tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post2168835200303736418..comments2024-03-06T00:27:52.764-08:00Comments on Chicago - Architecture & Cityscape: Seven buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08930301862493132019noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-66326614438836067632024-02-26T09:39:00.071-08:002024-02-26T09:39:00.071-08:00Please ignore the first quedtion...as it contains ...Please ignore the first quedtion...as it contains some typos in itAndreiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07554512247646235401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-2153317635214723642024-02-26T09:35:22.253-08:002024-02-26T09:35:22.253-08:00Was the house at 2343 N Cleveland built after the ...Was the house at 2343 N Cleveland built after the Fire?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-76724869005487222292024-02-26T09:31:23.948-08:002024-02-26T09:31:23.948-08:00Wad the housr at 2343 N Cleveland built after the ...Wad the housr at 2343 N Cleveland built after the Fire ?<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-77674697482926914592019-07-25T16:21:25.698-07:002019-07-25T16:21:25.698-07:00My G G Grandfather Peter Dockendorf lived on North...My G G Grandfather Peter Dockendorf lived on North Hudson and would tell my mother about the fire with vivid detail and memory. I believe, but could be wrong, that the fire, based on maps, came within two homes of their house. This blog is excellent and very informative. It brings everything he told my mother to life. Thank you for this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657058775164660144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-59320052929897079562019-07-13T11:21:40.678-07:002019-07-13T11:21:40.678-07:00Don't forget that the tower of St. James Cathe...Don't forget that the tower of St. James Cathedral survived the fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-18160634613018685612014-10-01T11:21:00.014-07:002014-10-01T11:21:00.014-07:00I am looking for info as to fate of 1242, 1244, 12...I am looking for info as to fate of 1242, 1244, 1246 Michigan Avenue. These were probably within ten blocks of Terrace Row, which burned. I assume these burned also. Where can I find confirmation of the fate of these residences? <br /><br />Thanks for your informative site. Ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-25304188608876588242013-04-14T14:49:34.643-07:002013-04-14T14:49:34.643-07:00Love this website thx for making itLove this website thx for making itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-7748444314924823082013-04-12T08:11:46.118-07:002013-04-12T08:11:46.118-07:00ineed factsineed factsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-62124768707642136412013-04-12T08:11:01.114-07:002013-04-12T08:11:01.114-07:00i need facts about the great chicago fire plzzzzz!...i need facts about the great chicago fire plzzzzz!<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-39774313786847369852012-05-03T19:59:04.716-07:002012-05-03T19:59:04.716-07:00The house on the left in this picture has the plaq...The house on the left in this picture has the plaque now at the fire academy. This building was built on the site of the barn:<br /><br />http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/results/detail.do?query=de+koven&page=1&pagesize=20&display=thumbcap&action=search&pnum=P04308<br /><br />And the church here survived the fire:<br /><br />http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/results/detail.do?query=1865&page=1&pagesize=20&display=thumbcap&action=search&pnum=P04307Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-52495591452527217152012-04-08T12:27:55.005-07:002012-04-08T12:27:55.005-07:00I'm surprosed Holy Family Church on Roosevelt ...I'm surprosed Holy Family Church on Roosevelt was not mentioned. This is also one of the few, historical churches that survived the fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-73816420185884953492012-02-15T11:10:59.752-08:002012-02-15T11:10:59.752-08:00Thanks so much. I lived at 2121 N. Hudson as a ch...Thanks so much. I lived at 2121 N. Hudson as a child, and it was very nice to see the photos. My mom actually did much of the work restoring the building. Thanks to all those little people doing historical renovation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-73218622650049020462012-02-10T08:24:54.166-08:002012-02-10T08:24:54.166-08:00Thanks a lot! I'm doing a paper on the Great C...Thanks a lot! I'm doing a paper on the Great Chicago Fire and this is the first website that I've seen that tells about a memorial plaque and about the property the O'Leary's donated to the fire department. (Also a cool fact is if you look down the O'Leary line, you'll see that every O'Leary male has been in the fire department to this day!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-30543333757219312672012-01-07T06:12:45.199-08:002012-01-07T06:12:45.199-08:00I remember reading that the Ogden home was saved b...I remember reading that the Ogden home was saved by draping wet rugs on the rooftop of the homeknichaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02324470762658251598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-57479583373893443802011-03-25T15:46:52.108-07:002011-03-25T15:46:52.108-07:00Why wasn't Mayor Ogden's home listed as on...Why wasn't Mayor Ogden's home listed as one of the survivors?<br />History says that the wind changed direction and that the Mayor's home was saved from the fire's destruction.<br />Ned R. TurnerUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080944669729860782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-82404712637436102312011-03-08T05:39:50.224-08:002011-03-08T05:39:50.224-08:00Hi Dockendorf!
