137 Dekoven Street Chicago Map

137 Dekoven Street Chicago Map. Map Of Chicago The southern-most border of the "burnt district" is DeKoven Street--the site of the O'Leary's infamous barn." via. Edwards' Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1871 Leary Patrick, lab., r.137 DeKoven, nr

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137 DeKoven Street Original Leary cottage from a stereograph by J This is a section of the map of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire burnt district (area in red)

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[2] Although the popular story is that a cow kicked over a lantern to start the fire, Michael Ahern, the Chicago Republican reporter who created the cow story, admitted in 1893 that he had made it up because he thought it would make colorful copy The shed next to the barn was the first building to be consumed by the. The fire is claimed to have started at about 8:30 p.m

ECC Chicago Development DeKoven Street. [2] Although the popular story is that a cow kicked over a lantern to start the fire, Michael Ahern, the Chicago Republican reporter who created the cow story, admitted in 1893 that he had made it up because he thought it would make colorful copy Location of the "West DeKoven Street" in the Chicago

1893 CHICAGO map. Chicago street map. Vintage city map. USA town map. City plan wallart. DeKoven Street (137 DeKoven Street) at the corner of South Jefferson Street, Chicago. INTRODUCTION Throughout period articles from before the Great Fire of 1871 as well as the Chicago Directories during that period, the property located at 137 DeKoven Street was owned by Patrick and Catherine Leary