▼

REFERENCE REPOSITORY TOPICS AND SUBJECTS

▼

RECENT ACQUISITIONS

▼
Showing posts with label Chicago Pre-1871 Fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Pre-1871 Fire. Show all posts
Friday, February 16, 2024

Here are some reasons why Chicago's property grid system isn't completely perfect.

›
Chicago's property grid is often questioned about its imperfections.  Historical Development Non-Uniform Expansion: The grid didn't...
2 comments:
Friday, December 15, 2023

The City of Chicago's First Foot Steps.

›
James Thompson surveyed Chicago, filing the plat on August 4, 1830, the official recognition of Chicago's location. Chicago was incorpor...
Friday, November 3, 2023

The Newberry Library and Walter Loomis Newberry's History.

›
Walter Loomis Newberry died on November 6, 1868, during a return trip from France for medical treatment. His bequest of $2.1 million ($46 mi...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

1858, July 30th, Destructive Fire on Van Buren Street, Chicago. $15,000 Loss!

›
Shortly after nine o'clock in the morning, a fire was discovered by Officer Wood, on his beat, in the rear of a large three-story frame ...

1858, August 20th, Disastrous Fire on South Clark Street, Chicago. $25,000 Loss!

›
The № 1, Long John Steamer, was put into service in Chicago in 1858. It was the first steam fire engine in the city, and it helped to revolu...
1 comment:

Chicago's First Crime King, Irishman Michael Cassius McDonald. (1839-1907)

›
Though long-forgotten by many, latecomers like Capone, Torrio and Colosimo owe a debt of gratitude to Michael Cassius McDonald, the man who ...
1 comment:
Friday, August 25, 2023

1858, July 7th, Fire on East Kinzie Street, Chicago.

›
At about 3 o'clock in the morning, a fire was discovered in the unoccupied two-story frame building, № 224 East Kinzie Street. The fire ...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

1858, July 2nd, Destructive Conflagration at Fulton and Jefferson Streets, Chicago.

›
At about half past six o'clock, Mr. P.B. Lamb's planning mill, corner of Fulton and Jefferson streets, caught fire, and in a few mom...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

1858, May 18th, Another Disastrous Conflagration. Nine Lives Lost, Chicago.

›
About three o'clock in the morning, our city was visited by another of those disastrous conflagrations which now and then come to send a...

1857, October 11th, A Half Block of State Street Destroyed in a Chicago Conflagration.

›
Sunday morning, about half-past two o'clock, a fire broke out in the alley between Monroe and Adams Streets, running from State to Clark...