| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1812/08/15 | Potawatomi indians ambush (Michigan Ave and Roosevelt Rd) US Army troops (54 regulars, 12 militia, 9 women and 18 children). Army casualties: 26 regulars, 12 militia, 2 women and 12 children killed. 28 regulars, 7 women and 6 children taken prisoner | |||||
| 1870/00/00 | Edson Keith | Visitor | Keith House at 1900 S Prairie Ave is built for banker and merchant Elbridge Keith (uncle of Edson Keith Jr), designed by John W Roberts in the Second Empire style. | |||
| 1876/00/00 | Burnham and Root | Architect | The John B Sherman house is constructed at 980 (now 2100) South Prairie Avenue. Designed by Burnham and Root in Ruskinian Gothic style, the mansion was razed in 1936. | |||
| 1886/01/00 | George Pullman | Home | Second Empire 1729 South Prairie Ave house built for George Pullman (demolished 1922), designed by Henry S Jaffray | |||
| 1902/02/25 | John B Sherman | Died | John B Sherman, co-founder of the Union Stock-Yards, dies at age 77 at his residence, 2100 Prairie Avenue (lost), "after a brief illness from grip. He was taken sick on Sunday night." - Chicago Tribune | |||
| 1905/11/27 | Marshall Field Jr | Dies | Marshall Field Jr dies at Mercy Hospital, 2537 S Prairie Ave (razed) | |||
| 1916/00/00 | William Le Baron Jenney | Architect | 1701 S Prairie Ave built for hardware baron William Gold Hibbard (razed) | |||
| 1916/06/01 | David Adler | Groom | Katherine Keith marries David Adler at St Paul's Universalist Church on Prairie Ave at 30th St (razed). | Marriage of Katherine Keith and David Adler | ||
| 1916/06/01 | Katherine Keith Adler | Bride | Katherine Keith marries David Adler at St Paul's Universalist Church on Prairie Ave at 30th St (razed). | Marriage of Katherine Keith and David Adler |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Congress Plaza Hotel |
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| Harriet F Rees House |
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| John J Glessner House | ||
| Keith House |
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| Marshall Field Jr House |
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| Mrs Charles Kellogg Residence, Chicago |
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| William W Kimball House |
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| Particulars for Prairie Avenue District: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Historic Use | Battle site |
| Architectural Style | Chateauesque |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Architectural Style | Renaissance Revival |
| Architectural Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
| Military Event | War of 1812, America vs Britian |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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| Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul | Book |
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Karen Abbott | "Sin in the Second City" takes place in Chicago's Prairie Ave District |
| The Burglar's Christmas (Short Story) | Short Story |
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Willa Cather | Prairie Avenue and Eightieth Street were in that half-liquid, half-congealed condition peculiar to the streets of Chicago at that season of the year. |
| The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America | Book | Erik Larson | Carolers moved among the mansions on Prairie Avenue, pausing now and then to enter the fine houses for hot mulled cider and cocoa. |
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