I'm very glad to hear form you....Hi Dockendorf!<br />I'm very glad to hear form you. Thanks for sharing..<br />Jyoti.Jyotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930301862493132019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-26704411657252687932011-03-05T12:43:47.622-08:002011-03-05T12:43:47.622-08:00My GGG Grandparents lived on Church/Hudson during ...My GGG Grandparents lived on Church/Hudson during the fire and these pictures are extremely interesting to me and my family. Thanks for posting as well as including the pictures of St Michaels where they attended services.<br /><br />T DockendorfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-6955536261610870522010-11-23T09:12:29.187-08:002010-11-23T09:12:29.187-08:00I have a picture of my great grandparents house 46...I have a picture of my great grandparents house 4603 State Street that may have survived the fire. It was post 1871 and the house was made of wood. Could it have been a new structure?<br /><br />MaureenMaureennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-26206794450954286292010-02-26T04:54:26.074-08:002010-02-26T04:54:26.074-08:00Scotti Cohn -
Thanks for writing! I really apprec...Scotti Cohn - <br />Thanks for writing! I really appreciate your interest in finding about the twin cottages. <br /><br /><br />Bill 69,<br />Thanks for the information! <br />I stand corrected!<br /><br />But in that case, we have eight survivors of the Great Chicago Fire.. Not seven, that I have read at so many places!<br /><br />Is anyone absolutely sure which buildings survived the fire?Jyotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930301862493132019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-46171587271858685102010-02-25T07:59:36.054-08:002010-02-25T07:59:36.054-08:00Just wanted to add that I think the real estate li...Just wanted to add that I think the real estate listing I linked to must be wrong about the date the house at 2343 N Cleveland was built. After all, it's a "twin" to the house nextdoor, and the listing for that house says it was built in 1866. It seems unlikely that twin houses would have been built 20 years apart. I think it's a typo (they put 1886, when they meant to put 1866).<br /><br />As to St. Ignatius, I think Bill '69 makes a very good argument for including it as a Great Fire survivor.Scotti Cohnhttp://www.scotticohn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-27282113652156563792010-02-25T07:16:21.534-08:002010-02-25T07:16:21.534-08:00St Ignatius College Prep. (formerly: St. Ignatius ...St Ignatius College Prep. (formerly: St. Ignatius College in 1871)and the Holy Family Church next door are at 1076 W. Roosevelt Rd. The fire started at O'Leary's barn just east a few blocks from there and maybe one block north. The prevailing direction of the spread of the fire due to wind was north and east but the school was in the line of fire as is spread also westward. The fire was so huge that it created its own wind. Father Damen, S.J., who built the school, lit a candle with a prayer that the school and church would survive. That flame still glows in the church. Jyoti...If you were you there on the day of the fire feeling the heat of if in front of the school as it came toward you you might think differently about its "survival".Bill '69noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-11487817582491007552010-02-24T13:47:32.519-08:002010-02-24T13:47:32.519-08:00Jyoti - I came across this description of the hous...Jyoti - I came across this description of the house at 2343 N Cleveland: <br /><br />"The property has a lot size of 5,640 square feet and was built in 1886."<br /><br />Link: http://www.trulia.com/homes/Illinois/Chicago/sold/20607587-2343-North-Cleveland-Avenue-Chicago-IL-60614<br /><br />If it was built in 1886, it did not survive the fire, which occurred in 1871.Scotti Cohnhttp://www.scotticohn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-64163423187053999752010-01-19T09:58:41.220-08:002010-01-19T09:58:41.220-08:00Hi Mo,
St. Ignatius pre-dates the Fire of 1871..
I...Hi Mo,<br />St. Ignatius pre-dates the Fire of 1871..<br />It can be called a survivor only when it is in the line of fire ..<br />There are a few buildings that <br />pre-dates the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.. But they cannot be called "survivors" of the fire..unless they were in the line of fire..Jyotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930301862493132019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-80630887921521930752009-09-28T20:13:39.088-07:002009-09-28T20:13:39.088-07:00St. Ignatius is one of the survivors too! http://w...St. Ignatius is one of the survivors too! http://www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/S/StIgnatius.htmlMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02730424217353897011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509609441522285885.post-67388089778373585422009-06-07T20:20:34.803-07:002009-06-07T20:20:34.803-07:00this is a great site and catalog of chicago archit...this is a great site and catalog of chicago architecture, you could/should make this into a book, i'd buy itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com