Hesler Panorama, 1858: Southwest

Southwest

Southwest Hesler Panorama

Visible in this photograph is the iron fence that surrounded the park-like setting of the Courthouse, and one can also make out what seem to be masts on boats in the South Branch of the Chicago River. On the southwest corner of Washington and LaSalle stood, according to Cook, one of the first brick buildings in the city, the former home of P.F.W. Peck, which later served as police headquarters. Note the trees up and down LaSalle and along Washington west of the Courthouse. Not far beyond the river in this direction is the site of the O'Leary barn, the origin of the fire. On this corner of LaSalle and Washington today are the 30 and 100 North LaSalle Buildings.


	Southwest	Hesler Panorama
	Visible in this photograph is the iron fence that surrounded the park-like setting of the Courthouse, and one can also make out what seem to be masts on boats in the South Branch of the Chicago River. On the southwest corner of Washington and LaSalle stood, according to Cook, one of the first brick buildings in the city, the former home of P.F.W. Peck, which later served as police headquarters. Note the trees up and down LaSalle and along Washington west of the Courthouse. Not far beyond the river in this direction is the site of the O'Leary barn, the origin of the fire. On this corner of LaSalle and Washington today are the 30 and 100 North LaSalle Buildings.