The three-and-a-half story brick and cast-iron building at 720 N. Wells St. rose from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire with the seventh permit issued during the city’s rebuilding.
The three-and-a-half story brick and cast-iron building at 720 N. Wells St., which rose from the ashes of the Chicago Fire in 1872 with the seventh permit issued during the city’s rebuilding, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Chicago.
“This is one of the first buildings in the River North community built after the Chicago Fire, sort of representing the city that burned,” said Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago. “It’s just tragic to see this come down. There’s so few of these buildings dating back to this period remaining.”
The sturdy but ornate Wells Street corner building, which features brick above the ground floor cast iron columns and arches, is a monument to the city’s resilience in the wake of theBuilt in 1872 by Conrad Seipp, a German immigrant and prominent 19th century Chicago brewer, the first floor initially featured storefronts and the second floor housed offices. The lofty third floor was designed as a large Masonic Hall, and later repurposed as a Swedish social club.
Maria Elena De La Cruz dances at Cairo dance club on Tropical Tuesday night in Chicago on July 3, 1990. De La Cruz works at the Mexican Consulate. scanned from print, published on July 11, 1990. He would also like to see Chicago adopt a rule requiring a demolition review for any building over 50 years old, similar to regulations in Boston and other cities.
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