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  O'Leary Cottage  
O'Leary Cottage, 1871
(Stereograph, J.H. Abbott)
The Burnt District
Patrick and Catherine O'Leary lived at 137 DeKoven Street with their five children in the rear of this cottage--they rented the front two rooms--which was about five years old at the time of the fire. The ill-fated barn was behind the cottage.


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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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