ edit ] John H. Kedzie (1815–1903), American lawyer, real-estate developer, and politician; a figure in the history of Chicago Robert C. Kedzie (1823–1902), American author of a book about poisonous wallpaper Frank S. Kedzie (1857–1935), American academic, president of the Michigan Agricultural College 1915–1921 Julie Kedzie (b. 1981), American mixed martial artist Neal Kedzie (b. 1965), American politician from Wisconsin; state legislator CTA stations [ edit ] Kedzie on
38-665: A subsidiary of the Northern Pacific Railroad called the Chicago & Calumet Terminal Railway (C&CT) consolidated several terminal railroads in the Chicago area with lines running between the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway at McCook, Illinois to the south and south-east to Hammond, Indiana and a connection with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O). In March 1890, another subsidiary of
57-599: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John H. Kedzie John Kedzie was born September 8, 1815, in Stamford, New York , the son of Scottish immigrants. He graduated from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio , in 1841, and was admitted to the bar in 1847. In 1847 he moved to Chicago to begin his law practice. After his arrival in Chicago he observed that Chicago
76-856: Is now controlled by CSX Corporation , the successor to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad . By 1886, the Wisconsin Central Railroad had formed a new railway company, called the Chicago and Great Western Railroad (C&GW, not to be confused with the Chicago Great Western Railway ) to build a new line from a connection with the WC at Forest Park into the city, and to construct the Grand Central Station, which opened in December 1890. In June 1887,
95-620: The Pere Marquette Railroad was completed to Porter, Indiana in 1903, it also used the CTT into Grand Central Station. On January 6, 1910, the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad was created to purchase the CTT at foreclosure, giving B&O control of both the terminal railway system, as well as Grand Central Station. The railroad reached a peak size in the 1920s of 78 route-miles and 365 track-miles. The railroad
114-576: The B&;OCT lines through the city, as well as the two stations on the approach to Grand Central Station. The B&O's 63rd Street Station , in the South Lynne section of the city was the company's other station within Chicago en route to Grand Central Station. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway absorbed the Pere Marquette in 1947 and continued its trains to southwest Michigan. These were
133-1001: The Brown Line Kedzie on the Green Line Kedzie–;Homan on the Blue Line Kedzie on the Pink Line Kedzie on the Orange Line Kedzie on the Garfield Park branch Metra stations [ edit ] Kedzie station (Metra) on the Union Pacific / West Line Other [ edit ] Kedzie Avenue , street in Chicago Kędzie , village in Poland Topics referred to by
152-624: The Northern Pacific Railroad bought the C&;GW along with several other WC lines in the Chicago area, consolidated them all as the Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad (C&NP). The next month, the WC had itself leased to the Northern Pacific. As they were both controlled by the same railroad, the C&NP and the C&CT were linked together with new construction and trackage rights. The lease arrangement between
171-660: The Ravenswood Land Company. The company purchased 200 acres (0.81 km ) of land near the Chicago and Great Western Railroad tracks in what is now—not coincidentally–the Ravenswood neighborhood on Northwest Side of Chicago. The company planned and developed land in Evanston . In 1868, Kedzie and Greenleaf moved to Evanston and were instrumental in laying out the Kedzie and Keeney's addition, which formed
190-499: The WC (and successor Soo Line Railroad ) no longer had its own direct connection to the city, it continued to use the line to access Grand Central Station until 1899, and between 1912 and 1965. In May 1897, the Chicago Terminal Transfer merged the Chicago & Calumet Terminal. The B&O began using Grand Central Station in 1892, when a connection was made between the CTT and the B&O at South Chicago . When
209-615: The Wisconsin Central and the Northern Pacific worked until the Panic of 1893 , when the WC was freed from the lease, and the C&NP was again placed under the control of the WC. Weakened by the prolonged economic downturn, the C&NP was bankrupt by October 1893. In July 1897, a new company called the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad (CTT) bought the C&NP from the Wisconsin Central. While
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#1732779929152228-662: The age of 87. He was interred in Rosehill Cemetery , in Chicago, near the neighborhood he helped create. Kedzie Avenue on the Chicago's West Side and Kedzie Street in Evanston are named for John H. Kedzie. Chicago and Great Western Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad ( reporting mark BOCT ) is a terminal railroad in the Chicago area, formerly giving various other companies access to (Chicago's) Grand Central Station . It also served to connect those railroads for freight transfers, and
247-629: The city border en route to Grand Central Station. The B&O's grand Capitol Limited and its other Chicago-bound trains stopped at the stations. The B&O's South Chicago Station was located approximately at 94th Street and Commercial Avenue, slightly to the southwest of the Calumet River 's opening to Lake Michigan . Additionally, the Pere Marquette Railway 's Night Express to Muskegon and Grand Rapids, Michigan and its Resort Special to Bay View, Michigan, also used
266-553: The first president of the library board. Luther Greenleaf was an early trustee and benefactor of the newly founded Northwestern University in Evanston. Greenleaf is remembered for purchasing the library of Johannes Schulze , a collection of 20,000 volumes of German and Classical writings, for the University's library. In later years Kedzie served in the Illinois House of Representatives . Kedzie died April 9, 1903, at
285-661: The nucleus of South Evanston. He was also involved in founding and developing Ravenswood and took an active part in laying out the Lurton and Kedzie addition to Jacksonville . Kedzie built his home in Evanston on Ridge Avenue. Unfortunately his home burned down in 1873 and after rebuilding, the new home also burned in 1880. The third home on the same lot in Evanston stood firm but was demolished in 1967. Kedzie married twice. In July 1850, he married Mary Elizabeth Austin of Greene County, New York but she died July 16, 1854. Three years later he married Mary Elizabeth of Chicago and they became
304-709: The parents of five children. He espoused the cause of the abolitionist party, and met with five or six others in the first meetings held to organize the Republican Party in Illinois . He was president of the Illinois Saint Andrew Society in 1854. Kedzie and his partner Luther Greenleaf were benefactors to the city of Evanston, helping to found the Evanston Free Public Library in 1873, and Kedzie served as
323-463: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kedzie . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kedzie&oldid=1232707832 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
342-550: Was a bustling city with a fast-growing population that would soon outstrip its available space for housing the burgeoning population. Looking around, he realized that surrounding the city were large tracts of undeveloped land on which new neighborhoods and towns could be built to accommodate the burgeoning population—and coincidentally earn large profits for those with money to invest in land. Soon he gave up his law practice to take up real-estate development. With partners Luther L. Greenleaf, Cyrus P. Leland and John P. Wilson he formed
361-476: Was strategically located in Chicago; connections made at Forest Park and trackage rights allowed the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway ("Soo Line") (which had leased the Wisconsin Central in 1909) and the Chicago Great Western Railway access to Grand Central Station. The Baltimore and Ohio had two long distance train stations on the line, on the periphery of Chicago, as passing into
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