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The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map of 1859 (but not modern maps) shows a house named Quintinshill at approximately 55.0133°N 3.0591°W, around one-half mile (800 m) south-south-east of the signal box. The nearest settlement was Gretna , 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south of the box, on the Scottish side of the Anglo-Scottish border .
The next year, it was recognized as a National Historic Landmark District, a site deemed to have "exceptional value to the nation." [17] The southern portion was locally recognized as a Chicago Landmark on October 16, 1972. A second Chicago Landmark, for the northern portion, was created in 1993, then merged into the other landmark in 1999.
The North Side is defined for this article as the area west of Lake Michigan, north of North Avenue (1600 N.), and east of the Chicago River — plus the area north of Fullerton Avenue going west of the River and north to the Chicago city limits.
The 6th ward represented areas north of the Chicago River, and east of North Clark Street. Beginning February 16, 1847 (when the city increased its number of wards to nine), the ward represented areas west of the Chicago River and north of Randolph Street. [1] The Illinois and Michigan Canal was completed in 1848, running through the district. [2]
May 8 – Schwyzer Strassenbahnen (SStB) opens connecting Ibach, Schwyz, and Brunnen Schifflände, Switzerland. May 22 – In the Quintinshill rail crash, four trains including a troop train collide, the accident and ensuing fire causing 226 fatalities and injuring 246 people at Quintinshill, Gretna Green, Scotland; the accident is blamed on negligence by the signalmen during a shift change at ...
Most of the district's buildings are high-rises with at least ten stories, with the tallest being the 49-story One North LaSalle Building. Many of Chicago's prominent architectural firms designed buildings within the district, and the buildings feature styles such as Classical Revival, Chicago School, Art Deco, Romanesque Revival, and ...
The district developed in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and was mainly the home to middle-class residents relocating from immigrant neighborhoods. While the district's residents were mainly Western European, particularly German and Irish, in its first decades, the area became predominantly Italian around 1900 and remained so until ...
Roughly bounded by Lemont and Keating Aves, Chicago and Northwestern Railway, and the alley to the east of Kilbourn Ave, North Side, Chicago, Illinois Coordinates 41°59′24″N 87°44′33″W / 41.99000°N 87.74250°W / 41.99000; -87