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  A Place in History, 1996  
A Place in History, 1996
(Digital photograph)
Living Memory
Among the hedges bordering the plaza on the east side of the Chicago Historical Society is a large piece of fused metal formed by the Great Chicago Fire. The previous headquarters at Dearborn and Ontario, which the Society occupied from 1896 to 1932 and which currently houses the nightclub Excalibur, also had this relic just outside its entrance.


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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
Copyright © 1996 by the Chicago Historical Society and the Trustees of Northwestern University
Last revised 10-8-96