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 Chicago Fire Relic - Chicago, IL Posted by:  adgorn
N 41° 54.720 W 087° 37.848
16T E 447686 N 4640198
A low, flat molten metal blob located behind the Chicago History Museum, surrounded by bushes.
Waymark Code: WM7KTG
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2009
Views: 4
From ( visit link) "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. "
TITLE: Chicago Fire Relic
ARTIST(S): listed as "unknown", but since this is a fire artifact, this designation is not really relevant
DATE: none provided, but it would be Oct 8, 1871 - the date of the fire
MEDIUM: Molten metal
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 75004276
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Chicago History Museum
1601 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL
Behind the Museum, at the SE corner of the rear plaza
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The date of the fire was Oct 8, 1871.
The location says "Entrance to Chicago Historical Society." The entrance is now on Clark Street as I mentioned above, and the building is now called the Chicago History Museum. See http://www.chicagohs.org/
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