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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27O5_augustus-garrett_Chicago-IL.html
Early church leader and Chicago Mayor with his wife, Eliza whose gifts established Garrett Theological Seminary.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27LK_third-church-building_Chicago-IL.html
Burned in the Great Chicago Fire, 1871.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM238M_the-chicago-public-library-cultural-center_Chicago-IL.html
This building was the first permanent structure of the city's public library system. Designed to be a grand civic building, its exterior appearance and its interior spaces are based on classical Greek and Italian Renaissance precedents. The librar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VWI_333-north-michigan-building-historical_Chicago-IL.html
This outstanding Art Deco-style skyscraper helps define one of the city's finest urban spaces. Its prominence is further heightened by the jog in Michigan Avenue, where it crosses the Chicago River. The base of the building is sheathed in polished…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DBX_jean-baptiste-beaubien_Chicago-IL.html
On this site, then the lake shore, Jean Baptiste Beaubien, Chicago's second civilian, in 1817, built a "mansion" to which he brought his bride, Josette LaFramboise. It remained their home until 1845.