DeKoven Street (Chicago)

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DeKoven Street is a street in Chicago, Illinois named for John DeKoven.

The Great Chicago Fire started at 137 DeKoven Street in a barn belonging to Patrick and Catherine O'Leary. At the time, the street was in a less prosperous neighborhood of Chicago. The site of the barn, now numbered 558 West, now houses the Chicago Fire Department training school.

[edit] References

• Streetwise Chicago by Don Hayner & Tom McNamee ISBN 0-8294-0596-8
• http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/greatfire.html