Dudley Avenue

Quick Facts

No one has ever lived on Dudley Avenue

It is the entrance to Lower and Middle Millcrest Parks

There is no Dudley Avenue street sign (at the time this was written)

It does not connect with Courtland and Weyer Avenues, although some maps indicate otherwise

A fire alarm box was placed at Dudley and Hopkins Avenues in the early 1900s

Dudley Avenue was possibly part of C. W. Baker's 3rd Ivanhoe Subdivision. It is not known if buildings were ever on this street, but indications are that there was no development.

The street was shown on at least two maps from the 1950s. Today, the street is the entrance to Lower and Middle Millcrest Parks off Hopkins Avenue. The parts of

Courtland

and

Weyer Avenues

, west of the railroad tracks, which may have connected with Dudley Avenue (according to some maps), do not exist today and may have never existed.

Williams' Directories from 1942, 1954 and 1964 described the location of Dudley as follows:
"Dudley - from 1700 Hopkins av. north to Courtland av (not open); Weyer av begins (not open); Courtland av begins"

Quick Facts No one has ever lived on Dudley Avenue It is the entrance to Lower and Middle Millcrest Parks There is no Dudley Avenue street sign (at the time this was written) It does not connect with Courtland and Weyer Avenues, although some maps indicate otherwise A fire alarm box was placed at Dudley and Hopkins Avenues in the early 1900s Dudley Avenue was possibly part of C. W. Baker's 3rd Ivanhoe Subdivision. It is not known if buildings were ever on this street, but indications are that there was no development. The street was shown on at least two maps from the 1950s. Today, the street is the entrance to Lower and Middle Millcrest Parks off Hopkins Avenue. The parts of Courtland and Weyer Avenues , west of the railroad tracks, which may have connected with Dudley Avenue (according to some maps), do not exist today and may have never existed. Williams' Directories from 1942, 1954 and 1964 described the location of Dudley as follows: "Dudley - from 1700 Hopkins av. north to Courtland av (not open); Weyer av begins (not open); Courtland av begins"

Famous People The 1919 Directory did not list any properties on the street. The 1942 Williams' Directory gave a bogus name and address — probably as an effort at copyright protection.		Interesting Facts There was a Dudley Street in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati, but it was abandoned with the construction of I-75. It was probably named after one of the developers of that area. The source of the name of Dudley Avenue in Norwood is unknown.
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