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Old 10-21-2011, 10:48 PM
 
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Oh wow, I actually enjoyed reading your long post. I'll be moving to Chicago soon, and I hope I can visit and do all those you said.
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Old 10-22-2011, 09:05 AM
 
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Mo took another trip here a couple of years ago, you might want to do a search for his other thread as well.
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Old 10-22-2011, 05:42 PM
 
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Old St. Pat's was built before the fire. Not sure how far the fire spread, though. I love that church!
Theres actually several buildings that pre-date the fire. The water tower and pump house across the street are the only buildings that were in the heart of the burn zone.

Although you can google it, here are some of the buildings in Chicago that were built before the fire:

near west side:

Old St. Pats (1852)
Hull House (1857) wasn't actually used as Hull House until 1880s
St. Ignatius preperatory school and church on Roosevelt (1868)
One other church located on Ashland

near south side:

Clarke House (1837)
One of the prairie Ave mansions
Near the Douglas memorial, there is a building that was used as a civil war prison, then later used as a home for retired/wounded soldiers.

near north side:
A few houses in the Old Town Triangle.
St. Michaels in Old Town was damaged but not destroyed.
A couple houses/row houses in Lincoln Park

The oldest house in the city is on the FAR northwest side in Norwood Park. The Noble-Seymour house built in 1833.
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