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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1812/06/17 John Kinzie Villain John Kinzie quarrels with Jean La Lime, an interpreter at Fort Dearborn. Kinzie kills La Lime and flees to Milwaukee, then to Indian territory. There is a bas-relief of Fort Dearborn above the entrance of the London Guarantee Building.
1922/00/00 Alfred S Alschuler Architect Construction begins on the London Guarantee and Accident Building designed by Chicago architect Alfred S Alschuler.
1923/00/00 London Guarantee Building is completed in Chicago for the London Guarantee and Accident Company.
1936/00/00 American Book Company Midwest Headquarters Forced to cut back its Chicago operations, the American Book Company sells its East Cermak Road buildings to R R Donnelley and Sons Co and relocates its offices to the London Guarantee Building on N Michigan Avenue.
1946/11/00 George and Oscar Marienthal remodel the Fort Dearborn Grill and open it as the London House jazz club and restaurant in the London Guaranty Building, at 360 N Michigan Ave. The London House closed in the early 1970s.

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Particulars for LondonHouse Chicago:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building




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