Seventh Street acquired its name by being the seventh street from the Fox River.
West Seventh St. has many fewer buildings than it used to. At one time the street stretched from Cherry St. (now S. Memorial Dr.) over to Elm then continued diagonally to meet with Smith St. (now gone) near Superior St. Seventh now ends on its eastern end at the Outagamie County grounds. The 400 block contains County parking.
The north side of the 500 and 600 blocks are taken up with buildings belonging to St. Mary's Catholic Church and the St. Mary's playground.
From Morrow and Gillett's Appleton city directory, for 1889-90:
SEVENTH, 493 Elm, west to Cherry, third south of College av, numbers from 900 to 1040.
In 1925 a new system of numbering structures in the city of Appleton was adopted. In this directory both the new and old street numbers are given. In addition, College Ave. was designated the dividing line between north and south, and Oneida St. was the east-west divider.
From Wright's Appleton city directory 1925:
SEVENTH W - From Jones Park w to S Cherry, 3 s W College av
