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It is the seventh building to serve as Chicago's city hall, the fourth built at its location, and the third shared by the governments of Chicago and Cook County. [10] [11] Its location has served as the seat of the city and county governments since 1853, except for a period from 1871—when the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the building—to 1885.
Included also are numerous religious buildings, 15 hotels, [3] and six theaters. [4] Fully 55 are located in the downtown Loop area, including the Loop Retail Historic District itself. Chicago is a historic and continuing world port city due to its location on the Great Lakes, which has an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway.
This is a list of the 137 National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois outside Chicago and Evanston. Separate lists are provided for the 62 listed properties and historic districts in Evanston and the more than 350 listed properties and districts in in Chicago .
A cholera epidemic took the lives of 5.5% of the population of Chicago. [8] Cook County Cemetery at Dunning, Chicago's first major Potter's field, was founded near the Dunning Asylum. 1855 Chicago Theological Seminary founded. [1] Mount Olivet Cemetery was founded. April 21, Lager Beer riot. Population: 80,000. [6] 1856: Chicago Historical ...
From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire existed mainly in the Americas and Asia. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the second French colonial empire existed mainly in Africa and Asia. France had about 80 colonies throughout its history, the second most colonies in the world behind only the British Empire. [1]
Map indicating travels of first Scandinavians Norsemen landing in Iceland (9th century). Year 815 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 815th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 815th year of the 1st millennium, the 15th year of the 9th century, and the 6th year of the 810s decade.
Chicago's Famous Buildings. The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-03396-1. LCCN 79-23365. Billington, David P. (1985). The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02393-X.
Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, [2] [3] home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire.