1. Rebuilding the Second City
... like most of the barns contained, making it an extremely flammable barn to begin with. 25 Although this is the most common story evidence suggests that the O'Leary's neighbors, "Pegleg"" Daniel Sullivan and Denis Regan stopped into their barn to have a smoke and accidentally set the wood shavings and hay lying on the floor on fire. Instead of admitting they had ... out of business. Architects also came from other states to help rebuild the city, John Root came from New York, and Louis Sullivan arrived from Massachusetts. Along with Chicago natives Daniel H. Burnham and William LeBaron J...
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