Historical Map of Chicago, IL - 1874
Description
The city of Chicago.
The city of Chicago was incorporated in 1837, and the "Windy City" has grown to become the largest city in the mid-western United States, and the third largest in the country. Printed three years after a third of the city was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, this beautiful map provides a look at the city in the midst of rebuilding. Complete reference list below.
Features references to the following locations:
Dexter Race Course
Great Union Stock Yards
Brighton Trotting Park
Englewood
St. Paul's Universalist Ch.
Second Presbyterian Church
South Fork of River
Grace Episcopal Church
Lake Michigan
Canal
McCormick Reaper Works
West Side Water Work
Chicago Rolling Stock Co.
Chicago Mallable Iron Works
Lake Park
South Side
Gardener House
Exposition Bldgs.
Bridewell
Mich. Southern, C.R.I.& P. Depot
Grand Pacific Hotel
New Government Bldg.
Palmer House
Entrance to Chicago River
McVickers Theatre
Tribune Bldg.
Great Central Depot
Field Leiter & Co. Bldg.
Central Elevators
South Branch of River
South Branch of River
Farwell's Bldg.
Chamber of Commerce
Reaper Block
Tremont House
Douglas Park
Mt. Vernon Park
P.F.W.& C. C.A. & St. Louis Depot
Briggs House
Staats Zeitung Bldg.
City Hall
Sherman House
Galena Elevator
Chicago Spring Co.
Boulevard
Second Baptist Ch.
Jefferson Park
Chi. C & Ind. Depot
Chi. & Northwestern Depot
Elevator
North Branch of River
St. James Church
Union Park
Cong'l Church
Chicago Jockey Club
Trotting Track
North Side
Washington Square
New England Conrel. Ch.
Water Works
Rev. Robert Collier's Ch.
Boulevard
Humboldt Park
Lincoln Park
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