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Three Buildings That Survived The Great Chicago Fire
Published 4 years, 11 months ago
Description
The Great Chicago Fire, which lasted from October 8th to October 10th,
1871, destroyed most of Chicago from what is today Roosevelt Road up to Fullerton
and from the Lake west to the Chicago River. Almost 100,000 Chicagoans lost their
homes and several hundred lost their lives. And while the Chicago Water Tower has
become an important symbol of what survived the destruction of the fire, it’s not
the only building that made it through. Historian Paul Durica tells us about three
other “survivors” and what happened to them decades later.