Lemuel Austin, Jr.

Lemuel Austin, Jr. was elected alderman of Chicago’s 34th Ward in 1987 and served three terms as chairman of the Committee on Budget and Government Operations for the City Council. Previously he worked for Illinois Senators and the Cook County Sherrif’s Department, Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Post Office.

Lemuel supported diversity contracting in the City of Chicago and residency quotas.
In 1993 he was awarded “Man of the Year” by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local #150.

He died of a heart attack while in the office of Alderman. His widow, Carrie is the current Alderman of the Ward.

Alumnus

Richard J. Daley City College of Chicago
Carter J. Harrison High School

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Honorary Lemuel Austin Way

South Normal Avenue between 110th Street and 111th Street

 

Approved: November 2021

Ward: 34
Alderman: Austin
Neighborhood: Pullman

d. 1994. Age 48

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Body of Christ Deliverance Ministries

Since 1982, Body of Christ Deliverance Ministries has run an outreach training center with the mission

“To teach the word of God, train the Body on how to apply the word of God and send them out so that souls can be saved, healed, delivered and set free.”

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Honorary Body of Christ Deliverance Ministries Way

115th Street between South Union Street and South Halsted Street

 

Approved: November 2021

Ward: 34
Alderman: Carrie Austin
Neighborhood: West Pullman

Body of Christ Deliverance Ministries Outreach Training Center
741 W. 115th Street

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Christ Temple Cathedral Way

Christ Temple Cathedral Church of Christ Holiness, USA was initially a group of the faithful who had moved to Chicago from Mississippi and established the new church in 1917. It grew and expanded through the years; in 1972 the Church moved to it’s current location.

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Honorary Christ Temple Cathedral

West 11th Place between South State Street and South Wentworth Avenue

 

Approved: July 2018

Ward: 34
Alderman: Austin
Neighborhood: Roseland

Near
Christ Temple Cathedral Church of Christ Holiness, USA
62 West 11th Place

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