The former Unity Church on Washington Square Park where some of the walls survived the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and are part of the rebuilt structure, July 12, 2021. 935 N. Dearborn St.

The Great Chicago Fire destroyed almost everything in its path. But at least four structures are known to have survived. The buildings that survived the ‘red demon’ - Chicago Sun-Times ...

The bell tower of St. James Episcopal Cathedral in River North survived the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, though much of the church burned. Contrary to popular myth, the blackened spires were caused ...

He succeeded, and the Bellinger cottage on Hudson Street became a legendary piece of Chicago history, one of few buildings that survived a catastrophe that destroyed about 17,450 structures.

The latest book in the series is called I Survived the California Wildfires.Tarshis based it on the Carr fire, which devastated Northern California two summers ago.But her series originally began ...

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was a devastating event that left a scar on the city's soul. Yet, from the ashes emerged a renewed determination to build a safer, more resilient Chicago.

So Chicago is largely presented as a city of victims—its hapless residents defined by the personal and societal evils they’ve managed to survive. The Fire Festival has a tagline that says it ...

Much like the legend that Catherine O’Leary’s cow started the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, historians doubt the story that the home was built for her — or that she ever lived there.