Columbian Exposition Store Buildings, East Fifty-seventh Boulevard & Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Columbian Exposition Store Buildings, East Fifty-seventh Boulevard & Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Summary

Significance: The buildings were associated with the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. One of the few remaining structures from the fair, they were an artists' and writers' center for many years afterwards.
Survey number: HABS IL-1062
Building/structure dates: ca. 1893 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1963 Demolished

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Library of Congress
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