The Godfrey-Lee Public Schools community is comprised of three once-distinct small neighborhoods and business centers known as Galewood (the oldest and most well-known name at one time) which ran along the Burton Street corridor centered on Godfrey Avenue, Urbandale which ran along the Chicago Drive (or Grandville Road as it was originally known) corridor between Clyde Park Avenue and Judd Avenue, and Burlingame which was primarily a 400-lot "suburban" neighborhood of this once significant manufacturing community.
Below is a 1936 hand-drawn plat map of the GUB, the result of a job stimulus measure during the Great Depression. Some street names have been changed since then and some platted areas were never developed. Enjoy exploring the map.
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| 1936 Map - Click on it and when it opens, use your computer's zoom feature to explore the map in greater detail. |
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