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The rabbi's son started peddling the brooms he made at home out of a horse and cart he drove through the teeming busy streets of 1890s Chicago. By the 1920s, William owned a broom factory in ...
July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder. Population: 4,470. [4] 1843: Chicago's first cemetery, Chicago City Cemetery, was established in Lincoln Park. [5] 1844: Lake Park designated. [6] 1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published. 1848
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2020; Randall, Frank Alfred (1999). History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252024160; Sinkevitch, Alice (2004). AIA Guide to Chicago (2nd ed.).
Andrew Spottiswoode (1787-1866), [1] first owner of Broome Hall. Oliver Reed in 1968, a later owner. Broome Hall is a Grade II-listed country house with grounds including cottages and outhouses on the wooded, upper southern slopes of the Greensand Ridge near Coldharbour in Surrey, England.
The Three Arts Club of Chicago was a Chicago home and club for women in the "three arts" of music, painting and drama. [2] The club, modeled on the Three Arts Club of New York, was founded in 1912. [3] Today, the Three Arts Club building is owned by Restoration Hardware Chicago, featuring an art gallery and restaurant (Three Arts Café). The ...
The Everleigh Club was a high-class brothel which operated in Chicago, Illinois, from February 1900 until October 1911. [1] It was owned and operated by Ada and Minna Everleigh . [ 1 ]
The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) or Roosevelt Road (1200 south), depending on the source, and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Lake Michigan.
The Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African-American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and ...